The Haunting of Hill House is an outstanding ghost story, drawing both from the classics and from a modern reading of the haunted house motif.
Apostle maintains tension and possesses a grim energy, strengthened by occasional bursts of violence so that it does not bore for a single moment.
Ghost Stories works best as a thickly atmospheric homage offered by horror erudites — old specters do not like modernization.
Alligator is not a niche production known exclusively to connoisseurs of bad cinema. It used to staple of every self-respecting rental store’s VHS collection.
If someone does not particularly like horror films, they may go to see Thirteen Ghosts because of its excellent cast.
Phantom of the Paradise is a work unlike any other, and although assembled from many well-known elements, incomparable to anything else.
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue contains enough originality and style that it is difficult to accuse it of derivative imitation.
The premiere of A Quiet Place years ago reminded me of another film in which the protagonists’ family tries to save the youngest from a beast...
I instinctively lumped Ghostland together with horror films without any arthouse ambition. I was so wrong — I still feel chills as I write these words.
Between a family drama and a blood-chilling story there is very little fluidity. And that is a pity, because The Monster could have been another gem...