by James Newman Something traumatic happened to Isaac. He can’t remember what. Enter an old friend with a strange job offer. Isaac’s buddy wants him to move into a house on a remote island, where he’ll be watching over the…
WHEN THE NIGHTMARE ENDS by Robert Stahl Heather wakes in the morning and stretches out into the cool, soft sheets, feeling amazing — until she sees the tarantula on the bed. It’s a big one. Furry. Black. She can see…
By James Newman It’s a classic ‘80s horror flick full of blood n’ slime and all sorts of nastiness. It’s also a tragic love story, an allegory about slowly losing a loved one to chronic illness. Jeff Goldblum plays quirky…
THE MAGICby Karl El-Koura Where’s Sophie? Face-down in the pool, her golden hair floating around her. Where’s dada? (She still called him that, even at three, the same word she’d used for him since she’d first learned to speak.) Dada’s…
by James Newman Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s Synchronic is easily my favorite film of the last few years, and this is coming from someone who has been admittedly less enamored with their work than most genre fans. It stars…
LITTLE BONES by Jessica Sarlin Catherine moves aside the wooden planter. She hates the dark. She will go quickly, though. She just wants to check. He is asleep, but he might be angry if he finds her. Even though she…
By James Newman You’re in a scuzzy men’s room at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere. You’ve just finished your business, when a voice in the adjacent stall starts rambling on about cosmic entities and The End…
LITTLE SILVER INSTRUMENTSby Matt Bliss Jessica pressed her ear to the door, listening to her father’s rhythmic whistling between the wasp-like buzzing on the other side. It was good to hear him happy like this—he sounded a completely different man…
By James Newman If you trust the trailer, Resurrection offers a story you’ve seen before. Margaret (the always-amazing Rebecca Hall) encounters an old flame (Tim Roth, evil-as-evil-can-be here without ever raising his voice) at a work conference. Their relationship was…
HANDLEBAR by Monica Louzon Nothing terrifies you more than your dog freaking out at a parked pickup truck with a covered bed. It’s minding its own business, nothing weird about it. No trails of blood, no hiding cat. Just you,…
By James Newman Leave it to Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass) to give fans a sequel to The Shining that works as an adaptation of King’s own follow-up and a continuation of Kubrick’s classic film. Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) is plagued…
