Movie Reviews6.6/10
Death catches up with a franchise that never needed a villain
Final Destination (2000): Alex Browning's plane premonition, Death's design, Devon Sawa and Ali Larter, and the $112.9M box office legacy.
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Tag: horror movies
Movie Reviews8.3/10
A Curse Passed Through Sex, and the Horror Is That It Never Stops
It Follows review: Mitchell's 2014 horror classic, its $1.3M budget and $23.3M gross, Maika Monroe, the walking entity, and the They Follow sequel
Movie Reviews4.6/10
The Conjuring Universe Spinoff Is Silly, Scary, and Worth Your Time
The Nun review: a $22M Conjuring spin-off that grossed $366M, but met with a 46 Metacritic score and a 4.6 rating despite Taissa Farmiga's presence.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Alejandro Amenábar’s haunted-house film still refuses to explain itself, 25 years on
Alejandro Amenábar's The Others (2001) with Nicole Kidman: a light-shy mother, a dark house on Jersey, and a twist that still holds up. 7.6/10.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
The First Half of Insidious Is a Masterclass in Terror. Then the Demon Shows Up.
Insidious review: James Wan's 2011 haunted-house hit has a strong first hour, then trades dread for exposition. Lin Shaye shines. Score: 5.2/10.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Fede Álvarez on Why Don’t Breathe Scares You Without Showing Much
Fede Álvarez trades gore for dread in Don't Breathe, a 2016 thriller with Stephen Lang as a blind Gulf War veteran guarding a dark Detroit house.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
Why The Cabin in the Woods Still Works When You Know the Twist
A review of The Cabin in the Woods: five students, a cellar full of monsters, and the lab that runs the whole ritual. Score 7.2/10.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
Hereditary: Ari Aster’s Family Drama Disguised as Horror
Ari Aster's Hereditary turns a family's grief into horror, with Toni Collette anchoring a film that made $90M on a $10M budget.
A24 Is Making an SCP Foundation Movie. That’s News to the SCP Foundation
A24 is adapting the SCP Foundation's online horror wiki, but the foundation denies ever licensing its material.
Movie Reviews6.5/10
The Conjuring 2 sends Ed and Lorraine Warren to north London, where a single mother is raising four children in a council house that something else has already claimed.
A review of The Conjuring 2: James Wan sends the Warrens to Enfield, where a real haunting case gets traded for a franchise demon.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Two men wake up chained in a room, and the trap that made a franchise still works 22 years later
Saw (2004): two men chained in a bathroom, a 6:00 deadline, and a hacksaw twist. How Wan and Whannell's debut became a franchise.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Horror hit that launched a franchise still holds up after 13 years
Review of James Wan's The Conjuring (2013) with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson: a strong restrained first half, a weaker final act.