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‘Slasher’ team gets back to gory basics with ‘Hell Motel’

The “Slasher” troupe delivered the most consistently gory TV horror from 2016-23, sometimes also adding in good mysteries, and stumbling only with Season 5, “Ripper.”

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‘Christmas Bloody Christmas’ (2022) is chilly in the wrong way

A few years back, the “Alien” franchise commissioned a collection of short fan films, and it was a pretty decent throwaway romp. The “Terminator” franchise

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Fall TV premieres continue with ‘Disclaimer,’ ‘Day of the Jackal,’ ‘Creep Tapes’

My look at fall TV’s premieres continues into November with a trio of streaming offerings. Although these series have several episodes out now (I miss

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2024: A horror ‘Oddity’ – Irish film is year’s best so far

If one has been watching a string of horror films that don’t quite get things right, “Oddity” plays like a revelation. A scary vibe –

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Twisty, creepy ‘Influencer’ (2023) is worth a follow

2023 was a good year for horror films starting with the letters “Inf” and involving travelers who have their passports stolen. “Infinity Pool” got more

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‘Late Night with the Devil’ a great concept, not fully executed

“Late Night with the Devil” (Shudder) has a gripping, grindhouse-esque horror concept wherein the supernatural perhaps encroaches on live TV in 1977. But Aussie writer-directors

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‘Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor’ improves on original

“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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Fall movie preview 2023: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

It’s fall movie season, so that means horror (from modest quirky entries to hyped franchise fare), Oscar-baiting biopics and legendary directors unveiling their latest wares.

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‘The Reef: Stalked’ (2022) watered down compared to original

Andrew Traucki has proven he’s great at creature features – see the 2011 shark thriller “The Reef” and two “Black Water” crocodile films (2007, 2020).

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‘Slasher’ Season 5 ‘Ripper’ overly ambitious, but still brutal

For better or worse, “Slasher” gets ambitious by trying its first period-piece mystery, venturing to 1890s Toronto. Through two episodes, it’s slightly “for worse,” but

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