Drama, Horror
The Strangers: Prey at Night

This horror flick is exactly what you think it is: would-be killers chasing around would-be victims with sharp things.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Annihilation

There’s a lot going on in Annihilation—a tense, freaky, bloody sci-fi rumination on the cyclical nature of life, death and …

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Venom

Voodoo and mayhem. Teens run for their lives through the Louisiana bayous, pursued by a dead man possessed by 13 …

Drama, Horror
Winchester

For all of its restraint in some areas, this movie’s twisted spirituality is as bothersome as its spirits.

Drama, Horror
Insidious: The Last Key

When it comes to logic, well, that reasoning substance has never been more than a fleeting apparition in this series.

Drama, Horror, Romance
Phantom Thread

This drama is meticulously crafted, both covering and revealing vulnerable truths underneath. But it’s unsettling, too.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Jigsaw

This reboot offers another excuse for its makers to mangle human flesh in order to reap box office rewards.

Comedy, Horror
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

Boo 2 leaves me feeling just like I do after eating too much Halloween candy: a little sick.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Snowman

Though trailers for this film have tried to amp it up as a horror movie, The Snowman isn’t that. Instead, …

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Happy Death Day

This repeat-a-day flick features a college girl with a hangover who lives out her birthday with a sneer before being …

Drama, Horror
Flatliners

At the end of a what is otherwise a rote PG-13 thriller/horror film, viewers are left with some significant spiritual …

Drama, Horror
Friend Request

Friend Request is a dumb, salacious slasher flick: But it’s a tragedy, too.

Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Mother!

This film’s take on Christianity might be the most scathing, contempt-filled attack upon it that I’ve ever witnessed onscreen.

Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
IT

A bevy of children star in IT, but they’d be ill-advised to watch it.

Drama, Horror
Annabelle: Creation

Even though it acknowledges the need for God to confront spiritual evil, its problems are still legion.