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7/10
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Primate
(2025)
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Max Allen
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Within the first 5 minutes of the movie I was fully bought in, and honestly felt extremely tense throughout the entire film. Chimps are terrifying, but they also fit in this weird slot of uncanny valley where they can also be extremely cute and hilarious.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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8/10
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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Bryce Hanson
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The humanity and reverence for death found in the last film are spare in this film, which mostly focuses on the chaos brought on by the Jimmies, and Dr Kelson’s descent into hopelessness.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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3/10
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
(2025)
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Max Allen
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he movie is packed full of winks and nods specifically designed to make a fan of the Five Nights at Freddy’s game say, "Hey, I know what that is!" However, to the average person with limited FNAF lore, it doesn’t quite hit the same.
Posted Dec 11, 2025
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8/10
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Ichi the Killer
(2001)
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Sydney Lee
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At first glance it’s very much torture porn, but there’s a real story there that provokes humanity’s most suppressed subconscious emotions. Ichi the Killer exemplifies the unpredictability of human perseverance and the utmost underbelly of society.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Tenebrae
(1982)
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Max Allen
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The movie does a great job at misdirecting your focus and creates a web of motives for everyone involved until you are sure the killer is definitely this person! Only for that person to die in the very next scene.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Until Dawn
(2025)
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Max Allen
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Its a really fun idea, and it has the built-in advantage of being able to pack in lots of fun and gory death scenes without losing its main cast or requiring a ridiculous amount of characters.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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9/10
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Sinners
(2025)
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Bryce Hanson
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The film does have a great cast, with fully fleshed out characters and relationships. It spend a lot of time with the setup so that when the killing starts to happen there are real stakes (no pun intended).
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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It's What's Inside
(2024)
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Sydney Lee
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Although this isn’t traditionally scary, the thought of it happening to you sends a shiver down your spine. It’s a very fun, lively movie and I had a blast watching it again for the pod.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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3/10
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The Woman in the Yard
(2025)
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Max Allen
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The cinematography is strikingly beautiful for such a low effort film. While the acting ranges from really good at times to borderline over-acting, the script does not do our actors any favors.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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4/10
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Death of a Unicorn
(2025)
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Bryce Hanson
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The characters were all 2 dimensional, which in a comedy can be counteracted with broad caricature, but the writing here attempts to be subtle and low key with poor results.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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Hush
(2016)
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Sydney Lee
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It’s a typical home invasion movie and the twist of having a deaf protagonist is inventive and works well.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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7/10
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Eraserhead
(1977)
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Max Allen
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Time moves awkwardly slow, a low hum and sharp static hang over most of the scenes, and even the mere movements of the characters feel so off.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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Scary Movie
(2000)
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Bryce Hanson
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You can debate the consistency of the quality of humor, but what you can’t debate is the pace of the humor. The jokes per minute is strong in this movie, and even if one bit doesn’t land, there will be another one that will in about a minute.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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The Neon Demon
(2016)
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Sydney Lee
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This film is gorgeous, and the message it conveys is something that women can all understand and relate to, regardless if you’re a model or not. It’s a deep dive on beauty standards and the predatory nature of society towards women...
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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9/10
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The Monkey
(2025)
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Bryce Hanson
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Theo James does the heavy lifting as the hapless Hal being tortured by not only The Monkey, but also by almost everyone he meets. His resigned everyman is the perfect straight man for the insanity happening around him.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
(1992)
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Sydney Lee
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It’s eccentric and unsettling enough to keep you on your toes as you watch, but it also keeps so many secrets to the truth about Twin Peaks, about Bob, about Laura that it leaves you wanting more (and then you can watch The Return to satisfy that itch).
