The Damned (aka Gallows Hill), from director Victor Garcia, retells the classic tale of a bunch of idiots getting themselves stranded in the worst way possible. In this case, it’s a house in the middle of Nowhere, Columbia, and a bunch of Americans, a local TV personality, and a camera one stranded after a comically sudden and […]

American Poltergeist, from director and co-writer Michael Rutkowski, is a generic haunted house movie. A group of young adults gather for a seemingly harmless time with friend only to learn the hard way that this is a horror movie. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. I honestly thought people were just going to start fucking at any given […]

Romina, from writer-director Diego Cohen, is what happens when someone mistakes their uninspired version of Friday the 13th for some sort of cheeky, artistic reinterpretation. In it, a group of plucky kids go to Crystal Lake (yes, it’s actually called this) and then get butchered one-by-one in a variety of ways that scream “yes, we had less […]

Beyond the Gates, from director and co-writer Jackson Stewart, tells the story of two brothers–one an uptight loser, the other an immature loser–reuniting following the disappearance of their father. But when they start packing up their father’s video rental store, they come across a mysterious video cassette that may have something to do with their […]

There have been Snakes on a Plane, Snakes on a Train, and zombies on a Train to Busan. But when when a robbery goes wrong for a small gang of teenagers, they’ll find themselves facing off against ghosts on a train in Sukhum Mathawanit’s Train of the Dead. Someone out there will be fine with this one. Probably The […]

A Dark Song, from writer-director Liam Gavin, is a movie that exists. It’s about a supposedly guilt-ridden woman who recently lost her son attempting some ancient ritual that will allow her to speak with him once more. Also, the guy she pays to help her. I have no clue if any of this is true […]

Malevolent, from director Olaf De Fleur, is yet another movie where a group of fake ghost hunters con innocent people until it turns out that ghosts might actually be real. And then it all goes horribly wrong for all these assholes. How many movies out there attempt and fail to rip-off the opening to Ghostbusters? Because […]

The Secrets of Emily Blair, from director Joseph P. Genier, is just another demon possession movie along the lines of The Exorcist. A nurse is attacked by a Dr. Giggles, something gross gets on-and-or-in her, and then she starts seeing weird things, acts weird, and generally all Puzuzu-y while her boyfriend is left to sort this […]

FirstBorn, from Nirpal Bhogal, is a moody, slow burn movie about a young couple, their first child, and them being plagued by ghost stuff. For years and years, apparently. I can’t tell if I love or hate FirstBorn. The first ten minutes is this slow, drawn-out sequence of a young couple on a night out, learning […]

Satanic, from director Jeffrey G. Hunt, is apparently about a group of friends who, for whatever reason, detour to some true-crime hotspots in Los Angeles only to find out that this is always a bad idea in horror movies. I guess. Because you won’t gather any of that from the way this movie opens. This […]

Most Likely to Die, from director Anthony DiBlasi, features a group of twenty-somethings (played by actors well into their 30s and 40s) all set to pre-game like crazy before their ten-year high school reunion. But when a masked killer starts picking them off one by one, they’ll realize they’re in yet another dull, uninspired slasher […]

Veronica, from director and co-writer Paco Plaza, features Sandra Escacena as the titular Veronica, a catholic school girl from Madrid who finds herself under the thumb of an evil spirit after she and some friends use a Ouija board. I’ve seen it. You’ve seen it. We’ve all seen it. I honestly feel a little cheated. […]