The hauntings of Mike Flanagan: All 13 of his films and TV shows, ranked
Movie and TV list: Here are my rankings of this modern horror master’s works on the big and small screens so far.
Mystery
‘Watcher’ (2022) boasts style, paranoia, little else
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This Maika Monroe-starrer follows a grand tradition, but it lacks the layers of new gems like “Last Night in Soho.”
‘Scream VI’ is slick fun, but rules go out the window
Movie review: This requel-sequel is technically well-made, but does the saga now care less about being a “Scream” film?
‘I See You’ (2019) consistently creepy, hurt by plot hole
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Director Adam Randall’s film goes deeper into the details of a haunted house than is the norm.
Seventies-style howcatchem ‘Poker Face’ would make Columbo proud
TV review: Natasha Lyonne has the mannerisms of Columbo, but other aspects of Rian Johnson’s show establish a fresh identity.
‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Season 1 (1989) launches an icon
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Although other actors had played the brilliant Belgian detective, most people picture David Suchet when they think of Poirot.
Preston & Child go back in time for ‘Cabinet of Dr. Leng’
Book review: The plot thickens as Constance and Pendergast hop through dimensions, and the authors make it seem plausible.
‘Sleeping Murder’ (1976) a relaxing throwback mystery
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie’s only posthumous novel is also one of her finest Marple yarns, one where we can apply what we’ve learned.
‘Curtain’ (1975) impressively drops on Poirot’s career
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Hercule Poirot’s last case is also one of his most memorable, in this novel written decades before its publication.
T&T’s interplay makes ‘Postern of Fate’ (1973) readable
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Christie’s last-written novel is one of her weakest, but thanks to Tommy and Tuppence’s banter, it’s not the worst.