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ScaredSheepless.com is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Caitlyn Downs.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
4.5/5
The Cramps: A Period Piece (2025) Caitlyn Downs A delightful character-driven piece about community, identity and very fierce periods.
Posted Sep 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Dolly (2025) Caitlyn Downs A slightly mis-sold gross-out slasher.
Posted Sep 25, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Coyotes (2025) Caitlyn Downs A fun ensemble cast and a zippy pace should keep audiences happy even if you might find it overfamiliar at times.
Posted Sep 25, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Blood Shine (2025) Caitlyn Downs Beautiful, sweaty and messy character drama that will leave you breathless.
Posted Aug 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Sugar Rot (2024) Caitlyn Downs Becca Kozak's debut narrative feature fits a lot of satire and goo into a pastel-punk package.
Posted Aug 25, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Redux Redux (2025) Caitlyn Downs Hard-hitting, emotive and sophisticated - Redux Redux is a compelling watch that will have you glued to what's next for Kevin and Matthew McManus.
Posted Aug 09, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2023) Caitlyn Downs A small town thriller with much bigger satire at heart.
Posted Jul 17, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Director's Cut (2024) Caitlyn Downs A flawed but spirited take on musical ambitions gone awry.
Posted Jun 10, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady (2025) Caitlyn Downs A powerful love letter to both the actress and to nostalgia and community itself.
Posted May 08, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Ugly Stepsister (2025) Caitlyn Downs A well-known fairytale has a perspective switch in this vicious yet empathic body horror.
Posted Apr 14, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Séance (2024) Caitlyn Downs A carefully moderated and even gothic horror tale.
Posted Feb 18, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Shadowland (2024) Caitlyn Downs A story of magic, escape and fantasy, abruptly dragged back to reality.
Posted Oct 10, 2024  Edit critic review
4/5
Bone Lake (2024) Caitlyn Downs Bone Lake, from the cheeky title, sleazy subject matter and well-executed dialogue and action is a film with the confidence to be exactly what it wants to be.
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
What Happened to Dorothy Bell? (2024) Caitlyn Downs An unsettling horror that makes the most of its format.
Posted Sep 24, 2024  Edit critic review
4/5
Apartment 7A (2024) Caitlyn Downs Overall, Apartment 7A manages to find its own identity even when bound to Rosemary’s Baby. Technically excellent and filled with striking details.
Posted Sep 21, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Soul Eater (2024) Caitlyn Downs A thriller that lacks urgency aside from sporadic bursts of violence.
Posted Jul 28, 2024  Edit critic review
4/5
Do Not Watch (2024) Caitlyn Downs Good tension and weaving of mystery along with some genuinely scary moments make this a refreshing, involved viewing experience that delivers on a playfully sinister idea.
Posted May 18, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Night Shift (2023) Caitlyn Downs The China Brothers impress in this energetic sleepless night.
Posted May 18, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Mad Props (2024) Caitlyn Downs a light-touch but thoroughly engaging delve into the world of those who collect movie memorabilia and those on-screen performers and creatives who have helped bring meaning to sought-after artefacts.
Posted May 18, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Cellphone (2023) Caitlyn Downs Overall, Cellphone is promising, if confused and hints at a promising future for first-time feature director Luke Sommer and writer Rachel Sommer if those excesses are able to work in greater harmony.
Posted Mar 17, 2024  Edit critic review
3/5
Creep Box (2023) Caitlyn Downs A meditative science fiction inch through grief, ethics and communication in the afterlife.
Posted Feb 22, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Project Dorothy (2023) Caitlyn Downs Project Dorothy is interesting in terms of a science-fiction thriller cleverly using resources, but it lacks enough dynamic energy to stay engaging.
Posted Feb 01, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Reflect (2023) Caitlyn Downs Overall, Reflect marks Dana Kippel as an accomplished creative, brimming with ideas and the power to make intensely personal films.
Posted Feb 01, 2024  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Dark Obsession (2023) Caitlyn Downs As a thriller, this is never quite thrilling enough, but as a film with a solid central performance that delivers on some well-known tropes of the genre, it will likely find an audience amongst enthusiasts.
Posted Jan 28, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Wheel of Heaven (2023) Caitlyn Downs A thoroughly inventive, standout piece of art.
Posted Jan 23, 2024  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Hundreds of Beavers (2022) Caitlyn Downs A delightfully silly but creatively intensive experience.
