“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” just might Pied Piper a pessimistic predisposition away from a harrumphing Hamelin and into a realm of unexpectedly enthusiastic affinity.

“Last Shift” is simply more flash than fire, and that’s the real reason why it gives off heat without burning a scorching impression.

Including a pointless personal journey as an add-on narrative along with questionable cutaways distracts the documentary from developing memorable takeaways.

What this movie actually is, a “good enough” popcorn fright film, is off book with the usual agenda or expectations of a “Paranormal Activity” movie.

“Deathgasm” is reverential with its satirical winks and so slyly smart about sophomoric silliness that it cannot help but be charming.

Fresh, funny, irreverent, intelligent, sarcastic, sly, this sentence does not have the space to include all the adjectives fit to describe the gamut “Assassination Classroom” runs.

Whatever idea you have in your head, odds favor that “Goodnight Mommy” is probably not the movie you’ve prepared for.

One can either be offended/repulsed by imagery of tribal villagers salting severed limbs and boiling a human head with an apple in its mouth or chuckle amusedly at the absurdity of it all.

The movie has nowhere to go but into the burn bin of indistinguishable “found footage” flicks about haunted buildings.

This is a case where overseas origins provide an imaginary edge of avant-garde exoticness the movie doesn’t fully possess.

Even at barely an hour, “Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn” is excruciating to sit through.  Rubbing your retinas with steel wool would be less painful on the eyes.

“Estranged” has more than its fair share of intrigue and unexpected turns, but there is succinctness in its story making its terror frighteningly down-to-earth.

By overlaying the middle class melancholy with the landlord’s lurking threat, “13 Cameras” puts a fresh coat of paint onto otherwise average plotlines.

“The Girl in the Photographs” shouts loud enough to be heard above the slasher movie din while its echo may not reach all the way through the ears.

Incredibly sly and energetic, “Patchwork” is a movie that works on multiple levels, with copious comedy and carnage always front and center.

Given its “invaders among us” content and DIY style, the best way to describe “They Look Like People” is: Think “They Live” reimagined as mumblecore.

If there was ever any contemporary horror movie whose core content is not conducive to being refashioned for popular consumption, it is “Martyrs.”

The eight films in “The Labyrinth” are ... among the most technically accomplished and entirely engaging shorts a genre fan will ever see.

Never has a film been unenjoyable enough to warrant walking out of a theater mid-movie, but “Condemned” fought hard to be my first.

“Game Changer” is a marshmallowy nostalgia piece driven more by marketing than any desire to delve deeply into the series’ inner machinations.