Movie Review: SMILE 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/18/2024
SMILE 2 movie poster | ©2024 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Naomi Scott, Rosemary DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Dylan Gelula, Ray Nicholson, Lukas Gage, Peter Jacobson, Drew Barrymore, Raúl Castillo, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Iván Carlo Writer: Parker Finn, based on characters created by Parker Finn Director: Parker Finn Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: October 18, 2024 SMILE 2 is a clear case of a sequel that’s superior to the original. Writer/director Parker Finn, back from the 2022 SMILE, not only avails himself of a bigger budget but also displays better storytelling and scare chops this time around. One of the big problems that the original SMILE had was that it […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BEEZEL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BEEZEL movie poster | ©2024 Epic Pictures / Dread

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bob Gallagher, LeJon Woods, Caroline Quigley, Kimberly Salditt Poulin, Nicolas Robin, Victoria Fratz Fradkin Writers: Adam Fradkin & Victoria Fratz Fradkin Director: Adam Fradkin Distributor: Epic Pictures/Dread Release Date: September 20, 2024 (theatrical); September 24, 2024 (VOD) BEEZEL does something a bit different with the found footage format. While we do get a reasonable amount of camera p.o.v., the movie plays with different types of cameras and mediums (Super 8mm film, a variety of video formats) and has characters literally finding the footage. BEEZEL takes place in one location, a sprawling Massachusetts house with a large […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TERRIFIER 3

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/10/2024
TERRIFIER 3 movie poster | ©2024 Cineverse

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton, Elliott Fullam, Sarah Voigt, Samantha Scaffidi, Chris Jericho, Antonella Rose, Margaret Anne Florence, Bryce Johnson, Alexa Blair, Mason Mecartea, Krsy Fox, Clint Howard, Jon Abrahams, Daniel Roebuck, Jason Patric Writer: Damien Leone Director: Damien Leone Distributor: Cineverse Release Date: October 11, 2024 TERRIFIER 3 provides two-for-one holiday horror. Arriving just in time for Halloween, it’s actually set during Christmas. Like its predecessors, 2016’s TERRIFIER and 2022’s TERRIFIER 2, TERRIFIER 3 is written and directed by Damien Leone. Actor David Howard Thornton is likewise back for his third round as Art the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HOLD YOUR BREATH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/04/2024
HOLD YOUR BREATH | ©2024 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Sarah Paulson, Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford, Alona James Robbins, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Frances Lee McCain, Courtney Cunningham Writer: Karrie Crouse Directors: Karrie Crouse & Will Joines Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: October 3, 2024 (Hulu) HOLD YOUR BREATH is set in the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1933, when blinding, catastrophic dust storms were ravaging the American Midwest. Directors Karrie Crouse & Will Joines, working from Crouse’s script, give us an environment as ominous as the deep ocean, and use it to set a horror story that can be read as supernatural, psychological, or both. Wheat farmer Margaret Bellum (Sarah […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHT OF THE HARVEST

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
NIGHT OF THE HARVEST movie poster | ©2024 Gravitas Features

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jessica Morgan, Brittany Isabell, Aeric Azana, Jim Cirner, Taylor Falshaw, Ashton Jordaan Ruiz, Autumn Gubersky, John Noble, Steve McKee, Jesse Pickering, Angelica Ornelas, Dustin Rieffer, Michaela Ivey Writer: Christopher M. Carter, story by Christopher M. Carter & Jessica Morgan Directors: Christopher M. Carter & Jessica Morgan Distributor: Gravitas Features Release Date: September 24, 2024 (digital) NIGHT OF THE HARVEST is a low-budget but decently-made Halloween horror slasher. It has a couple of strong plot twists, and succeeds in keeping us guessing if something supernatural or just psychotic is occurring. However, directors Christopher M. Carter & Jessica […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LAST STRAW

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/27/2024
LAST STRAW movie poster | ©2024 Shout! Studios

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jessica Belkin, Taylor Kowalski. Glen Gould, Joji Otani-Hansen, Chris Lopes, Michael Giannone, Tara Raani, Jeremy Sisto Writer: Taylor Sardoni Director: Alan Scott Neal Distributor: Shout! Studios Release Date: September 20, 2024 (theatrical, VOD, digital) There are moments when LAST STRAW seems to be a STRANGERS movie, but turns out to be something a little different and more ambitious. With only a few wait-a-second logic gaps, it holds up pretty well as a physical/psychological thriller. We start with a flash-forward to an isolated roadside diner, where there’s blood everywhere and some bodies on the floor. We get […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/06/2024
DON'T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS | ©2024 Quiver Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bella DeLong, Amber Janea, Daryl Tofa, Ana Zambrana, Crystal Lake Evans, John Bucy, Jarrett Brown Writer: Andy Fickman Director: Andy Fickman Distributor: Quiver Distribution Release Date: September 6, 2024 (theatrical, VOD) DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS begins with ominous music over a drone shot of a camper traveling on a forest road. Superimposed over this is what appears to be a little girl’s birthday party, with wrapped presents, colorful cupcakes and a balloon arch in a public park. However, when we see a little girl, she is not near the celebration, but rather standing by herself, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE DEMON DISORDER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE DEMON DISORDER key art | ©2024 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Christian Willis, Dirk Hunter, Charles Cottier, John Noble, Tobie Webster Writers: Steve Boyle & Toby Osborne Director: Steve Boyle Distributor: Shudder Release Date: September 6, 2024 (Shudder) THE DEMON DISORDER treats demonic possession as a hereditary physical disease. It mixes Cronenbergian levels of body horror with family drama that has elements of both tragedy and dark humor. We’re in rural Australia. We start with views of a rundown house behind a chain-link fence. The place is occupied, though, by two adult Reilly brothers. Alcoholic Jake (Dirk Hunter) is the eldest; troubled youngest Phillip (Charles Cottier) is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ALIEN: ROMULUS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/27/2024
ALIEN: ROMULUS movie poster | ©2024 20th Century Studios

Rating: R Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Daniel Betts Writers: Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues, based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett Director: Fede Alvarez Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: August 16, 2024 ALIEN: ROMULUS is the best movie in the ALIEN franchise since ALIENS. This isn’t to say ALIEN: ROMULUS is in the same class as the 1986 ALIENS or the 1979 original ALIEN. That would be demanding too much of practically any movie. However, it starts by honoring the basics. Yes, there is a bit of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CUCKOO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/09/2024
CUCKOO movie poster | ©2024 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jan Bluthardt, Márton Csókás, Jessica Henwick, Mila Lieu, Greta Fernández, Proschat Madani, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Konrad Singer, Kalin Morrow Writer: Tilman Singer Director: Tilman Singer Distributor: Neon Release Date: August 9, 2024 The film CUCKOO is well-titled. This isn’t an insult. Since many of the characters are demonstrably crazy, and it is plotted so densely that viewers may feel some madness themselves, a reference to insanity seems appropriate. The title also references the bird species with the unusual method of raising their young, although that analogy gets stretched to the breaking point. CUCKOO begins […]Read On »


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