Midsommar (2019)
“It’s like another world.” Midsommar opens with a shot which summarizes the entire story in a four-paneled tableaux of Pagan paintings. In a modern sense, it’s like vague GPS directions […]
Category Archives: Horror
Child’s Play (2019)
“You can’t hurt people.” The latest revival in the recent string of rehashes and remakes and reboots being thoughtlessly spewed out of Hollywood, Child’s Play admirably attempts to modernize and […]
Ma (2019)
“Now you know where the party is.” There’s really no reason to go see Ma when you can pretty much watch the entire movie in less than 3 minutes. The […]
The Perfection (2019)
“We don’t make mistakes here.” One of the more compassionate movies I’ve seen so far this year, yet every bit as brutal and disturbing as the trailer paints it to […]
Climax (2019)
“When you do things either it works or it doesn’t.” Climax curiously starts at the end with a disturbing, soulless laugh and a few audible pleas for help before rewinding […]
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
“She wants us to be hers.” Incoherent, innocuous, and borderline lifeless, The Curse of La Llorona takes a classic folk tale and dooms it to hell with talented, lost actors trying […]
The Silence (2019)
“This is how it happened for us. This is our story.” An intriguing story until it isn’t. A likable apocalyptic vision until convention overtakes invention. And a well acted family […]
Pet Sematary (2019)
“It doesn’t feel right.” A not-so-gentle reminder that I’ll definitely never be a cat person, nor a fan of run-of-the-mill horror flicks, Pet Sematary updates the 1989 adaptation of Stephen […]
Us (2019)
“I’ll keep you safe.” Imagine people huddled around a coffee table book, its binding worn, the tabletop spotted by rings from glasses never placed on coasters. Ideas being spun into […]
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
“All art is dangerous.” One of the very first scenes in Velvet Buzzsaw – a cinematic approach to Juvelian satire with playfully inventive savagery and a generous splash of acerbic […]
