MOVIE REVIEW: Carrie
Tim MatassaCarrie gets a modern makeover, but does she have anything new to say? Plus, Billy is more menacing and less bumpkin, Chris has an instinct for cruelty and humiliation, and everyone loves Tim Tebow for taking kids to prom.
Tag: Horror
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Before “The Masque of the Red Death,” there was “Shadow”—and try as these revelers might, no amount of partying in hiding can keep Death at bay for long.
MOVIE REVIEW: Thanksgiving
A pre-Black Friday riot unleashes a terrifying killer. Plus, a horrifying Thanksgiving turkey, and you’ll never look at corn on the cob holders the same way again.
MOVIE REVIEW: Jeepers Creepers
Every 23rd spring, for 23 days, the Creeper gets to eat. Plus, the House of Pain, nightmares of an old phonograph, and a monster with a sense of humor.
MOVIE REVIEW: Halloween
Evil comes home. Plus, Michael can’t be killed, Loomis bumbles around, and Laurie is saved by an overplayed horror trope.
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Nightcrawler enters the story in a horror-tinged episode. Plus, arguments about faith, Gambit learns nothing, and Wolverine… prays?
MOVIE REVIEW: Late Night with the Devil
A 13-year-old girl goes on live TV to share her demonic possession with the world. Plus, the dangers of unchecked ambition, secret societies, and “controlled regurgitation.”
MOVIE REVIEW: The Sixth Sense
Cole has a secret that’s driving him insane. Plus, complementary scares, a harrowing performance from a New Kid on the Block, and maybe the most iconic twist ending of all time.
STORY REVIEW: The Hand
Did a severed human hand commit murder all by itself? Plus, does the supernatural exist, or is anything we can’t explain just “inexplicable”?
MOVIE REVIEW: Carrie
A modernized retelling of Carrie, with some serious changes in store. Plus, less gore, fewer scares, but Billy is finally the psycho we deserve.