Movie Review: NIGHT OF THE REAPER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/22/2025
NIGHT OF THE REAPER movie poster | ©2025 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jessica Clement, Ryan Robbins, Summer H. Howell, Keegan Connor Tracy, Matty Finochio, Ben Cockell, Bryn Samuel, Savannah Miller, Sofie Kane, Max Christensen, Huxley Fisher, Isla Spencer Writers: Ryan Christensen & Brandon Christensen Director: Brandon Christensen Distributor: Shudder Release Date: September 19, 2025 (Shudder) In NIGHT OF THE REAPER, it’s the ‘80s. Pat Benatar is singing “Heartbreaker” on MTV, and all of suburbia has VCRs on their cathode ray tube TVs. Babysitter Emily (Summer H. Howell) is reassuring her two young charges, Mark (Huxley Fisher) and Marina (Isla Spencer). Mark is afraid of the “Skinny Eater” that […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DIE’CED: RELOADED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/08/2025
DIE'CED: RELOADED | ©2025 Dread/Epic Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Eden Campbell, Jason Brooks, Christine Rose Allen, John Karyus, Nigel Vonas, Collin Fischer Writer: Jeremy Rudd, additional scenes written by Wil Radcliffe, story by Jeremy Rudd Director: Jeremy Rudd Distributor: Dread/Epic Pictures Release Date: August 8, 2025 DIE’CED: RELOADED is a remake/expansion of the 2023 fifty-minute film DIE’CED. The new release is half an hour longer than the original, with mostly the same cast and creative team. We’re in ‘80s Seattle. At a psychiatric hospital, Dr. Graves (John Karyus) is examining the file on Benjamin (Jason Brooks), an especially violent inmate who killed his parents in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (2025)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/18/2025
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (2025) Movie Poster | ©2025 Sony/Columbia/Screen Gems

Rating: R Stars: Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gabriette Bechtel, Austin Nichols, Joshua Orpin, Georgia Flood, Nick Farnell, Nick Hardcastle Writers: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson & Sam Lansky, story by Leah McKendrick & Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, based on characters created by Lois Duncan Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Distributor: Sony/Columbia/Screen Gems Release Date: July 18, 2025 I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER started out as a YA novel by Lois Duncan, first published in 1973. It was adapted as an R-rated teen slasher in 1997, followed by […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HELL OF A SUMMER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/04/2025
HELL OF A SUMMER movie poster | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Billy Bryk, Finn Wolfhard, Paradis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, Adam Pally, Matthew Finlan, Julia Doyle, Krista Nazaire, Julia Lalonde, Daniel Gravelle, Susan Coyne Writers: Billy Bryk & Finn Wolfhard Directors: Billy Bryk & Finn Wolfhard Distributor: Neon Release Date: April 4, 2025 Comparing HELL OF A SUMMER to SCREAM is a bit of a stretch. The characters in the new film aren’t fonts of horror movie lore. On the other hand, they are self-aware enough to mostly behave in a self-protective manner when danger threatens, and we eventually get some villain monologues. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HEART EYES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/07/2025
HEART EYES movie poster | ©2025 Sony Pictures/Screen Gems

Rating: R Stars: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Jordana Brewster, Devon Sawa Writers: Phillip Murphy and Christopher Landon & Michael Kennedy Director: Josh Ruben Distributor: Sony/Screen Gems Release Date: February 7, 2025 As masked slasher horror/Hallmark-type romantic comedies go, it’s hard to imagine a more perfect example than HEART EYES. Writers Phillip Murphy and Christopher Landon & Michael Kennedy and director Josh Ruben demonstrate keen knowledge of both genres, plus the ability to affectionately and cleverly poke fun at both. Simultaneously and miraculously, HEART EYES manages to faithfully replicate the look and feel of more sober offerings, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HE NEVER LEFT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/01/2024
HE NEVER LEFT movie poster | ©2024 Epic Pictures/Dread

