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Black Horror Movies is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Mark H. Harris.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3.5/5
Predator 2 (1990) Mark H. Harris An over-the-top, campy, fun popcorn movie.
Posted Oct 30, 2025  Edit critic review
3.7/5
Night of the Living Dead (1990) Mark H. Harris It maintains the same sense of quiet, isolated terror and the play-like structure of the original, with strong, emotional performances and of course, top-notch special effects.
Posted Sep 17, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Day of the Dead (1985) Mark H. Harris While not a bad movie, its pace is about that of a Romero zombie.
Posted Jun 24, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Trilogy of Terror (1975) Mark H. Harris While the other two tales in Trilogy are fine, it’s the third, “Amelia”, that has made the movie so memorable.
Posted Mar 13, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Bones and All (2022) Mark H. Harris While Bones and All’s genre-defying nature is an acquired taste, it creates a fascinating universe buoyed by top-tier direction and cast.
Posted Dec 16, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Bitch Ass (2022) Mark H. Harris Passable slasher fare, but it needs an influx of humor, innovation and money to be a real “game” changer.
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Terror Train (1980) Mark H. Harris While Terror Train has a good reputation among horror fans, until the hectic climactic battle between “final girl” and killer, it’s mostly run-of-the-mill slasher fare that distinguishes itself by... having Jamie Lee Curtis as the final girl.
Posted Nov 18, 2022  Edit critic review
2.3/5
Terror Train (2022) Mark H. Harris I hesitate to call this remake pointless, because it’s certainly nice to have POC leads in a horror movie, but otherwise, it’s an inferior retread.
Posted Nov 18, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Invitation (2022) Mark H. Harris Forgettable fluff.
Posted Oct 27, 2022  Edit critic review
1.8/5
Let's Scare Julie (2020) Mark H. Harris The opening half hour is a test of endurance that will have you contemplating your last will and testament.
Posted Oct 14, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Sissy (2022) Mark H. Harris When all is said and done, Sissy might go down as a defining Gen Z slasher.
Posted Sep 30, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Beast (2022) Mark H. Harris Beast walks that fine line between solidly entertaining and solidly ignorable.
Posted Sep 23, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Saloum (2021) Mark H. Harris As much as the scenery, the direction and cinematography, the beauty of Saloum is in the characters.
Posted Sep 16, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Scared to Death (1980) Mark H. Harris I swear, at least 30 minutes of the running time is made up of extended scenes of victims just walking around in the dark, begging to be killed.
Posted Aug 26, 2022  Edit critic review
2.8/5
Day Shift (2022) Mark H. Harris Such are the frustrations of watching Day Shift, the biggest frustration of which is its squandered potential. It’s still an engaging watch that is genuinely thrilling in stretches, but you can see how it could’ve easily been more.
Posted Aug 19, 2022  Edit critic review
4.3/5
Nope (2022) Mark H. Harris Like all of Peele’s movies, you feel like you need to go back and rewatch it to catch everything and formulate your theories, a fun exercise that rekindles our joy for cinema -- the positive side of Hollywood spectacle.
Posted Aug 04, 2022  Edit critic review
2.3/5
Blackstock Boneyard (2021) Mark H. Harris The acting is too amateurish to sell the material, which raises the question of the appropriateness of mining a real-life tragedy for cheap thrills in the first place.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
2.7/5
The Summoned (2022) Mark H. Harris First-time director Mark Meir does pepper in some striking visuals, though, and he’s able to make good use of the scenic locale, but it’s not enough to liven up the pedestrian plot.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
2.3/5
Night's End (2022) Mark H. Harris There’s very little to it, like a 30-minute Twilight Zone episode stretched beyond its limit.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Incarnation (2022) Mark H. Harris The very basic story was presumably written with the limitations of the COVID age in mind, but that doesn’t excuse its lethargy, predictability and dearth of scares.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Good Madam (2021) Mark H. Harris A searing and thoughtful dive into the country’s legacy of racial and social status and how it continues to haunt South Africans a generation after the end of Apartheid.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Titanic 666 (2022) Mark H. Harris I'd hesitate to call Titanic 666 outright "fun" without some level of inebriation -- it could benefit from more campy, over-the-top moments -- but it's fast-moving, breezy, shallow popcorn fare that you can watch with a minimum of brain commitment.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
3.2/5
Night of the Strangler (1972) Mark H. Harris [The] ingenuity in crafting booby trap kills and cunning in manipulating his victims' dysfunctional family dynamics are worthy of genre-based respect.
Posted Apr 09, 2021  Edit critic review
1.3/5
The Devil's Daughter (1939) Mark H. Harris The Devil's Daughter is an all-black melodramatic semi-remake of Ouanga with no devil and with daughters so bland the devil wouldn't want 'em anyway.
Posted Jan 26, 2021  Edit critic review
3/5
Don't Look Back (2020) Mark H. Harris Despite its shortcomings, Reddick manages to deliver an attractively shot product with impressive practical effects for such a modest budget.
Posted Dec 12, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Kindred (2020) Mark H. Harris While it's a fascinating character study, Kindred is a limp thriller.
Posted Dec 04, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Son of Ingagi (1940) Mark H. Harris While it avoids most of the cringe-worthy stereotypes of the more comedic horror films of the time, Son of Ingagi also lacks the energy and humor, leaving a dry husk of a story that feels longer than its 60-minute running time.