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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Heart Eyes
(2025)
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Max Allen
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It’s surprisingly self-aware in its dialogue and genuinely pretty funny throughout the film. The opening scene starts the movie off so strong and I was already having fun 5 minutes into the movie.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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7/10
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Companion
(2025)
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Bryce Hanson
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There’s not many laugh out loud moments, but there are a lot of subtle moments that got me chuckling. My only real complaint is that it was relatively predictable, but it had enough going on to maintain my interest.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Presence
(2024)
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Sydney Lee
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The twists were unexpected, I never guessed what would happen next the whole way through, and the few red herrings worked themselves expertly into the plot. This is more of a psychological thriller/family drama than pure horror, and I really liked it.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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4/10
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Wolf Man
(2025)
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Max Allen
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The dialog felt cold and emotionless. Even during scenes that were supposed to be touching, suspenseful, or exciting, all of the characters seemed to deliver the most boring inhuman lines.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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Beetlejuice
(1988)
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Max Allen
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Beetlejuice is a fantastic movie. And Michael Keaton who plays Beetlejuice is the best part. He’s funny and inappropriate and pretty much exactly what you would expect some asshole to become if he had a few hundred years to stew in his undead filth.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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Caveat
(2020)
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Max Allen
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I think my biggest problem with this movie is just the look of it. Most shudder-exclusive movies that I’ve seen tend to lean very heavily into the spooky house syndrome, and this movie is no exception.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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7/10
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Red Christmas
(2016)
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Sydney Lee
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What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to watch someone get axed hotdog style.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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4/10
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Silent Hill
(2006)
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Bryce Hanson
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Unfortunately, the writing and acting is distractingly bad at times. Honestly, it felt like they spent all the budget on the production design, and then midway realized they never bothered with a script.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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7/10
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Stir of Echoes
(1999)
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Max Allen
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While Stir of Echoes is not a very scary movie, the mystery did reel me in and by act 2 I was pretty invested in uncovering the truth. Kevin Bacon does a really good job of portraying a decent into madness...
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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30 Days of Night
(2007)
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Max Allen
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I appreciated the family and character dynamics introduced in the first act, but honestly by act two when people start dying I didn’t really care who they were or how they were important to the story. It’s vampire time baby!
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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Heretic
(2024)
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Bryce Hanson
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The writing and pacing is very inconsistent. Some stretches of exposition dumps come off as heavy handed and preachy. There were some character inconsistencies, and I’m sure there are plenty of plot holes to fill.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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7/10
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Possum
(2018)
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Max Allen
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Not much happens for the majority of the movie, and sometimes it feels like you are watching pretty much nothing. But, there are layers to this film. It is all about running from your trauma, and how you can’t escape it unless you face it.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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The Blackcoat's Daughter
(2015)
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Sydney Lee
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The vibe is foreboding, horrifying, creepy, just all around a feeling of dread through the entire 95 minute runtime. It is tight, it is full of suspense and grief, and it is a genius way to tell the story like writer director Oz Perkins does.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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9/10
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Smile 2
(2024)
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Bryce Hanson
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I couldn’t help but think of the public mental breakdowns of celebrities like Brittany Spears while watching this movie. It really gives perspective into the pressures of a job where hundreds of people are relying on you to perform.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Terrifier 3
(2024)
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Max Allen
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Maybe herein lies the perfect word to describe Terrifier 3. It separates. Skin from muscle. A lower jaw from the upper jaw. Left butt cheek from right butt cheek. Every way in which a body can be torn asunder, Terrifier 3 will separate.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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Darling
(2015)
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Sydney Lee
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The first act is boring as all hell but the second and third ramp up the action just a little bit, and the main actress Lauren Ashely Carter is a very good Kristen Stewart type.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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3/10
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The Devil's Rejects
(2005)
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Bryce Hanson
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It has a higher budget, is more artistically shot, and has a few ok moments in it. However, like House of 1000 Corpses, this is really a big bag of nothing. It’s just like watching pigs wallow in the mire.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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The Substance
(2024)
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Sydney Lee
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This movie is a doozy. It’s fun and stylistic and seemingly poses an important question about misogyny in Hollywood, women not being allowed to age, the emphasis on beauty no matter how painful, etc, but the commentary falls flat.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Speak No Evil
(2024)
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Bryce Hanson
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On it’s own it is a very compelling thriller that is well crafted and acted. James McAvoy really shines as Paddy, and perfectly strikes the tone of an overbearing line pusher with a barely contained rage underneath.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(2024)
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Sydney Lee
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Michael Keaton soars as the titular character once again, and with this star studded cast, it is almost a perfect comedy. Catherine O’Hara remains one of the funniest women who has ever set foot on screen...
