Horror Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Horror

Two women, one wearing a nun's habit, the other in a brown coat, facing each other in a room with stained glass windows.
Review

Amulet

by David Jenkins

Romo­la Garai’s fea­ture direc­to­r­i­al debut is a haunt­ing fem­i­nist revenge hor­ror that upturns genre tropes and flouts convention.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Hooded figure in dark corridor, wearing Ghostface mask from Scream film franchise.
Review

Scream

by Anton Bitel

This styl­ish­ly direct­ed ​“requel” trick­i­ly rakes over the grave of the orig­i­nal Scream films, but please, no more!

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A person standing in a dark room, with a large flame visible behind them.
Review

Titane

by Sam Bodrojan

All hail the new flesh in Julia Ducournau’s dream­like fable of a frac­tured young dancer grap­pling with the fire inside her.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A woman in a dark jacket standing in the mist, looking serious.
Review

Lamb

by Hannah Strong

Noo­mi Rapace adopts a strange new­born in this ele­vat­ed Ice­landic folk hor­ror from direc­tor Valdimar Jóhannsson.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Woman wearing a white shirt, standing in a room with purple and red lighting.
Review

Last Night in Soho

by David Jenkins

This time-trav­el­ling neo-gial­lo from Edgar Wright con­tains a few stun­ning sequences, but flubs the final act.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman and a young boy sitting in a dimly lit, wooden-panelled room. The woman has dark hair and appears concerned, while the boy has a pensive expression.
Review

Antlers

by Anton Bitel

A horned enti­ty stalks Keri Russell’s school teacher in direc­tor Scott Cooper’s alle­gor­i­cal Amer­i­can hor­ror story.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A dark, close-up image of a menacing-looking man wearing a mask and holding a knife, against a dark background.
Review

Halloween Kills

by Adam Woodward

Michael Myers runs amok once more in direc­tor David Gor­don Green’s strange­ly lack­lus­tre slash­er sequel.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A Black man with a serious expression wearing a tie-dye shirt standing in a futuristic tunnel with a circular green and orange design.
Review

Candyman

by Leila Latif

Nia DaCos­ta re-exam­ines the white sav­iour and Black boogey­man tropes in her bold hor­ror reimagining.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with auburn hair and piercing blue eyes gazes intently, her expression conveying a sense of contemplation or concern.
Review

Censor

by Adam Woodward

A film cen­sor goes in search of her miss­ing sis­ter in Pra­no Bailey-Bond’s razor-sharp, retro-styled hor­ror satire.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Close-up of a woman with a determined expression, illuminated by a torch in a dark setting.
Review

The Night House

by Marina Ashioti

David Bruckner’s archi­tec­tur­al hor­ror stands up to the con­tem­po­rary chal­lenges of dab­bling with ghosts and jump scares.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect