There’s a New Saw Movie in the Works From Beware Boiúna’s Mike P. Nelson
A new Saw film is being wrought by Beware Boiúna's Mike P. Nelson, under the watchful eye of a director who once wore its chains.
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Tag: James Wan
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Malignant Review: Wan’s Dread Holds Up, But the Twist Does Not
A woman's waking visions become real murders in James Wan's Malignant, a film that scares well yet explains too much.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Teresa Palmer’s Horror Debut Has One Trick and Uses It Well
Review: David F. Sandberg's 81-minute horror film turns one rule — the woman in the dark can't reach you in the light — into a thin but effective scare.
Movie Reviews4/10
Insidious: Chapter 2 Repeats Its Own Scare Formula Without the Original’s Spark
Insidious: Chapter 2 review: James Wan's 2013 sequel inflates the mythology, thins the scares, and wastes a game cast on a forgettable haunting.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Doll Movie That Turns Childcare Anxiety Into a Slasher
M3GAN review: Allison Williams, Amie Donald and Jenna Davis power a killer-doll horror comedy that made $181M on a $12M budget.
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 Reviews5.2/10
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 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.