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Paranormal Activity – Film Review
Soon after moving into a suburban tract home, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a supernatural presence. Hoping to capture evidence of it on film, they set up video cameras in the house but are not prepared for the terrifying events that follow. Found footage horror…
- 2026
Hotel Transylvania – Film Review
When monsters want to get away from it all, they go to Count Dracula’s (voice of Adam Sandler) Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort where they can be themselves without humans around to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula invites creatures like the Invisible Man, the Mummy, and others to celebrate the 118th birthday of…
- 2026
In the Mouth of Madness – Film Review
When horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) goes missing, insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) scrutinizes the claim made by his publisher, Jackson Harglow (Charlton Heston), and endeavors to retrieve a yet-to-be-released manuscript and ascertain the writer’s whereabouts. Accompanied by the novelist’s editor, Linda Styles (Julie Carmen), and disturbed by nightmares from reading Cane’s other novels,…
- 2026
Clouds – Film Review
Teenager Zach Sobiech (Fin Argus) forms the music group A Firm Handshake and records the inspirational hit single “Clouds” and tries to traverse his school and personal life, all while battling terminal cancer. By the time the end credits of Clouds appeared on screen, I genuinely had a hard time believing that Disney+ distributed the film. That’s…
- 2026
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Film Review
Aaron Sorkin’s second directorial effort, The Trial of the Chicago 7, is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The trial transfixed the nation and sparked a conversation about mayhem intended…
- 2026
Haunting of the Mary Celeste – Film Review
Haunting of the Mary Celeste, also known as Fishbowl, is an impressive effort from relatively new director Shana Betz. In the past, she has directed two feature films that are more action-comedy oriented, but with her latest, she takes her talents to the dreary seas and presents real and tangible horror with great direction on her…
- 2026