Scott Teems

It’s hard to believe there was passion behind ‘Exorcist: Believer’

“The Exorcist: Believer,” a 50th anniversary legacy sequel from Blumhouse that – like its recent “Halloween” 40th anniversary trilogy – ignores all the previous sequels

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‘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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New ‘Firestarter’ digs compelling tale from ashes of ’84 dud 

“Firestarter” (1984) served as a cautionary tale for Blumhouse’s “Firestarter” (2022) by showing what not to do in every instance. Writer Scott Teems (“Halloween Kills”)

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‘Halloween Kills’ riffs on ‘later that night’ scares

Love or hate Blumhouse’s “H40” films, you have to respect how they stay firmly within the “Halloween” box while also giving us things we haven’t

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