“Black Moon” (1934) is an outdated film — and most films with a voodoo subject share its awkwardness, from “White Zombie” (1932) to “Live and
Whether by coincidence or because something was in the water, 1989 featured one of those wonderfully weird instances in Hollywood history where multiple films with
In “Strange Darling” (2024), writer-director JT Mollner shows that one of cinema’s most generic plots – a serial killer on the prowl – can be
Looking at my top 10, the surprisingly (but maybe it shouldn’t be) prevailing theme is metaphysics. We live in a decade when time seems to
So many modern horror movies shoot straight for the trash bin that I feel I should point out that while “Cuckoo” is a bad movie,
Hugh Grant’s armchair theologian in “Heretic” points out that the Hollies’ “The Air that I Breathe” begat Radiohead’s “Creep” which begat Lana del Rey’s “Get
A few years back, the “Alien” franchise commissioned a collection of short fan films, and it was a pretty decent throwaway romp. The “Terminator” franchise
With each new societal innovation, horror movies must follow. Such has been the case this decade with “vacation rental horror.” With the rise of Airbnb
Bad Christmas horror movies have become as ubiquitous as bad Christmas rom-coms … OK, maybe not quite that ubiquitous. But the genre is beginning to
At least give writer-director Parker Finn credit for finding a new angle into his “Smile” saga. He follows up his popular but slightly overrated 2022