Raphael Margules Archives

Contracted (2013)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 18, 2014Deadly Infection/Heroine's Physical Decay

Modestly effective effort about a woman who contracts an infection that causes her to physically decay. The horror comes in watching the heroine's progressive physical decomposition.

Director: Eric England

Actors: Najarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Matt Mercer, Charley Koontz, …

Category: Horror

18 March 20141 October 2025 by Roog

Contracted was a modestly effective film that depicted its heroine's progressive meltdown due to a deadly infection. This is a sequel so sub-par you doubt it would even been released without connection to the first film

Director: Josh Forbes

Actors: Matt Mercer, Marianna Palka, Anna Lore, Laurel Vail, …

Category: Horror

11 March 201611 January 2026 by Roog

Portals (2019)

Rating: ★★

Sep 23, 2024Anthology/Mysterious Alien Portals Appear

Produced by Bloody Disgusting, an anthology from different directors about a series of mysterious alien portals that appear around the world

Director: Eduardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Liam O'Donnell, Timo Tjahjanto

Actors: Neil Hopkins, Deanna Russo, Ptolemy Slocum, Phet Kanya, …

Category: Science Fiction

23 September 202413 November 2025 by Roog

The Vigil (2019)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 17, 2021All-Night Vigil With a Possessed Corpse

Standout film set among the Orthodox Jewish community where a man sitting an all-night vigil with a corpse finds it possessed by a demonic force that starts toying with him

Director: Keith Thomas

Actors: Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Lynn Cohen, Malky Goldman, …

Category: Horror

17 December 20211 March 2025 by Roog

Doors (2021)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 2, 2021Anthology/Mysterious Alien Portals Appear

Multi-director anthology about a series of mysterious portals that appear around the world, this creates a sense of something genuinely alien and otherworldly

Director: Dugan O’Neal, Jeff Desom, Saman Kesh

Actors: Josh Peck, Lina Esco, Kyp Malone, Kathy Khanh, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 April 20211 March 2025 by Roog

Barbarian (2022)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 4, 2022Sinister AirBNB

The directorial debut of Zach Cregger that received great word-of-mouth. A film that shifts points-of-views to tell the story of people discovering a horrible secret in the basement of an AirBNB

Director: Zach Cregger

Actors: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis, …

Category: Horror

4 November 202225 November 2025 by Roog

The Wrath of Becky (2023)

Rating: ★

Jul 14, 2024Young Girl Takes Revenge

Becky was a modest effort with Lulu Wilson as a thirteen year-old violently fighting off home invaders. This is a sequel with her up against white supremacists

Director: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote

Actors: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson, …

Category: Horror

14 July 202413 November 2025 by Roog

Woman of the Hour (2023)

Rating: ★★½

Apr 11, 2025True Crime/Serial Killer on a Dating Show

Actress Anna Kendrick directs a film based on a true-life serial killer Rodney Alcala who appeared on tv’s The Dating Game

Director: Anna Kendrick

Actors: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale, …

Category: Horror

11 April 202513 November 2025 by Roog

Companion (2025)

Rating: ★★★★

Mar 1, 2025Sex Android Gains Independence

A smart and extremely clever variant on Androids/A.I. themes with Sophie Thatcher as a sex android who gains self-awareness and independence. A great script filled with hilarious whiplash twists.

Director: Drew Hancock

Actors: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 March 202524 April 2026 by Roog

Weapons (2025)

Rating: ★★★½

Sep 20, 2025Mysterious Disappearance

Captivating and original film from Zach Cregger about a town that is affected by the mysterious disappearance of a class of children. One film where you definitely can’t predict where things are going

Director: Zach Cregger

Actors: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, …

Category: Horror

20 September 202524 April 2026 by Roog