“The Killer” (Netflix) takes the structure of a “John Wick” film but replaces the action with tension. In both cases, the plot is unimportant. The
“Hell House LLC” (2015) was one of the last decade’s best “found footage” horror films. Then writer-director Stephen Cognetti got narratively ambitious with his sequels
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After adapting two Agatha Christie classics – “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile” – with an edgier, darker version of Poirot,
“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) has one of the messiest horror-franchise continuities, with each of the co-creators trying their own narrative continuation: one in
The Demon Nun’s superpowers include a knack for popping up to do jump scares, and when the third act comes, she can possess people. But
“Hellraiser” is an oddball among horror franchises, starting with idiosyncratic gore-horror from the writings of Clive Barker, ranging into straight-to-video films where Pinhead (Doug Bradley
If the possession experiences in the “Exorcist” films aren’t gross enough for you, along comes the Spanish-language Argentine production “When Evil Lurks” (Shudder). The relatives
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“28 Days Later” (2002 in the U.K., 2003 in the U.S.) fast-tracked zombies back into the mainstream for a new century. Director Danny Boyle and