Anniversaries “Re-Animator” revisited: Stuart Gordon’s masterpiece lives on Lovecraft adaptations have never been better or more gruesome, even 35 years later.
Reviews “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Episode 1: Finally charting its own course By: Andrew Bloom Trek's flagship series takes a dramatic leap forward, stumbling toward its true potential.
AFI Fest 2020 AFI Fest: “76 Days” takes us inside Wuhan’s COVID lockdown By: Clint Worthington Hao Wu's fly-on-the-wall glimpse of China's 76-day coronavirus lockdown is a startling portrait of resilience and helplessness.
“Love and Monsters” brings sweetness to the post-apocalypse Dylan O'Brien turns the end of the world into a call for empathy in this sweet take on the genre.
Reviews “Seized” reunites Scott Adkins and Isaac Florentine to phenomenal effect By: Justin Harrison One of the great modern action filmmaking teams is back at it, ably aided by the inimitable Mario Van Peebles.
Anniversaries “Fade to Black” is creepy, funny & prescient The underrated psychological thriller turns 40 & finds a new audience on Shudder.
Filmmaker of the Month “A Simple Plan” is a masterclass in bone-chilling tension Sam Raimi's director-for-hire job helming this chilling crime drama turns out to be one of his most compelling works.
Reviews Great British Baking Show Episode 4 Recap: “Chocolate Week” By: Ashley Lara The contestants endure some balmy babkas in a sweltering series of chocolatey challenges.
Anniversaries Inside the blood-soaked Gothic romance of “Crimson Peak” Guillermo del Toro's criminally overlooked ode to Daphne du Maurier turns five, and it's as potent as ever.
Reviews Doc shows how America failed to get COVID-19 “Totally Under Control” By: Oluwatayo Adewole Gibney's latest piece of docu-journalism is a sharp, but blinkered take Trump's COVID-era failings.
Features “The Quick and the Dead” is fast on the draw & a ton of fun Sam Raimi and Sharon Stone’s quickdraw revenger is stylish and skillfully crafted.
Reviews “Rebecca” is a glamorous vacation for the eyes By: Beau North Ben Wheatley's take on the Daphne du Maurier gothic romance doesn't surpass Hitchcock's, but it's a well-made mental getaway.
Filmmaker of the Month “Army of Darkness” turns “Evil Dead” into giddy fantasy slapstick Sam Raimi trades scares for slapstick in the thin-but-entertaining third entry in the Evil Dead series.
Reviews “Evil Eye”/”Nocturne”: Blumhouse follows haunted women, to mixed results By: Clint Worthington A cursed Indian family and a musician undone by ambition end Blumhouse's Amazon anthology on uneven footing.
Reviews “The Mortuary Collection” is a giddy, gory trip through time By: Sean Price Ryan Spindell's anthology isn't the deepest slice of horror, but its glossy sense of fun carries it along.
Festivals Nightstream: “Black Bear” blurs the line between art & reality By: Gena Radcliffe Aubrey Plaza is outstanding in a surreal comedy-drama about artistic integrity.
Festivals Nightstream: “Frank & Zed” is a charmingly gruesome tale of friendship By: Gena Radcliffe Jesse Blanchard writes & directs an all-puppet horror comedy that slightly overstays its welcome, but is always fun.
Reviews “The Forty-Year-Old Version” adds enough rhythm to the same old song By: Oluwatayo Adewole Multihyphenate Radha Blank makes herself known in her latest, a familiar story with enough of its own flavor.
Reviews “Grand Army” portrays teens in a rare realistic light By: Marshall Estes Netflix's ensemble drama treats its young characters as authentic people instead of tiresome stereotypes.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: “My Boyfriend’s Back” finds fun in its zombified mess This spooky season, we glance back at one of two horror movies Philip Seymour Hoffman did.
Reviews Lovecraft Country Episode 9 Recap: “Rewind 1921” By: Gena Radcliffe The penultimate episode takes a trip to the past, & is another powerful, sobering highlight of the season.