The Curse of the Weeping Woman (2019)
By itself, this is a fairly generic horror film, pairing supernatural parental anxiety with Hispanic myth.
Escape Room Brings a Fresh Hook to a Familiar Sub-Genre
Escape Room is like Cube meets Saw meets Hostel …minus the gratuitous gore.
Gothic Castles and Corrupted Faith: The Nun Expands the Conjuring Universe
While I’m not going to argue that The Nun is a good film, I do think that’s its more interesting than its detractors give it credit for.
Annabelle: Creation Steadies the Conjuring Franchise With Some Serious Scares
Annabelle Creation is nothing particularly original, sure, but neither was The Conjuring. What it does deliver is judiciously-executed scares and a pervasive atmosphere of dread.
Ouija: Origin of Evil Finds Fresh Fear in Tired Tropes
Trust Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush) to turn a flippin’ board game into a good horror film.
Conjuring 2 (2016)
James Wan’s haunted house oeuvre is a well-oiled machine. Creaky floorboards and fearsome presences roll off the production line like clockwork; creepy, broken, grandfather clockwork. And, although The Conjuring 2 is bound by formula, when the scares are this good, I’m happy to buckle my seatbelt and enjoy the ride. Wan’s recent good form (Insidious et al) is…
Annabelle (2014)
It’s easy to forgive horror films their sins if they’re actually scary. If Annabelle had been a genuinely frightening film, I could’ve happily forgiven its hollow Polanski references – ranging from a host of Rosemary’s Baby quotations to a Charles Manson’s appearance on television. I wouldn’t have had a problem with how it mishandles/abandons its…
