Family Drama

‘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

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Get out! A ranking of the 11 primary ‘Amityville Horror’ movies

Among all the horror franchises with endless sequels and reboots and knockoffs, none can compete with the “Amityville” series (to use the word “series” loosely)

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‘Totally Killer’ comments on change of times with dry humor

The best thing about “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” was how Kiernan Shipka’s title character approached the supernatural nuttiness with seen-it-all-before Gen-Z wryness. So she’s the

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‘Gen V’ continues super-smart storytelling from ‘The Boys’

The same team that makes “The Boys” (which has aired three seasons) tries their hand at a spinoff with “Gen V,” the first three episodes

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All 10 ‘Exorcist’ movies, TV seasons and books, ranked

On Oct. 6, the “Exorcist” franchise will return in a big way for the 50th anniversary legacy sequel “The Exorcist: Believer.” It comes from the

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‘Finlay Donovan Is Killing It’ (2021) in a fun meta thriller

Elle Cosimano takes “Write what you know” to a meta level in “Finlay Donovan Is Killing It” (2021), the debut adult novel from the YA

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Australian scarer ‘Talk to Me’ maintains grip till the end

It’s hard to make a mainstream horror movie that stands out from the pack while also checking the required boxes of being scary, moody, mysterious

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Family bonds, colorful realm drive ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (now streaming), the third film in the series and 31st Marvel Cinematic Universe film overall, starts the 2023 calendar strong

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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ mostly continues original’s fun

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (now on Max) is among the latest live-action cartoons in the DC Extended Universe – colorful, expensive, and earnest in

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Hannah, Poirot go deep into psychology to solve ‘Mystery of Three Quarters’ (2018)

Hercule Poirot is known for using his understanding of human psychology to solve murders, and never is this more extreme than in “The Mystery of

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