‘Dead End’ (2003) is darkly comedic Christmas horror
Frightening Friday (Movie review): A strong cast portrays the universal holiday family sniping in a mostly effective mix of comedy and weird horror.
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‘Dead End’ (2003) is darkly comedic Christmas horror
Hannah tries to get into the spirit with ‘Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night’
Book review: Unfortunately, this is the weakest of her first five Poirot books thanks to an implausible character’s unlikely actions.
‘Evil Dead Rise’ is … another ‘Evil Dead’ movie
Movie review: The saga’s fifth entry proves what we already knew: Digital special effects don’t have as much of an impact as practical.
It’s hard to believe there was passion behind ‘Exorcist: Believer’
Movie review: It’s heretical to say this is the worst “Exorcist” film, but it’s pretty bad for a 50th anniversary legacy sequel.
‘Blue Beetle’ should’ve been given the ‘Batgirl’ treatment
Movie review: The DCEU’s latest entry suggests there’s a decent movie under its carapace, but regularly hits wrong notes (except in its soundtrack).
‘Lake Mungo’ (2008) a grief-laden mystery-horror classic
Frightening Friday (Movie review): In the year of “Talk to Me,” we look back at another chiller from Down Under, from one-and-done (?) helmer Joel Anderson.
Poirot sifts through lies in ‘The Killings at Kingfisher Hill’ (2020)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): In her fourth Poirot novel, Sophie Hannah introduces a family almost as troubled as the one from “Crooked House.”
Green, Branagh tell their own Poirot tale in ‘Haunting in Venice’
Movie review: The writer and director move beyond Agatha Christie adaptations with an original horror story.
‘28 Days Later’ (2002), ‘28 Weeks Later’ (2007) infect zombie fiction with emotion
Horror movie flashback: On the 28th of October, we look back at two of the most affecting (and infecting) zombie films of the century.
‘Fall of the House of Usher’ doesn’t collapse under its ambitions
TV review: As is an annual October tradition, Mike Flanagan delivers another powerful adaptation of a dusty piece of horror fiction.