Saint Maud is one of the most praised films of 2020. It was a film that played at film festivals like Toronto and London and earned recognition from Danny Boyle. Maud (Morfydd Clark) is a private hospice nurse and recent religious convert. Her most recent charge is Amanda (Jennifer Ehle), a former dancer with a […]
Tag: Horror Movie
The New Mutants Review
The New Mutants is the last movie in the current X-Men series, a film that sees the superhero genre enter into horror territory. Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) is a teenager who awakes in a hospital where she’s told that her whole tribe had been killed and that she’s a mutant. In the hospital are four other mutants, Rahne […]
The Invisible Man Review
Blumhouse’s version The Invisible Man is the latest film by writer/director Leigh Whannell. It shows that both the studio and the filmmaker are the current masters of budget filmmaking. Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) is a woman who makes a daring escape from her abusive boyfriend, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Two weeks later, Cecilia hears Adrian has committed […]
Britflix: The Seasoning House
The Seasoning House is a grim and depressing horror-thriller that was the directional debut of Paul Hyett. In a war-torn Eastern European nation a group of young women are forced into sex slavery. One of these girls is Angel (Rosie Day) who escapes the regular raping due to her deafness and facial birthmark. But Angel has […]
It Chapter Two Review
The horror genre has been going through a renaissance period. Many of these films received critical acclaimed and bigger name actors have been attached to these term films. The second part of It was a big scale entry for the genre. 27 years after The Losers defeated Pennywise (Bill Skargård) the spirit of “It” returns to the […]
Midsommar Review
Ari Aster is quickly emerging to be more of the most acclaimed if divisive filmmakers in the horror genre. His first film was loved by critics but received a mix reception from fans and his follow-up film is going down the same route. Midsommar follows a group of American university students who have been invited by […]
Brightburn Review
What would you do if you have unlimited power? This is the debate often explored in superhero fiction and the film Brightburn gives audiences their take through the prism of a horror film. In 2006 Toni and Kyle Breyer (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman) were trying to have a baby when a spaceship crashes near their farm. […]
Pet Sematary Review
The 2019 version of Pet Sematary is the second adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same. It release comes after the success of 2017’s It. The Creed family move from Boston to rural Maine so they could have a quieter life and allow the family patriarch Louis (Jason Clarke) to spend more time with the children. […]
Us Review
Jordan Peele made a real impact with his directional debut Get Out, a film that is a part of the current horror renaissance. His follow-up film was highly anticipated and has already been praised by critics. Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is a woman who suffered from a traumatic event when she was a child. Her past comes back […]
Overlord Review
J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot are synonymous with high concept film and TV, making Lost and the Cloverfield franchise. They combine the war and horror genres with their latest film Overlord. On the eve of D-Day American paratroopers are sent behind enemy lines to help the invasion. One squad is tasked to destroy a radio tower on an old […]