Horror Movies

‘Mind Body Spirit’ is simple yet original low-budget horror

“Mind Body Spirit” (Hoopla) is evidence that micro-budget indie filmmaking is alive and well – maybe even healthier than ever. Writer-directors Alex Henes and Matthew

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‘The First Omen’ is stylistically grand, narratively odd

Holy cow – or should I say “unholy cow” – “The First Omen” is actually a worthy prequel to Richard Donner’s 1976 classic “The Omen,”

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‘Grave Encounters 2’ (2012) goes humorously meta

The Vicious Brothers – writers-directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz – had a sense of humor when making the “found footage” horror film “Grave Encounters”

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‘Grave Encounters’ (2011) a suitably scary tour of an abandoned asylum

“Grave Encounters” (2011) is a great concept reasonably well executed. Canadian writer-directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz (a.k.a. the Vicious Brothers) imagine “What if one

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‘The Strangers’ (2008) puts suspenseful horror ahead of explanation

“The Strangers” (2008) raises the question of how simple is too simple of a premise for the film to still be good. Writer-director Bryan Bertino’s

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Summer movie preview 2024: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

Here are my picks for 10 major motion pictures to keep on your radar in the summer of 2024. All are theatrical releases, but you

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Twisty, creepy ‘Influencer’ (2023) is worth a follow

2023 was a good year for horror films starting with the letters “Inf” and involving travelers who have their passports stolen. “Infinity Pool” got more

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‘Psycho’ saga takes a truncated shot at TV with ‘Bates Motel’ (1987)

The 1987 TV pilot (sometimes called “TV movie”) “Bates Motel” (NBC) is by far the worst installment of the “Psycho” franchise – rating even lower

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‘Ghostwatch’ (1992) a little-known but highly influential found footage horror film

A fun thing about being a movie fan is that I still come across classics I hadn’t seen before, or – in the case of

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Utterly generic nature leaves ‘Night Swim’ all wet

A lot has been made about the coming age of AI-generated scripts, but a movie like “Night Swim” (Peacock) makes me wonder if anyone will

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