horror
From haunted islands to Gilead and outer space, four series keep the scary season alive.
Mike Flanagan’s ambitious update of Stephen King’s classic pairs a superb cast with social media cruelty and an expanding supernatural world that sometimes overwhelms the story.
The apocalyptic overtones of the Mekons’ music come across as alarmingly real as ever.
“The Monkey” is a delightful exercise in black humor.
Was another helping of “The Platform” necessary? Maybe. But only if it was done right — and this is half-baked sci-fi horror.
The stories in this collection are uneven, although to my mind the beauty and brilliance of the best outweigh the others.
Despite the lack of background or explanation for the occult item at the center of “Talk to Me,” I found it relatively easy to suspend my disbelief and become caught up in the story’s momentum.
Technology-driven horror narratives are ubiquitous these days: Red Rose has an authentic look that makes its creepiness distressingly plausible.
Spiral is content to be a satisfying thriller that mechanically delivers as its murderous pace picks up.
Director Ben Wheatley has a knack for creating characters whose anti-social behavior is shocking.
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