Akela Cooper Archives

Hell Fest (2018)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 22, 2021Masked Psycho Stalks a Halloween Attraction

We have had several horror films set around Halloween haunts in recent years. This effort produced by Gale Anne Hurd is well above average and generates quite a degree of tension

Director: Gregory Plotkin

Actors: Amy Forsyth, Stephen Conroy, Reign Edwards, Roby Attal, …

Category: Horror

22 February 202130 October 2025 by Roog

Malignant (2021)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 18, 2021Dead Twin Returns as a Maniac Killer

After overseeing a growing list of worthless sequels and spinoffs, James Wan is back in the director’s chair and goes batshit crazy with this film where Annabelle Wallis is taken over by an evil twin

Director: James Wan

Actors: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, …

Category: Horror

18 September 20216 August 2026 by Roog

M3gan (2022)

Rating: ★★

Feb 4, 2023Artificially Intelligent Doll Amok

A horror film about an artificially intelligent children's doll that resembles one of the Big Eyes paintings, which then proceeds to go full-on Terminator

Director: Gerard Johnstone

Actors: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

4 February 202330 July 2026 by Roog

The Nun II (2023)

Rating: ★½

Oct 13, 2023Possessed Nun

More from James Wan’s The Conjuring Universe, this places more focus on mood and atmosphere than The Nun’s ludicrous jump effects

Director: Michael Chaves

Actors: Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell, …

Category: Horror

13 October 202315 October 2025 by Roog

M3gan 2.0 (2025)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 25, 2025Artificially Intelligent Doll Amok

Sequel to the killer doll film M3gan that is a much better work than its predecessor. If the original was Child’s Play by way of The Terminator then this is the series’ equivalent of Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Director: Gerard Johnstone

Actors: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis, …

Category: Science Fiction

25 July 20251 August 2026 by Roog