Movie Reviews4.8/10
Puzzle Thriller Sets Up a Killer Concept, Then Cheats Its Way Out
Escape Room review: Adam Robitel's 2019 horror film has a killer premise about six trauma survivors, but wastes it on collapsing floors. 4.8 of 10.
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Movie Reviews6.8/10
Paranormal Activity: The $15,000 Horror That Refuses to Look Away
Paranormal Activity: Oren Peli's $15,000 found-footage horror that became the most profitable film ever made, reviewed at 6.8 of 10.
Movie Reviews8/10
Found-Footage Horror Became a Real Phenomenon When Three Students Vanished Into the Woods
How three unknown actors, a 35-page script and eight days of shooting made The Blair Witch Project a found-footage and marketing landmark.
Movie Reviews4.2/10
The Adoption Horror Movie That Made a Twist Out of a Woman’s Grief
A review of Orphan (2009), Jaume Collet-Serra's psychological horror film starring Vera Farmiga, scoring 4.2/10 for wasted talent and a weak twist.
Movie Reviews6.6/10
A Virus That Goes Quiet Is Still a Virus: 28 Weeks Later Holds Up
28 Weeks Later review: a guilt-ridden father opens the door, the safe zone falls, and the infection logic still holds. Audience score 6.6/10.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Frank Darabont’s Stephen King adaptation finds its real horror in a grocery store full of people
A review of Frank Darabont's The Mist (2007), a monster movie that's really about people turning on each other in a grocery store. Score: 5.8/10.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Annabelle: Creation Review: The Prequel That Makes the Doll Scary Again
Annabelle: Creation review: the Conjuring prequel that made the doll scary again, with a demon, a dollmaker and six orphans in a locked house.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Invisible Man (2020): Leigh Whannell and Elisabeth Moss Make the Monster Personal
A review of Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss, and how the standalone reboot beat Universal's Dark Universe.
Movie Reviews9.8/10
Amelia Vanek and the Book on the Doorstep
Jennifer Kent's 2014 debut The Babadook turned a $2 million Adelaide horror film into a cult classic about grief, motherhood and a pop-up book.
Movie Reviews3.7/10
Annabelle review: a porcelain doll, a dead cultist, and 99 minutes of nothing
Annabelle review: the Conjuring prequel's porcelain doll does nothing for 99 minutes, yet grossed $257 million. A 3.7/10 verdict on the 2014 horror hit.
Movie Reviews5.3/10
A Murder Defense Blames a Demon, and the Warrens Take the Case
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It puts a demon on trial but forgets the trial — a review of the 2021 Warren case film and its missed courtroom story.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Gore Verbinski’s The Ring Holds Up, Even When the Ending Won’t Stop Talking
A spoiler-filled review of The Ring (2002): Naomi Watts, the cursed tape, Samara Morgan, and why the film's third act explains too much.