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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Incantation
(2022)
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Max Allen
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...When I watched this movie for the first time I had to pause it and turn on the lights because I got too scared. It pulls the viewer into the story making you apart of the nightmare and for that this feels more like an experience than a movie.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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6/10
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Late Night with the Devil
(2023)
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Bryce Hanson
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They made the genius move to explain that this is a failing talk show, so Jack Delroy’s wooden presence and indiscernible personality actually sells the "why". That being said... the plot structure and utilization of the talk show format is great.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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5/10
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Alien: Romulus
(2024)
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Max Allen
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For the most part, the movie kept being like "hey! Remember face huggers!" or "hey! Remember the chest-bursting scene from the original! What if we did that again! Cool right?"
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Cuckoo
(2024)
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Bryce Hanson
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The scares are few, but the tension is high. Singer does a good job at maintaining the feeling of being trapped in various ways... It is engaging throughout, but gets a little sketchy towards the end where it wedges in all the necessary exposition.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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3/10
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Trap
(2024)
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Sydney Lee
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After about fifteen minutes of pure concert, I was completely checked out. This movie is boring, it is unfulfilling, the trailer gives away most of the interesting plot.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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Oddity
(2024)
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Bryce Hanson
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...for some reason, instead of rolling my eyes, I was truly engaged with this movie. I think it’s because all of the reality-based elements seem plausible, and all the supernatural elements seem interesting or novel.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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7/10
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Grave Encounters
(2011)
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Sydney Lee
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The pacing is good and the scares are effective even on a repeat watch... All in all, it is a good scary movie, it’s a fun time, but as you watch it multiple times it gets less effective.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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Longlegs
(2024)
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Max Allen
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The movie is very well shot and the atmosphere is creepy the entire time. It has a similar feel to movies like Silence of the Lambs and Seven but is maybe a little slower than both of those movies.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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7/10
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MaXXXine
(2024)
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Bryce Hanson
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[Maxxxine] is such a bad bitch that you never really believe she is in danger. Therefore, there isn’t much of an arc in her character or the plot. It ends up being a waiting game to learn whodunnit.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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1408
(2007)
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Sydney Lee
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The viewer is never bored, stuff happens so quickly and so often in this film that it was extremely difficult to take notes on it because I almost always missed something.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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4/10
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The Exorcism
(2024)
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Max Allen
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The scares aren’t that interesting, and some of the jump scares are so loud and quickly cut that I literally didn’t even know what happening. It was just startling and gave me zero information about what was actually going on in the film.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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5/10
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The Watchers
(2024)
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Bryce Hanson
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It’s not a terrible movie, but it’s not great either. As they say in the old country, The Shyamalan doesn’t fall far from the tree. This film suffers from some of the same on-the nose dialogue and an overreliance on exposition to tell the story.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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8/10
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The Grudge
(2004)
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Max Allen
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The ghost looks extremely creepy in most scenes, with a face that genuinely terrified me as a kid, even before I had seen the movie. Its mark on pop culture is undeniable.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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10/10
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Perfect Blue
(1997)
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Sydney Lee
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The sense of dread, doom, and anxiety get bigger and bigger until it all comes to a head at the end of the movie. It is emotional, thrilling, scary, and hard to follow, but that is what makes it perfect.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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