So many filmmakers have their breakouts in the horror genre. Deliver something refreshing for scary movie fans on a low budget, and that creates a must-see, word-of-mouth reaction. The Philippou Brothers (Danny and Michael) from Australia have accomplished just that with their directorial debut “Talk to Me.” It’s bare bones, an original concept, and focuses […]
This sixth film in the Scream franchise marks a few firsts. It’s the first film without Neve Campbell and David Arquette. It’s the first time Ghostface has ever called Gale Weathers — Courtney Cox(“Shining Vale,” “Cougar Town”) is the only original member of the cast to return. It’s the first time the story takes place
You don’t buy a ticket for a movie called “Cocaine Bear” without expecting unrestrained chaos. However, the elements you don’t expect make this wild ride more fun. It’s directed by actress/director Elizabeth Banks (“Charlie’s Angels,” “The Hunger Games”) and fueled by her twisted sense of dark humor. It’s also loosely based on actual events. By
Luca Guadagnino may be most well-known for his critically acclaimed adaptation of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name, but his work has spanned many genres and subjects. His twisty psychological drama A Bigger Splash starred Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes as former lovers with unfinished business on a gorgeous Italian holiday. His limited series
“Barbarian” is written and directed by Zach Cregger, a non-household name actor, jumping behind the camera in an attempt to deliver pre-Halloween returns for 20th Century Studios. What starts as an Airbnb horror movie, playing on our worst fears about staying in a stranger’s home, evolves into a distinctly unconventional horror
If you’re looking for one last vacation before school starts, “Beast” takes the audience to South Africa on a treacherous adventure. Depending on your expectations, this made-for-TV movie delivers predictable thrills, and suspense and functions mostly like a watered-down “Jurassic Park.” Baltasar Kormákur is a hit-or-miss director, with surprising nuance in thrillers like “Adrift” (2018),
Nearly 45 years after John Carpenter’s original, Halloween Ends, the final chapter in the Michael Myers saga makes its way to theaters and Peacock this weekend. Director David Gordon Green’s (“Stronger,” “Halloween“) trilogy has been brilliant at bringing characters from the original film and initial sequels into the forefront. Still, it has fallen short in creating
This is a movie for hard-core horror fans and those who savor Terence Malick films. It takes place in 19th Century Macedonia, where witches were well known by the village populace as living for centuries and feeding on infants and animals to maintain their life-blood. We meet the witch “Old Maid Maria” (sometimes called the “Wolf-Eateress” who was
X is quite the horror show, but a lot like the usual porn movie too. An ambitious Texan from Houston, Wayne (Henderson) has big dreams of becoming a major filmmaker. He recruits a committed independent film cinematographer named RJ (Campbell) to shoot and direct a movie they’ll call “The Farmer’s Daughters.” Wayne has in mind to revolutionize the porn industry and
This is a finely crafted horror production by writer/director Mickey Keating that thankfully avoids almost all of the “impossibles” commonly seen in the genre. Music by Shayfer James and the sound effects (Shawn Duffy) are as much a part of the drama as the plot. The music is interesting in that it is often dance music