“Clinger” may have a cast and a crew greener than golf grass, but its amateur aesthetic is overcome by sincere intentions to be engaging, emotional, and entirely entertaining.

Separated from the fluff of its disappointing denouement, there remains a disturbingly dark fairy tale in the movie’s core capable of leaving a lasting impression.

If you are somehow able to penetrate the fiction featured in the first 20 minutes of “Fire City: End of Days,” stop watching immediately and apply for Mensa membership.

Trudge up the turtle track of the first two-thirds and “We Are Still Here” rewards with a frenzied flurry of force down the back slope.

The movie’s value beyond straight suspense entertainment comes not from requiring thoughtful reflection, but from inspiring it.

The supposed sexiness of the fling fueling this film is cold enough for frostbite, and nearly as hollow as the nonexistent horror.

A feather could push these people into instantly believing the batty backstory of first man Adam’s first wife Lilith making a pact with Lucifer to become a child-stealing force of evil.

Stalwart Shyamalan supporters may view the scaled-back scope and “found footage” frame as a welcome return to simple storytelling form for the critically embattled filmmaker.

While “Contracted” wanted quieter body horror chills, “Contracted: Phase II” takes on a tone of being an R-rated horror show episode of “Criminal Minds.”

Poorly put together as a first-person film, the only speed “The Cutting Room” has is along the fast track to Dullsville.

20 years earlier, when self-aware style was all the rage and haunted asylum spelunking was not yet an overdone theme, “Exeter” might have been ahead of its time.

Reasons to see "Paranormal Island" have quite a bit in common with ghosts and with flush-beating poker straights: they don’t exist.

For anyone who has ever wondered why the workplace has so little natural sunlight, “Bloodsucking Bastards” is just what the doctor ordered for an eerily appropriate horror-comedy.

There are still those of us carrying candles for fondly regarded shows such as “War of the Worlds” or “Psi-Factor” who cannot help but be swayed by the syndicated sci-fi style.

Be sure to brace expectations for a werewolf western that has more of the latter than it does of the former.

“Poltergeist Activity” is the cinema equivalent of ramen noodles ... Once the cup goes in the trash, so does all memory of the meal.

If only its trail sped down a hill of horror instead of slowly slogging up one, “Kantemir” might be more memorable instead of being mostly mediocre.

If none of the notable Star Trek personalities participated in this project, and everything else remained as is, how much enthusiasm would there be for “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men?”

“It Follows” doesn’t build scares on jumps and visceral thrills. Its horror is a slow-crawling virus that subtly disturbs with under-the-skin eeriness.

The challenge “Harbinger Down” has in front of it is coming up with a concept for a story that matches the concept for the creatures and the charisma of the cast.