The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2019) [REVIEW]
Movies regarding real-world gun violence are more terrifying than ever, as our current political climate makes us feel like we’re on the precipice of the country tearing itself apart. Knowing […]
Tag Archives: Thrillers
What Keeps You Alive (2018) [REVIEW]
Lots of great movies (and some bad ones) play at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and yours truly doesn’t have time to see all of them! What Keeps You […]
All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018) [REVIEW]
Now that we’re in the post-Thanksgiving season, it’s the perfect time to seek out holiday-themed horror, with All the Creatures Were Stirring scratching that itch. Not only does the film […]
Cam (2018) [REVIEW]
I like to think I keep my finger on the pulse of what “the kids” are watching these days, though it’s hard to sift through all the junk that hits […]
Hold the Dark (2018) [REVIEW]
Between Blue Ruin and Green Room, filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier has quickly become one of the filmmakers’ whose projects I most look forward to, as I know I’ll get something completely […]
Marrowbone (2017) [REVIEW]
When I first saw The Orphanage, I knew I had witnessed something special, which proved true when the film remained one of the best haunted house films of the decade. […]
Mohawk (2017) [REVIEW]
One of the more enjoyable haunted house movies I’ve seen in recent years is 2015’s We Are Still Here from writer/director Ted Geoghegan (yes I friggin’ spelled that without having […]
A Vigilante (2018) [REVIEW] [SXSW ’18]
The first film I ever saw at the South by Southwest Film Festival was The Incredible Burt Wonderstone which was, in a word, “dog crap.” Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, and Olivia […]
Rift (2017) [REVIEW] [FANTASTIC FEST 2017]
One of the joys of covering film festivals is that you’re inundated with so many films that you don’t often have time to research all of them to find out […]
Game of Death (2017) [REVIEW] [FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017]
Whether it be The Hunger Games or Battle Royale or The Running Man, there’s no shortage of movies about sci-fi dystopias where people must compete in some way, shape, or […]