Posted Aug 16, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
New Life (2023) Caitlyn Downs New Life finds a freshness in this combination of horror and pursuit thriller.
Posted Aug 10, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Aporia (2023) Caitlyn Downs A contemplative, consequence-focused science fiction, brought together by a capable cast and a unique take on the dangers of altering time.
Posted Aug 10, 2023  Edit critic review
5/5
Satan Wants You (2023) Caitlyn Downs An excellent documentary that functions as both a history of the Satanic Panic and a timely reminder of the dangers of moral panics.
Posted Aug 02, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Stay Online (2023) Caitlyn Downs An urgent screen life film that captures the human cost of war.
Posted Jul 23, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Invoking Yell (2023) Caitlyn Downs This Chilean horror offers a playful yet sinister take on the found footage medium and black metal posturing.
Posted Jul 19, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
#Manhole (2023) Caitlyn Downs Social media sleuths, a personal reckoning with a controversial personal life and, most importantly, the chilling predicament of being trapped beneath the ground, #Manhole functions as an entertaining, modern thriller.
Posted Jul 15, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Backwards Faces (2022) Caitlyn Downs A clever use of resources, thought-provoking content and excellent performances make Backwards Faces worth seeking out for fans of low-budget science fiction.
Posted Jul 08, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Capsules (2022) Caitlyn Downs An interesting sense of style carries the weight of this sci-fi adjacent trip.
Posted May 16, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Appendage (2023) Caitlyn Downs A successful expansion of a short film that makes the most of cast chemistry and special effects work.
Posted Apr 12, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Trim Season (2023) Caitlyn Downs Wrestling complex themes around control and gendered perception into a genuinely disturbing film that delivers on the horror elements, Trim Season is beautifully realised and confident film making.
Posted Apr 12, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Late Night with the Devil (2023) Caitlyn Downs Late Night with the Devil feels like it should become essential Halloween viewing with a capable mix of fun, frights and play with the format that delivers a pleasingly spooky package.
Posted Apr 12, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
The Beasts (2022) Caitlyn Downs A considered film about male rage and competing interests with an incredible ability to switch tones while sustaining that carefully built tension.
Posted Apr 09, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
With Love and a Major Organ (2023) Caitlyn Downs A curious film that excellently weaves its humour and soul-searching.
Posted Apr 02, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Nightsiren (2022) Caitlyn Downs Nightsiren never wants viewers to be completely comfortable, frequently presenting challenging scenes and ideas. Despite that discomfort, the story within is a gripping one that feels bigger than the narrative mysteries it details.
Posted Mar 07, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
The Artifice Girl (2022) Caitlyn Downs The Artifice Girl is weighty, engrossing work, showcasing exactly what sci-fi has to offer in terms of thinking about the world around us.
Posted Feb 25, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Outwaters (2022) Caitlyn Downs The Outwaters exploits the trappings of found-footage that we've all come to know and love (or loathe) to create something distinctly different.
Posted Feb 09, 2023  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Raquel 1:1 (2022) Caitlyn Downs Bastos’ restraint in writing and direction allow the performances and messaging to shine.
Posted Feb 02, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
Two Witches (2021) Caitlyn Downs There is a willingness in Two Witches to throw everything at the screen and while that willingness won’t work for everyone, it is commendable nonetheless.
Posted Feb 01, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Offering (2022) Caitlyn Downs A film that feels too similar to many other horror films. This is not aided by some uninspiring CGI and a colour scheme that fails to differentiate it from other genre pieces.
Posted Jan 27, 2023  Edit critic review
5/5
Something In The Dirt (2022) Caitlyn Downs The cult of Benson and Moorhead deepens with their latest feature which manages to explore fascinating phenomena through a rather more intimate, restricted setting.
Posted Nov 03, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Lynch/Oz (2022) Caitlyn Downs Alexandre O. Philippe continues to deliver absorbing studies of his subjects, accompanied by a host of creatives.
Posted Oct 05, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Nothing (2022) Caitlyn Downs A tumultuous coming-of-age tale that indulges the darkness under the surface of a ‘perfect town’.
Posted Oct 05, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Satanic Hispanics (2022) Caitlyn Downs Impressive in its ease of atmosphere and keeping the number of stories manageable, Satanic Hispanics stands to be a real festival crowd pleaser.
Posted Oct 05, 2022  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Tropic (2022) Caitlyn Downs A stunning, light-touch genre effort with haunting, human moments.
Posted Oct 05, 2022  Edit critic review
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