Movie Review: “CAVEAT” Comes With Too Many Strings Attached
Damian McCarthy's film seems more interested in defining itself by all the tropes it doesn’t fall into rather than doing anything of its own with gusto.
 
							Damian McCarthy's film seems more interested in defining itself by all the tropes it doesn’t fall into rather than doing anything of its own with gusto.
 
															
							Any horror filmmaker looking to make a statement about pop-cultural excesses while ladling on the explicit blood ’n’ guts has a delicate balancing act to perform, and FUNHOUSE falls off the wire early on.
 
															
							The film, which charts the life and work of the tireless writer, loving family man, and (yes) Hall of Fame martial artist, bursts with affection and admiration.
 
															
							While it continues Krasinski’s potent rooting of sci-fi scares in relatable family dynamics, this is one sequel that feels fresh.
 
															
							Pat Mills & Alyson M. Richards’ cabin-in-the-woods thriller may be written by and for queer-identifying genre lovers, but THE RETREAT’s brutality knows no bounds.