Horror Movies

‘Black Phone’ about as interesting as a dead line 

Brrrrrrring brrrrrrrring! The sound of a telephone ringing is a core element in horror films from “Black Christmas” to “Scream.” Now Alexander Graham Bell’s invention is

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‘Summer of 84’ (2018) a gem amid ’80s nostalgia boom 

I’m glad for Canadian films like “Summer of 84” (2018) because I can pretend to be an aficionado of under-the-radar foreign horror without having to

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Lazy sequel ‘Deep Blue Sea 2’ (2018) bites the big one 

As time goes by, Renny Harlin’s “Deep Blue Sea” (1999) is becoming more appreciated as a great horror action thriller from the dawn of CGI

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Dark horror-comedy serves up ‘Fresh’ dating insights 

If you tend to take spoiler warnings casually, take it more seriously with “Fresh” (Hulu) when it comes up later in this post. Writer Lauryn Kahn

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Cuthbert’s ‘The Cellar’ has fun with spooky math 

Many horror fans have lived in a house with a creepy basement – one where you flick the lights off and charge upstairs to escape

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‘Shark Night’ (2011) shallow but humorously entertaining 

“Back to the Future Part II” (1989) imagines “Jaws 19” hitting theaters in 2015. Rather surprisingly, that franchise didn’t have another entry after the fourth

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Paxton adds quirkiness to West’s ‘The Innkeepers’ (2012) 

Sara Paxton, who looks like Alexis Bledel mixed with Kirsten Dunst, fell off my radar after TV’s “Summerland,” where she plays a not-very-likable girl, if

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‘Deep Blue Sea’ (1999) a smart actioner about smart-sharks  

Sometimes I look at my old reviews and cringe. When I listened to a “How Did This Get Made?” podcast episode ripping into “Deep Blue

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‘House of the Devil’ (2009) goes back to ’80s to become a new classic 

In the early days of cellphones, horror fans wondered if new movies could be scary now that people could immediately call for help. We soon

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Traucki’s ‘The Reef’ (2011) delivers stark shark terror 

“Jaws” (1975) was a famously expensive and physically punishing production, mostly because it used a mechanical shark. But the film was intense, and a classic,

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