Orphan (2009)
Sep 12, 2009Evil Child
Another variant on the evil child film featuring a maliciously psychopathic Isabelle Fuhrman
Isabelle Fuhrman
The Hunger Games (2012)
Mar 29, 2012Future Televised Human Hunting
A Young Adult box-office hit that does little more than competently shuffle around ideas from other SF films. Jennifer Lawrence makes an impressive showing but the film also soft-pedals the moral reality of its scenario
Cell (2016)
Jul 16, 2016Stephen King Adaptation/Cellphone Zombies
Adaptation of the Stephen King novel about zombies created by a cellphone signal. Critically panned but this kicks in with a sensational opening scene and overspills with more fascinating ideas than it has room to deal with
Down a Dark Hall (2018)
Feb 17, 2019Sinister Happenings at a Girls’ Boarding School
Rodrigo Cortes, who made the fine Buried, directs a Young Adult horror, which is produced by no less than Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, concerning supernatural happenings at a girl's boarding school.
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
Sep 19, 2021Escape Room of Death Traps
Sequel to the 2019 Escape Room. This repeats everything that its predecessor did but bigger and more elaborate to the point that basic believability goes out the window
The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)
Sep 7, 2023Horrors in a Religiously Oppressive Household
A strikingly directed film that conjures something of The Witch: A New-England Folktale in its depiction of the horrors present in a religiously oppressive household
Orphan: First Kill (2022)
Jan 20, 2023Evil Child
I was fairly ho-hum about the first Orphan but this is a sequel that entirely surprises you