H Categories Movies Reviews October 15, 2021 Halloween Kills some time & the viewer’s patience David Gordon Green’s follow-up to the 2018 reboot offers an astonishing body count, but little else worthwhile.
W Categories Movies Reviews October 8, 2021 Welcome to the Blumhouse: The Manor is shabby, but Madres is wonderfully unsettling Welcome to the Blumhouse closes its 2021 edition on a high note thanks to the chilling and strongly performed Madres.
L Categories Movies Reviews October 4, 2021 Lamb: A pastoral allegory that’s equal parts haunting and frustrating Lamb, Valdimar Jóhannsson’s debut feature, is moody and captivating but shaky thematics keep it from living up to its own promise.
W Categories Movies Reviews October 1, 2021 Welcome to the Blumhouse: Bingo Hell/Black as Night The first two entries in the newest Welcome to Blumhouse collection are a flawed pair of scary films.
M Categories Reviews TV September 23, 2021 Midnight Mass is a haunting excursion into the mysteries of faith Mike Flanagan continues an impressive run in a miniseries about a dying town forced to worship at the altar of death and unquestioning belief.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 22, 2021 TIFF 2021: As In Heaven is a divinely made hybrid of character study and nightmare With As in Heaven, Tea Lindeberg and star Flora Lindhal craft a stupendous study of a young woman's struggle with her faith amidst horror.
N Categories Movies Reviews September 16, 2021 Netflix’s Raimi-inflected Nightbooks fails to cast a spell A talented cast's efforts can't overcome a potion with too many conflicting elements.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 13, 2021 TIFF 2021: Titane is a fever dream best served cold Julia Ducourneau's followup to her stunning debut Raw makes for brutal, beautiful, brilliant body horror.
M Categories Movies Reviews September 10, 2021 Malignant is a mess, but an entertaining mess James Wan directs a gory collection of homages that somehow pulls together into a good time.
K Categories Columns Features KinoKultur Movies September 5, 2021 KinoKultur: Deep Rising and The Strangeness’ Tentacular Tales Though decades and budgets apart, Stephen Sommers and Melanie Anne Phillips' creature features dig into the unique terror of the tentacle.
