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TERROR TRIPS (2021)

No one in “Terror Trips” ever does anything with a shovel, unless you count the movie digging its own grave by being across-the-board bad.

June 16, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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DEADWARE (2021)

I can’t recommend “Deadware” as entertainment, although I do appreciate it as an admirable example of what a handful of people can make with next to nothing.

June 14, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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MORBIUS (2022)

Reminiscent of the fragrant cheesiness of the Captain America film from 1990, “Morbius” plays like a straight-to-VHS B-movie with corners personally cut by Roger Corman.

June 9, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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UNHUMAN (2022)

You might have a strong urge to turn off “Unhuman” early. I wouldn’t blame you, although I would recommend sticking around to see if the twist wins you back.

June 7, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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HATCHING (2022 - Finnish)

Discovering “Hatching” later in life would be to anyone’s benefit because it takes having experienced growing pain-related tumult to appreciate the movie’s meaning.

June 2, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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DASHCAM (2021)

I would have preferred not to recount any of this, except the fact of the matter is, how you take to “Dashcam” directly depends on how you take to Annie Hardy.

May 31, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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X (2022)

“X” becomes just an ordinary horror movie, but seasoned veterans of his films have come to, and should, expect more from a Ti West production.

May 26, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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TORN HEARTS (2022)

Together, Quinn and Lemire make a powerful battery with the right voltage to absorb, charge, and redirect Sagal’s effortless onscreen energy.

May 24, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON (2021)

“The Found Footage Phenomenon” easily becomes well worth a horror fan’s time and attention, which is something that can’t commonly be said of the movies in that subgenre.

May 20, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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MONSTROUS (2022)

“Monstrous” feels like a movie-of-the-week initially intended for Lifetime, except they didn’t want it, so someone abandoned the feeble film on a DTV doorstep.

May 18, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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FIRESTARTER (2022)

All they came up with is another plain piece of stale white bread dropped directly into a straight-to-streaming toaster and left to burn.

May 16, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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SELFIE FROM HELL (2018)

Don’t tax too much thought mulling over how one single scare could develop into a full-length story. “Selfie from Hell’s” script certainly didn’t.

May 12, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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ESCAPE THE FIELD (2022)

At least I have the saving grace of sidestepping an awkward email to a publicist where I’d have to find an eloquent way to say, “Sorry, this movie sucks.”

May 10, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE TWIN (2022)

I see this equation employed so often in horror that I’m surprised there isn’t a shorthand term to classify this specific subgenre by now.

May 6, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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TODD AND THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL: THE END OF THE END (2017)

The animated veneer takes the edge off the uncouth absurdity while simultaneously adding an edge of flippant fun.

May 3, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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UMMA (2022)

I wish it were deeper, and darker, than it actually is. If “Umma” had more meat, I might have more to mull over.

April 28, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE AVIARY (2022)

Its tragically horrifying ending hammers home the notion that a cult’s ongoing influence may be even deadlier than any individual deeds perpetrated by its leader.

April 26, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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VIRUS: 32 (2022 - Spanish)

I consider “Virus: 32” to be a solid example of a three-star film, 3.5 for me personally, and that’s really all it needs to be.

April 21, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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CHOOSE OR DIE (2022)

Is Netflix’s main goal to just amass scores of homogenized filler films like they’re the Borg assimilating digital content?

April 19, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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WYRMWOOD: APOCALYPSE (2021)

“Wyrmwood: Apocalypse” runs on blood and bullets, fire and noise, and comic book carnage cranked up on an amplifier whose starting volume already operates at 11.

April 15, 2022 by Ian Sedensky.
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