“Bone Lake” comes across as a genuinely committed attempt to craft a slick little film streaked with some slaughter and a slight touch of self-aware silliness.

It’s rare for a horror movie to run this deep on themes of friendship, finding hope in oppressive darkness, and refusing to be broken by bleakness.

What if we take “The Strangers” and do the exact opposite of everything that made “The Strangers” suspenseful and successful in the first place?

“The Conjuring: Last Rites” purports to be “based on a true story,” although it’s anyone’s guess where facts are supposedly included in the fiction.