The Ritual (2017): Review
David Bruckner's The Ritual (2017) is a movie about wrong-turns. Yes, it largely involves four men who get themselves increasingly lost while hiking in Sweden. This is undoubtedly a wrong-turn,…
Year: 2018
Murder Party (2007): Review
Though relatively new compared to journeyman directors, Jeremy Saulnier is hardly a novice. It might seem otherwise; ten-plus years have seen him produce only four feature-length films. Three of them…
Nacros: Mexico (2018): Review
Technically, Narcos: Mexico (2018) is a spin-off of Narcos (2015). However, given their close ties, I like to consider it the fourth season of that show. The first two focused on Agent Murphy…
I Am Not a Serial Killer (2015): Review
Billy O'Brien's I Am Not a Serial Killer (2015) is the story of a young man growing up in a small town. The only son of a single, female mortician,…
Castlevania, Season Two (2018): Review
Disclaimer: This review of the second season of the Netflix miniseries, Castlevania, contains many spoilers! One thing before I begin: Trevor Belmont's whip—called the Morning Star, but which I'll simply…
Summer of '84 (2018): Review
Directed by François Simard, and Anouk and Yoann-Karl Whissell, Summer of '84 is a wonderfully misleading horror film, one that spells itself out in familiar patterns. The narrator practically sighs during…
Veronica (2017): Review, part 2
For all the successful tricks that Veronica (2017) borrows from older movies, there are some missteps, too. And Paco Plaza shows enough horror know-how to make one wonder why he made these…
Veronica (2017): Review, part 1
Something about Paco Plaza’s Veronica (2017) felt familiar. I didn’t recognise the director's name, but he seemed at home, in the genre. As it turns out, he actually directed [REC]…
The Hateful Eight (2015): Review, part 3
Here is part three of my three-part review of The Hateful Eight (2015). Read part one, here; part two, here. Tarantino's plot, in The Hateful Eight (2015), hinges around a…
The Hateful Eight (2015): Review, part 2
Here is part two of my three-part review of The Hateful Eight (2015). Read part one, here; part three, here. A horror movie shouldn't feel the need to spell itself out in order to…
