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Deirdre Crimmins

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Queens of the Dead (2025) 83% EDIT “It is legitimately exciting that there is another Romero picking up the torch of horror film. Tina has wowed with Queens of the Dead, and we look forward to her career lurching forward from here.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Aug 22, 2025 Full Review Sugar Rot (2024) EDIT “Putting blood, sugar, sex and punk into a blender, and then rubbing it all over a naked body in ecstasy, is the closest approximation I can think of for the experience of watching Sugar Rot.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Aug 22, 2025 Full Review The Book of Sijjin and Illiyyin (2025) 3.5/5 EDIT “For a black magic film with a healthy body count, The Book of Sijjin And Illiyyin is a solid choice. Best watched long with that one friend who always jumps and screams at horror films for added cinematic drama. ” – Dread Central Aug 22, 2025 Full Review Anything That Moves (2025) EDIT “A prime example of a filmmaker beginning to settle into their own voice in his sophomore film. Phillips builds on his visual style and storytelling skills and delivers a film more accessible, more polished and more naked (literally) than before.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Aug 7, 2025 Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% EDIT “Ballerina does have its charms. However, the sum of all its parts falls flat from what we have come to expect from this layered, rich alternate world of crime and suits.” – That Shelf Jun 10, 2025 Full Review Bring Her Back (2025) 89% EDIT “It would be difficult to say too many good things about Bring Her Back. The film is uncomfortable and trying in the best possible ways, and the Philippou brothers are now the ones to watch in the horror world.” – That Shelf Jun 7, 2025 Full Review Another Simple Favor (2025) 58% EDIT “There is little left to learn which zaps the tension and playfulness that made the original film as great as it is. But as far as the deadly thriller in the plot goes, it is a good one. And as far as cinematic high fashion goes, these fits can’t be beat. ” – That Shelf May 9, 2025 Full Review Chain Reactions (2024) 98% EDIT “Chain Reactions does not try to be anything it is not. It lets its interview subjects take their time and speak their mind. It is not trying to break any news or create new conspiracy theories. It is just five smart people talking about a great film.” – Rue Morgue Magazine May 9, 2025 Full Review Clown in a Cornfield (2025) 74% EDIT “Delivering an enjoyable, bloody, and sometimes funny horror film is no small feat. Though Clown in a Cornfield never strives to grow beyond its foundation, it does a sound job within that space. ” – Rue Morgue Magazine May 9, 2025 Full Review Touch Me (2025) 88% EDIT “Touch Me is certainly not for everyone. But for those who love irreverent horror comedies, charismatic cult leaders and a filmmaker with a strong voice, it’ll do just fine.” – Rue Morgue Magazine May 1, 2025 Full Review The Monkey (2025) 77% EDIT “The Monkey is a wildly entertaining film with a healthy dose of nihilism and a few gallons of viscera. It is a rocky road tonally, but baring through those missteps is well worth it.” – That Shelf Apr 26, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% EDIT “Sinners take a little bit of time to get to the vampire-nightclub collision, but it is surely worth the wait.” – That Shelf Apr 26, 2025 Full Review The Shrouds (2024) 75% EDIT “Not nearly as ambitious or as polished as Cronenberg typically delivers, The Shrouds is still a disquieting film from one of the best filmmakers working today.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Apr 21, 2025 Full Review Drop (2025) 83% EDIT “Drop is fun and fast, with smart characters and a great performance from Fahy. Though it certainly is not perfect, it moves so quickly that you might never notice the faults.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Heart Eyes (2025) 78% EDIT “Heart Eyes is a bit of a mixed bag. The beats are obvious at times, and the swirling genres do not always work, but the joy of watching violent death carries the film along nicely.” – That Shelf Feb 8, 2025 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% EDIT “Tackling the notion of the “American Dream” and the artist being haunted by their art – two well-worn clichés – The Brutalist manages to bring the gravity of legacy to a decade-spanning tale.” – That Shelf Dec 26, 2024 Full Review Smile 2 (2024) 86% EDIT “While 2022’s Smile is a perfectly cromulent movie, Smile 2 is destined to be one of the films mentioned in the pantheon of sequels that outshine the original. It really is that good.” – That Shelf Nov 4, 2024 Full Review Terrifier 3 (2024) 78% EDIT “Terrifier 3’s success comes from never trying to be anything it is not. It is gross and it is engaging, and it refuses to apologize for being both” – That Shelf Oct 20, 2024 Full Review Rita (2024) EDIT “Bustamante manages to give the incident the needed gravity and devastation, with a dose of fantasy to ease the journey.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Witchboard (2024) 59% EDIT “It prioritizes madness and commotion over artistry or coherence, and comes away successful in that quest. It is hard to ding a film that refuses to take itself too seriously.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Aug 9, 2024 Full Review This Man (2024) 17% EDIT “There will be those who find This Man to be a uniquely bad/entertaining little movie. But in that same respect, it is hard to deny that the film categorically fails at what it sets out to unironically achieve.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Frankie Freako (2024) 85% EDIT “It is overall a tongue-in-cheek satire of other tiny terror films of the era (quite specifically Ghoulies Go to College) and Sweeney’s schlocky performances match this nicely. ” – Rue Morgue Magazine Aug 2, 2024 Full Review Kryptic (2024) 67% EDIT “The sheer scope of the film taken on by a first-time director deserves respect, and lead actress Chloe Pirrie deserves to be lauded for her confident performance.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Jul 26, 2024 Full Review Vulcanizadora (2024) 98% EDIT “Vulcanizadora continues Potrykus’s pattern of strange but engrossing characters in mundane but extraordinary circumstances.” – Rue Morgue Magazine Jul 24, 2024 Full Review I Saw the TV Glow (2024) 85% EDIT “With all this talk of universal emotions and inherent hope, it is easy to lose track of the fact that I Saw the TV Glow is an unnerving and disarming genre film. It gets under the skin, and is a welcome disruption.” – Rue Morgue Magazine May 18, 2024 Full Review
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