Category: Horror
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Terrified (****1/2) is an effective scare
We are not outside of the danger. It’s there waiting for us.
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Pearl (***1/2) – No way out
It’s hard to enjoy a truly disturbing film like this so much as one can just appreciate the effort.
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Barbarian (****) Keeps its story down deep
Cregger handles some very common story elements in a completely original way.
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Lamb (***1/2) – It’s not a child…
This could be one of the strangest films one sees this decade. Or just a movie about revenge.
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Prey (*****) – Is Predator in its purest form
Prey is the Predator film that threatens to put all of the others to shame.
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Nope (****1/2) – Yep
Peele has the whole world in his hands, and it is up to him and his precisely articulate and interesting vision how we are allowed to view it.
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Shark Bait (*1/2) Ooh Ha Ha
If you ever wanted to see a more scenic and less intelligent version of Jaws, here ya go.
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Umma (***1/2) – Sins of the Mother
The scares in Umma are not so prevalent as they are insinuated.
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The Black Phone (****) Please be real…
One will definitely feel like they’ve gone through hell in the seventies when they come out of this movie.
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