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Colin Cunningham, Jessica Staples, James Morris, Sean Hunter, David E. McMahon, Charla Bocchicchio, William McAllister, Jake Watters Writer: James Morris, story by James Morris & Michael Ballif & Colin Cunningham Director: James Morris Distributor: Epic Pictures/Dread Release Date: November 1, 2024 (theatrical), November 5, 2024 (VOD) At the beginning of HE NEVER LEFT, an onscreen set of titles informs us that the small town of Larsen City has been plagued by murders and disappearances at the hands of a masked killer. In 1997, he stopped … but the community never truly healed … We then see […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHT OF THE HARVEST

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/04/2024
NIGHT OF THE HARVEST movie poster | ©2024 Gravitas Features

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jessica Morgan, Brittany Isabell, Aeric Azana, Jim Cirner, Taylor Falshaw, Ashton Jordaan Ruiz, Autumn Gubersky, John Noble, Steve McKee, Jesse Pickering, Angelica Ornelas, Dustin Rieffer, Michaela Ivey Writer: Christopher M. Carter, story by Christopher M. Carter & Jessica Morgan Directors: Christopher M. Carter & Jessica Morgan Distributor: Gravitas Features Release Date: September 24, 2024 (digital) NIGHT OF THE HARVEST is a low-budget but decently-made Halloween horror slasher. It has a couple of strong plot twists, and succeeds in keeping us guessing if something supernatural or just psychotic is occurring. However, directors Christopher M. Carter & Jessica […]Read On »


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Movie Review: #AMFAD: ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/02/2024
#AMFAD: ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD movie poster | ©2024 Cineverse

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jade Pettyjohn, Jennifer Ens, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Michaela Russell, Julian Haig, Justin Derickson, Cardi Wong. Jack Doupe-Smith, JoJo Siwa Writers: Josh Sims & Jessica Sarah Flaum, story by John Baldecchi, Jessica Sarah Flaum, Josh Sims Director: Marcus Dunstan Distributor: Cineverse Release Date: August 2, 2024 (theatrical, digital, VOD) #AMFAD: ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD is one of those slashers that throws a few notable genre plots into a blender. Fortunately, the end result is pretty good in terms of what the filmmakers are going for, even if we do have to accept that most of the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER (NATTEVAGTEN: DÆMONER GÅR I ARV)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/17/2024
NIGHTWATCH (DEMONS ARE FOREVER) Key Art | ©2024 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Fanny Leander Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulf Pilgaard, Sonja Richter, Casper Kjær Jensen, Paprika Steen, Alex Høgh Andersen, Nina Rask, Sonny Lindberg, Kim Bodnia Writer: Ole Bornedal Director: Ole Bornedal Distributor: Shudder Release Date: May 17, 2024 NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER (NATTEVAGTEN: DÆMONER GÅR I ARV) is filmmaker Ole Bornedal’s third go-round with this premise and these characters. Bornedal first wrote and directed the original NIGHTWATCH (NATTEVAGTEN) in 1994 in his native Denmark. Then he directed and co-wrote (with Steven Soderbergh) the English-language adaptation in 1997. Now he’s back with a thirty-years-later sequel, which has its U.S. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THANKSGIVING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/19/2024
THANKSGIVING Blu-ray | ©2024 Sony/TriStar

Rating: R Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Nell Verlaque, Addison Rae, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Milo Manheim, Tomaso Sanelli, Gabriel Davenport, Jenna Warren, Ty Victor Olsson, Tim Dillon, Russell Yuen, Karen Cliche, Derek McGrath, Joe Delfin, Jeff Teravainen, Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon Writer: Jeff Rendell, story by Eli Roth & Jeff Rendell Director: Eli Roth Distributor: Sony/TriStar Release Date: November 17, 2023 (theatrical); January 16, 2024 (digital); January 30, 2024 (DVD/Blu-ray) In the proud tradition of 2010’s MACHETE, 2011’s HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN, and 2013’s MACHETE KILLS, THANKSGIVING is the latest actual movie to be based on the parody trailers in the middle […]Read On »


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