Movie Review: THE DEMON DISORDER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/06/2024
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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Movie Review: THE BEAST WITHIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/02/2024
THE BEAST WITHIN movie poster | ©2024 Well Go USA Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Caolinn Springall Writers: Greer Taylor Ellison & Alexander J. Farrell Director: Alexander J. Farrell Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment Release Date: July 26, 2024 THE BEAST WITHIN begins with the onscreen proverb, ““There are two wolves inside of us … they are always at war.” We then see a woman in old-time garb searching in the forest for “William.” This ends badly. Then we’re in the present, or thereabouts. An English family – Noah (Kit Harington), his wife Imogen (Ashleigh Cummings, of NOS4A2), their young daughter Willow (Caolinn Springall) and Imogen’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ODDITY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/19/2024
ODDITY movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films/Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Jonathan French, Steve Wall Writer: Damian McCarthy Director: Damian McCarthy Distributor: IFC Films/Shudder Release Date: July 19, 2024 (theatrical) ODDITY is a contemporary Irish horror film that uses multiple mythic ingredients for maximum effect. Dani Timmis (Carolyn Bracken) is alone in a huge, isolated manor. She seems unafraid as she chats on the phone to her husband, Dr. Ted Timmis (Gwilym Lee), who works at a mental hospital in the city. Dani has a tent and an automatic camera set up, hoping to capture images of ghosts. Dani also […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THINE EARS SHALL BLEED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THINE EARS SHALL BLEED movie poster | ©2024 Miracle Media Trinity / Creative Partnership

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Andrew Hovelson, Hannah Cabell, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Lea Zawada, Duke Huston Writers: Ben Bigelow & William Bigelow Director: Ben Bigelow Distributor: Miracle Media/Trinity Creative Partnership Release Date: July 9, 2024 (digital U.S.); July 15, 2024 (digital U.K.) THINE EARS SHALL BLEED is period folk horror that feels like a less ambitious version of 2016’s THE WITCH. We’re in the 1860s rather than the 1600s, the central family is not quite so strict, and the supernatural gets more verbal explanation. Nevertheless, it’s a clash between conventional evangelical religion and the forces of darkness. Reverend Ezekiel Thatcher (Andrew Hovelson), […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LONGLEGS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/12/2024
LONGLEGS movie poster | ©2024 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Choi-Lee, Lauren Acala, Kiernan Shipka, Ava Kelders, Carmel Amit Writer: Osgood Perkins| Director: Osgood Perkins Distributor: Neon Release Date: July 12, 2024 LONGLEGS succeeds at being admirably scary, leavened by some very funny moments. Mixing FBI procedural thriller with supernatural chiller, writer/director Osgood Perkins has made a film that feels something like a hybrid of 1991’s THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and 1982’s HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH. (The latter isn’t a spot-on comparison, but it’s close as far as the magical mechanisms.) We get quite a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE INHERITANCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE INHERITANCE movie poster | ©2024 Vertical

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton, Rachel Nichols, Austin Stowell, David Walton, Reese Alexander Writers: Chris LaMont & Joseph Russo Director: Alejandro Brugués Distributor: Vertical Release Date: July 12, 2024 (theatrical and VOD) NBC’s horror anthology series THE NIGHT GALLERY ran from 1969 through 1973. Created and hosted by Rod Serling, the show mixed gore with gentility in often upscale surroundings that looked expensive without being too extensive for television, and almost always with a twist ending. While THE INHERITANCE is a 2024 single-story feature (not to be confused with multiple other films with the same […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MOOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/03/2024
THE MOOR movie poster | ©2024 Bulldog Film Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sophia La Porta, David Edward-Robinson, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Mark Peachey, Vicki Hackett, Bernard Hill, Dexter Sol Ansill, Billie Suggett Writer: Paul Thomas Director: Chris Cronin Distributor: Bulldog Film Distribution Release Date: June 14, 2024 (UK theatrical); July 1, 2024 (UK digital) The Yorkshire moors in Northern England are plenty spooky-looking in broad daylight. They are vast, often mist-shrouded, containing ancient artifacts, and peat bogs that are like grassy quicksand. In other words, they are the perfect place for a ghost story like THE MOOR. In 1996 Yorkshire, young Claire (Billie Suggett) convinces her even younger friend Danny […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE EXORCISM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/21/2024
THE EXORCISM movie poster | ©2024 Vertical Entertainment/Miramax

Rating: R Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg, Adrian Pasdar, David Hyde Pierce Writers: M.A. Fortin & Joshua John Miller Director: Joshua John Miller Distributor: Vertical Entertainment/Miramax Release Date: June 21, 2024 THE EXORCISM has an opening sequence that makes us chuckle, then yelp. For most of its running time, it commendably walks the tightrope between filmmaking lore, meta commentary and straight-up horror. For those who may be understandably confused, THE EXORCISM stars Russell Crowe, but it is not connected legally, in plotline or in tone to that other recent Crowe vehicle, 2023’s THE POPE’S […]Read On »


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