The Last Winter (2006)
Mar 10, 2009Environmental Horror Film
A strong and effective environmental horror film from Larry Fessenden in which the crew of an Alaskan drilling operation disturb something beneath the frozen ground
Zach Gilford
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Jul 18, 2014Future That Permits One Night of Lawlessness
Slightly more interesting than its predecessor in that it takes the action out from gated communities into the streets, otherwise this offers just the same as The Purge – much in the way of heavy artillery and a patina of contemporary politics that have all the depth of a protest placard
Devil’s Due (2014)
Jan 24, 2014Found Footage/Satanic Impregnation
A Found Footage film that seeks to overhaul the Satanic impregnation film a la Rosemary's Baby. Both the Found Footage and the Satanic impregnation genres feel well-mined by now and this fails to offer anything new
Midnight Mass (2021)
Oct 9, 2021Vampires and Religion
Mike Flanagan returns with his best work to date. Effectively a Catholic version of Salem’s Lot, this comes with some flat out great pieces of writing
The Midnight Club (2022)
Oct 21, 2022Teenagers Tell Horror Stories
Mike Flanagan horror mini-series adapted from Christopher Pike's book, this is set around a group of patients in a hospice who form a group to tell each other horror stories
There’s Something Wrong With the Children (2023)
Jun 9, 2023Evil Children
Quite decent Blumhouse film in which children suddenly go bad and begin playing malicious, murderous games with adults
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Nov 18, 2023Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation
Mike Flanagan mini-series that expands on the story to incorporate a host of other Poe stories. More like another of Mike Flanagan’s cross-generational ghost stories by way of tv’s Succession with a lot of Poe-esque margin notes