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Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Celebrates The Blues [Review]

April 17, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

Acclaimed director Ryan Coogler is back with an original horror film, Sinners (2025) starring Michael B. Jordan as twins battling vampires.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Delroy Lindo, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, ruth e. carter, Ryan Coogler, Wunmi Mosaku

‘Werewolves’ Is Fun When It Stops Being Serious [Review]

December 5, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

A werewolf howling to the left, with a yellow stoplight behind

A super moon turns people into wolves for one night only in director Steven C. Miller‘s horror action film.

Yes, folks “it’s werewolves meets The Purge.”

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Frank Grillo, Ilfenesh Hadera, Kamdynn Gary, Katrina Law, Lou Diamond Phillips

Review: ‘Push’ (2024) Is A Tense Cat and Mouse Thriller

October 21, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Natalie (Alicia Sanz) screams

The Boy Behind The Door co-writer/directors David Charbonier and Justin Powell are back with a new high octane pregnancy thriller, Push (2024).

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: David Alexander Flinn, David Charbonier, Gore Abrams, Justin Powell, Raúl Castillo

‘In A Violent Nature’ Is Brutal, Immersive and Hypnotic [Review]

May 31, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Johnny (Ry Barrett) stands at the edge of a cliff

Stop me if this sounds familiar: a silent, hulking killer stalks a group of horny College students through the woods and murders them in gory fashion.

Now shift the focalization to the POV of the killer. That’s In A Violent Nature.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: canadian horror, chris nash, Ry Barrett

Korean Horror Film ‘Exhuma’ Is An Enthralling Supernatural Slasher Hybrid [Review]

March 31, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Kim Sang-duk (Choi Min-sik) crouches in front of a tombstone being read by Mr Ko (Yoo Hae-jin)

Writer/director Jae-hyun Jang‘s immensely popular Korean horror film, Exhuma, takes a relatively simple premise about a team of paranormal investigators and spins it into a tale about history and class.

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Filed Under: Horror, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Choi Min-sik, Jae-hyun Jang, Kim Go-eun, Kim Jae-cheol, korean, Lee Do-hyun, Yoo Hae-jin

Blu Review: ‘Jennifer 8’ Is A Gorgeous “Woman In Danger” Thriller

January 29, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Berlin (Andy Garcia) stares at Helena (Uma Thurman)

There’s just something that hits different about a “woman in danger” film. Perhaps it’s the fact that the subgenre was once extremely popular in the early-to-mid 90s and is now basically an endangered species?

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Andy Garcia, Bruce Robinson, conrad hall, Graham Beckel, Kevin Conway, Lance Henriksen, thriller, Uma Thurman

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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