Chris Rock and Marisol Nichols in Spiral
Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Spiral

Between the foul language, terrifying images and bodies being torn apart, it feels like Spiral deserves an NC-17 rating.

A person in a dark space holds a torch aloft and looks quite concerned.
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Fear Street Part Three: 1666

The most disturbing element here is the demonic activity that seeps into nearly every minute of this unnecessarily long movie.

woman and girl on an elevator with a gun
Action/Adventure, Drama
Gunpowder Milkshake

There’s a lot about our heroine worth commending—just as there’s a lot about her, and the film itself, that isn’t.

Angelina Jolie as Hannah in Those Who Wish Me Dead
Action/Adventure
Those Who Wish Me Dead

To put it bluntly, this is the kind of film that will flash-burn today and be forgotten in a puff …

two scared girls in fear street
Horror
Fear Street Part One: 1994

Tailor-made to be what Hollywood believes a teen audience should be consuming nowadays.

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in America The Motion Picture
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy
America: The Motion Picture

America: The Motion Picture is impressive in that it still manages to be completely and utterly forgettable.

Drama, Horror
False Positive

This pic ends up feeling unnecessarily slimy.

Picture of the main good guys from the anime movie Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train.
Action/Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train

I was surprised by the redemptive messages I found—along with a bunch of severed demon heads.

A mother and child in Awake
Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Awake

It’s difficult to take themes of sacrifice and family seriously from a film that doesn’t seem to value life in …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Nobody

The exceedingly profane language and percussive pummeling batters you as roughly as the hero pounds Russian street thugs.

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The Lovebirds

The Lovebirds is like The Amazing Race—but with dead people.

Arne in The Conjuring
Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

This sequel confronts viewers with many gory depictions of murders and exorcisms.

A lost family in Endangered Species
Action/Adventure, Drama
Endangered Species

Endangered Species is about a family running from both the animals and the people who want to kill them.

Two guys ride in a truck.
Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Wrath of Man

Jason Statham’s Wrath of Man might be about family—or, at least, about avenging them—but it’s certainly not for family.

Drama
Boogie

The predictable storyline is as bald as an ancient pair of hightops.