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, …

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, 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.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
Kidnap

Kidnap isn’t as bad as it could be, but that doesn’t make it good. This movie’s speed limit is higher …

Drama, Horror
A Ghost Story

A Ghost Story is not built to frighten. But it may indeed haunt you.

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Wish Upon

The wishes here aren’t creative in the least. The same can’t be said, however, of Wish Upon’s macabre fixation with …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror
47 Meters Down

It’s never a good sign when an audience laughs repeatedly at the plight of two terror-stricken women trapped at the …

Horror, Mystery/Suspense
It Comes At Night

For all of the surprising thoughtfulness that this gradually boiling thriller provides, it also comes packing things bleak, befouled and …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Okja

Forget this film’s quart-size protagonist and her whimsical pet pig. Okja is a jarring, unsettling and often difficult-to-watch story.

Action/Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

It’s been six years since we last saw Jack Sparrow wobble his way across a well-swabbed deck. And his return …