Three kids solving a mystery at camp
Horror
Fear Street Part Two: 1978

A dribbling smorgasbord of gore, exposed teen flesh and enough nasty profanity to make a curse-casting witch feel outclassed.

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.

2 men in masks in No Sudden Move
Drama
No Sudden Move

While the film can be twisty and satisfying, the lack of any real praise-worthy behavior feels a bit criminal in …

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 man in a hat talks furtively to two other people.
Biography/History, Drama, Thriller
The Courier

This dramatic cold-war era spy thriller isn’t always the easiest film to watch.

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.

A woman in a white dress stands in front of a tree with many pictures wedged into it.
Drama, Horror
The Unholy

The Unholy, released on Good Friday of 2021, might be one of the year’s most spiritual movies.

A concerned young man and woman walk through a forest.
Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Chaos Walking

This film feels more brutal, and sounds more profane, than you would expect for a movie intended, essentially, for kids.