Posted Dec 02, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Storage 24 (2012) Mark H. Harris Like a high-end SyFy movie, Storage 24 is eminently watchable but only sporadically enjoyable.
Posted Nov 25, 2020  Edit critic review
5/5
His House (2020) Mark H. Harris Given the quality of the story, performances and direction, it would be hard to justify overlooking His House when the Oscars roll around.
Posted Nov 20, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Bad Hair (2020) Mark H. Harris The script tries too hard in some areas but not hard enough in others, but on the whole, it's a refreshing genre take on intraracial politics -- like School Daze meets The Exorcist.
Posted Nov 07, 2020  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Black Box (2020) Mark H. Harris Genre fans might find themselves a bit restless in the first half of the movie as it settles into its fantastic elements, but once the big reveal occurs midway through, the stakes are ratcheted up, and it's a tense ride until the end.
Posted Oct 29, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Tales From the Hood 3 (2020) Mark H. Harris It's less ambitious than Part 2 but more consistent. While I would welcome a fourth entry, let's hope it's not spurred by the further deterioration of the American socio-political climate.
Posted Oct 23, 2020  Edit critic review
4/5
Vampires vs. The Bronx (2019) Mark H. Harris Vampires vs. the Bronx's well-executed humor, likable characters, stellar cast (including small but memorable roles by Method Man, Zoe Saldana and Chris Redd) and infectious energy are more than enough for a good time.
Posted Oct 10, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Friend of the World (2020) Mark H. Harris Friend of the World is an odd, interesting little movie that defies easy categorization.
Posted Oct 02, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
Antebellum (2020) Mark H. Harris Supposedly, the story came from a dream that Bush had, and while the movie is well-meaning, it ultimately feels very much like a dream: visually striking, but shallow and nonsensical.
Posted Sep 24, 2020  Edit critic review
1.8/5
Spawn (1997) Mark H. Harris I would say I feel bad for a cast that's clearly above this material, but at least they got paid for it; I ended up in the red.
Posted Aug 08, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Color Out of Space (2019) Mark H. Harris Color Out of Space is relatively restrained (certainly, compared to Cage's recent cult hit Mandy) for a movie with such eccentric personnel...
Posted Jul 21, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
The Clearing (2020) Mark H. Harris McIntyre is adept at delivering the goods in the action scenes, rendered in intense fashion by first-time director David Matalon.
Posted Jun 22, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Body Cam (2020) Mark H. Harris In and of itself, Body Cam is a solid yet unspectacular genre film, but against the backdrop of real-life social injustice and unrest, it takes on new life, resonating with the urgency of its time.
Posted Jun 04, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
(undefined) Mark H. Harris [It] is so toothless - whether by plan or by ineptitude - that it's hard to tell if it's even supposed to be a thriller.
Posted May 08, 2020  Edit critic review
3/5
Karma (2018) Mark H. Harris ...you haven't historically seen many black families at the center of those types of stories, so in this instance, Karma is very much welcome.
Posted Apr 23, 2020  Edit critic review
2.2/5
Fatima's Revenge (2018) Mark H. Harris Despite its shortcomings, Fatima's Revenge has something to say that's worth committing to film - which is more than can be said about a lot of micro-budget efforts. However, it needs more experienced hands to push it to its full potential.
Posted Mar 09, 2020  Edit critic review
2.3/5
Trick (2019) Mark H. Harris There's potential here for a decent, coherent fright flick -but this unscary mess, whose twists are as predictable as they are illogical and unlikely, is not that movie.
Posted Feb 21, 2020  Edit critic review
3.2/5
Escape Room (2019) Mark H. Harris It's little more than a less dreary reincarnation of the Saw formula, but Escape Room does it with enough skill and production value that it makes for a fun, quick-paced diversion...
Posted Jan 31, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Dying to Kill (2016) Mark H. Harris In the end, Dying to Kill is like a decent standup set; it has a few nice moments where you might find yourself chuckle, but you probably won't remember it in the long run.
Posted Jan 16, 2020  Edit critic review
2.7/5
Writers Retreat (2015) Mark H. Harris This old-fashioned whodunit premise provides some nostalgic entertainment, but it struggles to overcome the mundanity inherent in a plot that revolves around roundtable literary criticism.
Posted Jan 16, 2020  Edit critic review
2/5
Urban Cannibal Massacre (2013) Mark H. Harris Pretty much every protagonist here is a flat, dull horror cliché waiting to die.
Posted Jan 16, 2020  Edit critic review
2.8/5
Office Outbreak (2006) Mark H. Harris It's a great premise with a fresh mix of horror and observational - at times absurdist - comedy that's rough around the edges due to its limited budget.
Posted Jan 16, 2020  Edit critic review
2.7/5
Slew Hampshire (2013) Mark H. Harris [A]ny potential for depth is drowned in self-consciously outrageous content and generally hazy portrayals.
Posted Jan 14, 2020  Edit critic review
1.8/5
Coleville (2016) Mark H. Harris Coleville has an interesting premise... but ultimately, it's little more than a premise. Its ham-fisted execution feels like a blind shot in the dark at making a movie.
Posted Jan 14, 2020  Edit critic review
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