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REVIEWS

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Halloween Kills Is Too Obsessed With Its Past | The Gist

The Green Knight Is a Feast for the Eyes and for the Soul | The Gist

Old Is a Fascinating Idea with Poor Execution | The Gist

'DIMLAND’ Is A Bittersweet Tale About Letting Ago | Daily Grindhouse

The Zombie Fun Comes Marching in with Army of the Dead | The Gist

The Djinn Is a Terrifying Horror Film for All Ages | The Gist

‘Castlevania’s Final Season is a Blood-Filled Delight | Film School Rejects

Profile's Deft Screen Life Format Makes It a Terrifying Glimpse into Internet Facades | Paste Magazine

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train Is as Sharp, Thoughtful as Its Anime | Paste Magazine

A Career-Best Barbara Crampton Dominates Uneven Jakob's Wife | Paste Magazine

Devereux Milburn Makes a Meal of His Debut with Horror Honeydew | Paste Magazine

On-Gaku: Our Sound Is a Beautiful Portrait of the Power of Music | Paste Magazine

The Vigil Breathes New Life into Religious Horror | Paste Magazine

Review: 'Sator' | Film Cred

Psycho Goreman's Ridiculous, Bloody B-Movie Schlock Will Put a Smile on Your Face | Paste Magazine

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Review: 'Promising Young Woman' | Film Cred

Paul W. S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich Find Familiarly Action-Packed, Schlocky Fun in Monster Hunter | Paste Magazine

'The Witches' Brings Horror to a New Generation | Film School Rejects

'Monsterland' Covers a Vast and Desolate Landscape of Horrors | Film School Rejects

Review: Sputnik | Film Cred

The Stylized Cycle Of Trauma In Jay Baruchel's RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE | Nightmare On Film Street

Death Is An Infectious Thought In Amy Seimetz's Neon Lit SHE DIES TOMORROW | Nightmare On Film Street

Review: Host | Film Cred

Found Footage Horror FOLLOWED Portrays The Danger Of Internet Fame | Nightmare On Film Street

‘THE VAST OF NIGHT’ Is An Ode To Storytelling | Daily Grindhouse

TO YOUR LAST DEATH Is An Animated Story About Trauma Wrapped In A Gore Fest | Nightmare On Film Street

[Now Streaming] RELIC (2020) | Daily Grindhouse

Carlo Mirabella-Davis' SWALLOW And The Fight For Control Over Your Own Life | Nightmare On Film Street

The Risk Of Indulgence And Hallucinogens In THE WAVE | Nightmare On Film Street

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‘Black Christmas’ Is A Loud, Rage-Filled War Cry That Begs To Be Answered | Much Ado About Cinema

‘The Curse of Buckout Road’ is An Ambitious Debut Feature About The Power of Myth | Much Ado About Cinema

WOUNDS Oozes With Eldritch Horror, Sweat, And Cockroaches | Nightmare On Film Street

DEMENTER Is A Dizzying And Hypnotic Look At Cult Trauma | Nightmare On Film Street

Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ Carefully Treads Through a Maze of Trauma | Much Ado About Cinema

Don't Open The Door! There's A Vampire In THE SHED | Nightmare On Film Street

CANDY CORN Is A Rocky But Entertaining Halloween Movie For Your Next Horror Marathon | Nightmare On Film Street

We All Scream For Ice Cream In Mutant Film FREAKS | Nightmare On Film Street

Find Shelter Because B-Movie CLOWNADO Is Blowing A Bloodbath Through Town | Nightmare On Film Street

Blinded by the Light: ‘Luz’ Pays Homage to Eurohorror in a Hazy, Dream-like Possession Film | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Crawl’ is the Perfect Horror Summer Blockbuster | Much Ado About Cinema

The Demons Are Coming From Inside The Internet In Australian Gorefest NEKROTRONIC | Nightmare On Film Street

Grab Your Flower Crown and Call Your Therapist, It’s Time for ‘Midsommar’ | Much Ado About Cinema

ANNABELLE COMES HOME – I Laughed, I Gasped, I Jumped | Nightmare On Elm Street

‘Tater Tot & Patton’ is a Beautiful Piece of Quiet Cinema About Healing and Connection | Much Ado About Cinema

Jenn Wexler Beautifully Blends Punk Rock and 80s Slashers in ‘The Ranger’ | Much Ado About Cinema

Come For The Cult, Stay For The Queer Representation In HALLOWED GROUND | Nightmare On Film Street

Michael Dougherty Proves Godzilla Is King Of The Summer In GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS | Nightmare On Film Street

‘I Trapped the Devil’ is a Tense, Yet Slow, Look at Evil | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Pet Sematary’ Struggles with The Past But Delivers Delightfully Original Scares | Much Ado About Cinema

Larry Fessenden’s ‘Depraved’ is A Mess of Limbs, Organs, and Emotions | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Funan’ Further Proves The Emotional Impact of Animation | Much Ado About Cinema

Yeo Siew Hua Creates a Dreamy Singaporean Noir in ‘A Land Imagined’ | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Knife+Heart’ Is The Sexy Queer Slasher Of Your Dreams | Much Ado About Cinema

It’s More Complicated Than Serial Killers in ‘Smaller and Smaller Circles’ | Much Ado About Cinema

Enter Disgusting And Bewitching Madness In HAGAZUSSA | Nightmare On Film Street

Isabelle Eklöf’s ‘Holiday’ Portrays a Harrowing, Violent Reality | Much Ado About Cinema

Claire Denis' HIGH LIFE Is A Stellar Yet Disturbing Meditation On Sexual Power | Nightmare On Film Street

‘Horror Noire’ Demonstrates Why Black Horror Films Deserve Your Attention | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Braid’ Is a Psychedelic Punch to Your Eyeballs | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Polar’ Is A Fun, Over-The-Top, Polarizing Action Romp | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Pledge’ Questions the Horrors of Toxic Masculinity and College Social Life | Much Ado About Cinema

RUST CREEK Rethinks The Final Girl And 'Scary Redneck' Trope | Nightmare On Film Street

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‘Bird Box’ Tries to Soar But Instead Falls Flat | Much Ado About Cinema

In His Most Self Aware Film Yet, Lars Von Trier Proves He Still Doesn’t Care About Women | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Cam’ is a Humanizing Portrayal of Sex Work and a Horrifying Look at the Internet | Much Ado About Cinema

Playing With Zombies in ‘One Cut of the Dead’ | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Halloween’ (2018) is an Effective and Gory Examination of the Lasting Effects of Trauma | Much Ado About Cinema

LIZZIE Attempts An Interesting Reimagining, But Misses The Mark | Nightmare On Film Street

Searching for Justice in ‘Hold The Dark’ | Much Ado About Cinema

‘The Wife’ Is A Painful Look at the Poison of Patriarchy | Much Ado About Cinema

Ghosts Aren’t the Only Things That Haunt Us in ‘The Little Stranger’ | Much Ado About Cinema

Cosmic Horror and Brotherly Love in ‘The Endless’ | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Hereditary’ Offers a Fresh and Horrific Look at Family Trauma | Much Ado About Cinema

‘The Terror’ Weaves a Freezing Tapestry of Horrors | Much Ado About Cinema

‘Revenge’ is the Stylish, Gory, and Feminist Take on the Exploitation Film We’ve Been Waiting For | Much Ado About Cinema

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