Reviews
KRYPTIC blends a search for self with a search for cryptids.by Deirdre Crimmins
It demonstrates the pitfalls of putting the metaphor before the monster, so to speak.by Michael Gingold
A gloriously excessive and thoroughly incorrect ode to blood and gore and inappropriate behavior.by Michael Gingold
The filmmakers establish a convincing, intriguing reality with ominous overtones, making us anxious to find out “Who took Riley Brennan?”by Michael Gingold
One of the fun/scary things about ODDITY is the way McCarthy blends a few different kinds of horror…and keeps you…by Michael Gingold
The aliens resemble escapees from a video game–an early video game. Yet they’re no less artificial than the dialogue spoken…by Michael Gingold
Jonathan DiMaio's new festival-favorite short is a delightfully dangerous and profoundly subversive satire about college admissions, acceptance rates and garbage…by Gabe Thomas
There’s so much going on around Maxine…that she doesn’t get to make the kind of front-and-center impact that Goth had…by Michael Gingold
One of 2024’s great achievements in horror, a finely tuned exercise in superbly eerie atmosphere.by Michael Gingold
Luther Vangross lives! Hayden Hall's gory shot-on-video web series is a nostalgic trip back to a bygone era of horror…by Yasmina Ketita
It is really because we care so much about the imperiled duo that DAY ONE emerges as a worthy addition…by Michael Gingold
From around the world come three films with very different approaches to the human urge to kill.by Michael Gingold
Set during different time periods, these three films have deep-seated chills in common.by Michael Gingold
The tone is not shock or terror but tragedy, and the story offers no easy answers, solutions or ways out…by Michael Gingold
The movie has a lot of explaining to do, and it gets in the way of cranking up the kind…by Michael Gingold