“The Ugly Stepsister” Review
Fairy tales have been contorting back from the Disney glaze of wholesomeness to be a little darker and more questioning of perspectives, where even Disney was taking a swing towards
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All Things Movies With Mark McPherson
“Frankenstein” (2025) Review
There’s a love that Guillermo del Toro brings to his take on the classic literary and film monster. While his version of Frankenstein stays closer to the Mary Shelley novel,
“Stitch Head” Review
I find myself in the rare situation of being presented with an animated family film that not only feels perfectly targeted at the youngest viewers, but also fulfills a lack
“V/H/S/Halloween” Review
The V/H/S horror anthology has always had a draw for adopting different themes each year, as the films debut during the Halloween season. It was inevitable that the series would
“Him” (2025) Review
In the same way that it’s easy to get lost in the spectacle of football, Him is a film that gets so drenched in its own surreal symbolism of the
“The Long Walk” (2025) Review
When the first person is killed with a gunshot in The Long Walk, it hits like a lightning bolt, even when you can see it coming from a mile away.
“Weapons” (2025) Review
Following up on his robust horror debut of Barbarian, Zach Creggar’s Weapons is another wild toying with the genre. He spins a web of various characters around a compelling premise
“Clown in a Cornfield” Review
After helming the highly subversive Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, director Eli Craig doesn’t bring that same satire to the standard slasher stagings of Clown in a Cornfield. But for
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” (2025) Review
“Nostalgia is overrated,” states the returning Jennifer Love Hewitt during the climax. I agree with her, but I don’t think this clumsy legacy sequel to I Know What You Did
“M3GAN 2.0” Review
The sequel to the tongue-in-cheek sci-fi/horror M3GAN feels less like an expansion of the story and more of a stress test for the titular terror. The acid-spitting killer AI of