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Horror Films

Zach Cregger’s Weapons is a new kind of cinema

Turns out adults are still interested in more than the usual banal superhero slop

Alexander Larman

This month in culture: January 2025

What to watch this month

The Spectator

Hugh Grant is a fantastic villain

Though Heretic may not be as clever as it thinks it is, it builds tension nicely, and it’s enjoyable watching Grant have so much fun

Deborah Ross

Nothing is ever quite as it seems in Olga Tokarczuk’s latest novel

Though The Empusium describes itself as ‘a horror story,’ it’s more a salutation to the power of the natural world

Lee Langley

Film

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is not for the squeamish

Demi Moore stuns in this gory, graphic presentation of the horror of aging

Zoe Strimpel

Book Review
June 17, 2024
Stephen King’s You Like it Darker shows a master at his peak
You Like It Darker inevitably harks back to Carrie, King’s debut novel, published fifty years ago this spring
Brice Stratford
Gaming
March 21, 2024
Alone in the Dark is the granddaddy of video games
Now a lavish and loving reboot stars B+-listers David Harbour and Jodie Comer
Sam Leith
Film
September 13, 2023
The lamentable rise of VFX in horror films
CGI is no substitute for glue, tape and ketchup
Ross Anderson
Book Review
September 13, 2023
Emily Carroll’s new graphic novel plays on our deepest fears
A Guest in the House is a beautifully plotted study of the madness of isolation, steeped in the tropes of fairy tale and horror
Philip Womack
Television
July 19, 2023
Why What We Do in the Shadows works
A vampire sitcom that doesn’t suck
Alexander Larman
Film
April 20, 2023
Sick of Myself: a Norwegian body horror that you’ll watch through your hands
Is it about today’s culture, or does Signe just have a personality disorder?
Deborah Ross
Film
April 18, 2023
The Pope’s Exorcist isn’t scary enough
Father Amorth’s fascinating career deserves a better cinematic outing than this one
John Ehrett
Film
March 25, 2023
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and the British B-movie renaissance
For all their Oscar-chasing pretensions, the big streaming services have an appetite for them
Robert Jackman
Film
February 16, 2023
Knock at the Cabin is a better-than-average Shyamalan film
It packs an emotional wallop, though its religious motifs leave something to be desired
John Ehrett
Film
January 18, 2023
M3GAN is a biting satire of screen-obsessed parenting
This one deserved better than the January chopping block
John Ehrett

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