- John Hansen
- October 31, 2023
Demon Nun is back in the habit in generic ‘The Nun II’
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
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- John Hansen
- October 31, 2023
Such sights to show you: All 11 ‘Hellraiser’ films, ranked
“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
- John Hansen
- October 30, 2023
‘When Evil Lurks’ brings horror to the end of the world
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
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2023
Special effects artists are the stars of ‘Meg 2: The Trench’
Hollywood will eventually use AI to write some movie scripts, and if you want a sneak preview of what that will be like, check out
- John Hansen
- October 28, 2023
‘28 Days Later’ (2002), ‘28 Weeks Later’ (2007) infect zombie fiction with emotion
“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
- John Hansen
- October 27, 2023
‘Survival of the Dead’ (2009) zombie-walks to series’ finish line
I have to give writer-director George Romero credit for this much: No two of his “Living Dead” films are quite like each other. He can’t
- John Hansen
- October 25, 2023
‘Fall of the House of Usher’ doesn’t collapse under its ambitions
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (Netflix) must’ve been a fun writing project for Mike Flanagan and his staff of eight scribes. They use
- John Hansen
- October 24, 2023
P&C unearth another New Mexico conspiracy in ‘Dead Mountain’
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child deliver a chiller suitable for curling up against the autumn chill in “Dead Mountain” (August, hardcover). A comfortingly familiar novel
- John Hansen
- October 23, 2023
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 3 (1989) goes out in a ‘Big’ way
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 3’s (1989) concluding batch (episodes 38-47) features imaginative notions, the return of Baxter-Fly and the Neutrinos, and a suitably “Big”
- John Hansen
- October 22, 2023
‘Insidious: The Red Door’ keeps character focus, forgets the scares
Credit “Insidious: The Red Door” for getting the casting right: Ty Simpkins, a child actor in “Insidious” (2011) and “Insidious: Chapter 2” (2013), returns as