Spiral is content to be a satisfying thriller that mechanically delivers as its murderous pace picks up.
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Film Review: “In the Earth” — Nature is Squealing
Director Ben Wheatley has a knack for creating characters whose anti-social behavior is shocking.
WATCH CLOSELY: “Marianne” — Pure, Artful Evil
Marianne is one of the slickest horror series I’ve seen on Netflix.
Film Review: “Luz” — Strangely Compelling Retro Horror
A genre debut as self-assured as Luz is always exciting.
Film Review: “Border” — Memorable Swedish Gothicism
Border memorably skims the border between reality and the supernatural, examining the irreconcilable division between the civilized and the perverse.
WATCH CLOSELY: Netflix’s “Dark” — Childhood Horrors, Revisited
Dark is not a German version of Stranger Things; its historical vision is distinctive.
Film Commentary: October — A Month of Horror, Multiplying
I love subtlety, and beauty, and trash, and terror, in equal measure.
Visual Arts: “It’s Alive!” — Undying Terror
A terrifically fun — when not spine-tingling — exhibition of horror and sci-fi memorabilia.
Film Review: “The Devil’s Candy” — Wouldst Thou Like to Die, Deliciously?
Horror fans in search of a smarter-than-average thriller that will make their viscera quiver should not miss this one.
Film Review: “At the Devil’s Door” — Satan Never Naps
The highest praise for the way the great cinematographer Bridger Nielson has lit the film’s haunted house..