Movie Review: PERPETRATOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/01/2023
PERPETRATOR movie poster | ©2023 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kiah McKirnan, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach, Casimere Jolette, Tim Hopper, Josh Bywater, Audrey Francis, Sasha Kuznetsov, Christopher Lowell, Alicia Silverstone Writer: Jennifer Reeder Director: Jennifer Reeder Distributor: Shudder Release Date: September 1, 2023 (theatrical, Shudder) PERPETRATOR is an uncommonly bloody film. That’s not so much because of violence-related gore – there is some, but it’s not excessive by horror standards – as due to the novel mythmaking of writer/director Jennifer Reeder. In the opening, we see the point of view of a masked stalker pursuing a young woman. This is intercut with footage of less-than-clean surgical […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WAKING NIGHTMARE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/22/2023
WAKING NIGHTMARE movie poster | ©2023 Terror Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Diane Franklin, Shelley Regner, Jamison Newlander, Gabby West, Every Heart, Ryan Bonnick, Brian Farmer, Stephen Wu, Brian Tyler Cohen, Yan Birch, David Naughton Writer: Brian Farmer Directors: Steven Joseph Craig & Brian Farmer Distributor: Terror Films Release Date: August 18, 2023 (VOD) WAKING NIGHTMARE begins with a sleeping nightmare. It’s bracingly weird, represented on a tiny TV-type screen in the middle of the viewing screen. Then Jordan (Shelley Regner), who is having the nightmare, wakes up screaming. Jordan’s parents, Danielle (Diane Franklin) and Jeff (Jamison Newlander), rush into their daughter’s bedroom. Jordan dreamt about her friend […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DARK WINDOWS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DARK WINDOWS movie poster | ©2023 Brainstorm Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Anna Bullard, Annie Hamilton, Rory Alexander, Jóel Sæmundsson, Morten Holst, Rachel Fowler, Grace Binford Sheene, Vanessa Borgli Writer: Wolf Kraft, story by Alex Herron Director: Alex Herron Distributor: Brainstorm Media Release Date: August 18, 2023 DARK WINDOWS follows the contemporary slasher format faithfully. We have a group of teens (albeit fewer in numbers than usual) spending the weekend in a large, isolated site. They are stalked by a masked killer who is punishing and vengeful. What elevates DARK WINDOWS within the subgenre is that it is uncommonly well-acted. Director Alex Herron, and screenwriter Wolf Kraft, working […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SITE 13

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/04/2023
SITE 13 movie poster | ©2023 Terror Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nathan Faudree, Katie Gibson, Leila Dean, Kelly Ray Shelton, Nichole McFarlane, Tony Urban, John Wisniewski, Marguerite Mitchell, Daryl Acevedo, Collin Dean Writer: Nathan Faudree, story by Tony Urban & Nathan Faudree Directors: Nathan Faudree & Tony Urban (“found footage” sections) Distributor: Terror Films Release Date: July 28, 2023 (VOD, digital) SITE 13 is a low-budget horror movie that has definite Lovecraftian elements, although it’s also interested in concepts of good and evil. We start with found footage, but non-fans of this format can relax (at least a little). SITE 13 goes back and forth between the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TALK TO ME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/28/2023
TALK TO ME movie poster | ©2023 A24

Rating: R Stars: Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto, Marcus Johnson, Alexandria Steffensen, Zoe Terakes, Chris Alosio, Ari McCarthy, Sunny Johnson, Sarah Brokensha Writers: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman, story by Daley Pearson Directors: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou Distributor: A24 Release Date: July 28, 2023 The new release TALK TO ME is not to be confused with the 2007 fact-based drama about Ralph “Petey” Greene (although one can imagine what an astonishing mashup they would make). Instead, this TALK TO ME is a proudly Australian horror movie, set Down Under rather than just shot there and […]Read On »


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Movie Review: COBWEB

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/21/2023
COBWEB movie poster | ©2023 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Woody Norman, Cleopatra Coleman, Antony Starr, Luke Busey, Jay Rincón Writer: Chris Thomas Devlin Director: Samuel Bodin Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: July 21, 2023 COBWEB is linear, and doesn’t try to play games with us. Even so, it feels like a child’s nightmare, with potential horror coming from many directions at once. An opening title tells us that COBWEB begins one week before Halloween. Eight-year-old Peter (Woody Norman) is an unhappy little boy. He’s bullied by his peers in class and on the playground. Peter lives in a neighborhood where the houses are old and […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NATTY KNOCKS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
NATTY KNOCKS movie poster | ©2023 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Charlotte Fountain-Jardim, Thomas Robie, Noen Perez, Channah Zeitung, Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, Robert Englund, Amit Sarin, Will Murden, Joey Bothwell, Jason James Richter Writer: Benjamin Olson Director: Dwight H. Little Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: July 21, 2023 Too often, horror movies don’t have much plot. We get a set-up, then a villain, and then it’s just stalk, fend off, and fight-fight-fight. There’s nothing wrong with this, of course, but still, it’s nice to see a story with cause-and-effect plotting. That’s the case with NATTY KNOCKS. Written by Benjamin Olson and directed by Dwight H. Little, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE BREACH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/11/2023
THE BREACH movie poster | ©2023 Trinity Creative Partnership

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Allan Hawco, Emily Alatalo, Natalie Brown, Mary Antonini, Wesley French, Adam Kenneth Wilson, Alex Lifeson Writers: Ian Weir & Craig Davidson, based on the Audible Original THE BREACH by Nick Cutter Director: Rodrigo Gudiño Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership Release Date: July 11, 2023 (digital, VOD)  THE BREACH gets off to a promising horror movie start. A canoe drifts down a woodland river. There’s something inside the canoe, covered by a burlap sack. The canoe eventually comes to rest on the shores of a lake, where picnickers go to examine it. They take one look and flee, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEVILREAUX

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/30/2023
DEVILREAUX movie poster | ©2023 Lionsgate

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Vincent M. Ward, Tony Todd, Krista Grotte Saxon, Monaye Moyes, Meberate Brooks, Jon Briddell Writer: Thomas J. Churchill, story by Vincent M. Ward Director: Thomas J. Churchill Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: June 30, 2023 DEVILREAUX fits, very broadly, into the CANDYMAN pantheon of vengeful revenants created by wrongs of the pre-Civil War American South. An onscreen title informs us that we’re in present-day New Orleans. A nice young couple have what appears to be a tourist-trap magic shop. While they are redecorating, both are killed by a tall black figure in skeleton white-face makeup. This is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SCREAM OF THE WOLF

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/23/2023
SCREAM OF THE WOLF movie poster | @2023 Uncork’d Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: James Fleet, Jay Taylor, Thalia Zucchi, Rupert Procter, Stephen Mapes, Sade Malone, Martin Portlock, John May, Morgan Rees-Davies, John Henshaw, Nicky Evans, Damien Mathews, Rula Lenska Writers: Joel Ferrari & Pete Wild Director: Dominic Brunt Distributor: Uncork’d Entertainment Release Date: June 13, 2023 (digital, DVD) At the start of SCREAM OF THE WOLF, we might imagine we’re watching the making of a Hammer-type horror film. We see opening credits for a feature from “Francis-Castle Pictures,” CRIMSON MANOR, and even an onscreen certificate from the British Board of Film Censors. But we quickly learn we’re in the […]Read On »


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