It's spooky season, and with what some call one of the best times of the year comes the arrival of Black Phone 2, the sequel to the $161.4 million global 2021 critical and box office hit that introduced audiences to The Grabber (Ethan Hawke). Scott Derrickson returns to direct the sequel, with his
There are two camps out there, or so it seems. You either love Rob Zombie's takes on the Halloween franchise, or you despise them. After Halloween Resurrection, the franchise was seemingly at an all-time low. That movie tried to bring Michael into a new generation with a reality show gimmick, and
Here's the surprise of the entire list, depending on the type of Halloween fan you are. This one has some of the hallmarks and tropes of an unsuccessful horror sequel. Original heroine Jamie Lee Curtis is unceremoniously killed off years before the story takes place. It only has Donald Pleasence
Sorry. This isn't going to be an article bashing Halloween III: Season of the Witch. I know it's now the in vogue thing to praise this film for being an underrated horror classic. Just like it was the hot thing to do, to bash the film for being a Halloween film without Michael Myers. I really enjoy
Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most loved and cherished works of fiction. Made into a seminal 1976 film and a later, more disappointing 2013 one, Carrie is an ageless tale of bullying, puberty, and female rage. When Mike Flanagan announced he was tackling the story of a telekinetic
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
If you strip everything else away, at the core—the soul, the center—of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” is the pure, unadulterated power of goddamn friendship. Potential spoilers ahead! “Forgotten Island” (written and directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford) is,
