Movies

‘Cabin Fever’ (2003, 2016) splatters screen with contagion fears 

“Cabin Fever” (2002 at festivals, 2003 wide release) is considered an important film in horror circles. It marks writer-director Eli Roth’s coming-out party and features

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Devil menaces next gen in ‘Omen IV: The Awakening’ (1991) 

After the original trilogy, the “Omen” series continued in two little-known but well-regarded novels, “Omen IV: Armageddon 2000” (1982) and “Omen V: The Abomination” (1985).

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‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ not quite great, but worth picking up 

Exhibit A in the case that we live in an era overloaded with entertainment options: 2022 features two psychological horror films centering on a telephone

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‘Goodnight Mommy’ remake scrapes by on mood, twist 

“Goodnight Mommy” (Amazon Prime), a probably unnecessary remake of the 2014 Austrian film, is a sparse and score-driven mood picture. The main characters are twins

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Damien grows up (fast) in ‘The Final Conflict’ (1981) 

Richard Donner returns as a producer and helps shepherd the original “Omen” trilogy to a stylish end in “The Final Conflict” (sometimes called “Omen III:

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‘Who Invited Them’ gets socially awkward with its scares

“Veronica Mars’ ” Ryan Hansen finds himself on the flipside of the s**t-talking game in “Who Invited Them” (Shudder), a short, sweet and watchable –

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‘Urban Legend’ is a 1998 slasher time capsule 

“Urban Legend,” a dumb but kinda classic film from the late Nineties slasher boom, could exist in 1998 but not five years later. Much of writer

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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ a hurricane of narcissism, buzzwords 

“Bodies Bodies Bodies” isn’t a bad movie, but it’s a purposely unpleasant one. Five rich 20-something women, plus the slightly older David (Pete Davidson) and

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‘Damien: Omen II’ (1978) a respectable continuation 

Considering it was cranked out only two years after the original and that Richard Donner and David Seltzer don’t return, “Damien: Omen II” (1978) is

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Donner’s ‘The Omen’ (1976) a classic of religious horror 

Religion is a source of comfort and light to billions, but it’s also a source of foreboding darkness for horror movies. What’s remarkable is that

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