Horror Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Horror

Four individuals dressed in casual clothing, standing in a dark outdoor setting on a grassy field.
Review

Boys from County Hell

by Marina Ashioti

Writer/​director Chris Baugh’s vam­pire com­e­dy-hor­ror fails to breathe new life into a stale genre.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Silhouette of a person against a vibrant sunset sky with clouds and reflected in a still pool.
Review

Luz: The Flower of Evil

by Anton Bitel

A back­wa­ter preach­er push­es his small con­gre­ga­tion to its lim­its in this qua­si-mys­ti­cal Colom­bian parable.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person wearing a dark cloak, holding a lit torch in a shadowy, warm-toned setting.
Review

Fear Street: 1666

by Josh Slater-Williams

Netflix’s time-skip­ping hor­ror tril­o­gy reach­es a sat­is­fy­ing con­clu­sion via a 17th-cen­tu­ry Sarah Fier ori­gin story.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two young women with long, curly red hair looking at each other intently in an outdoor setting.
Review

Fear Street: 1978

by Josh Slater-Williams

The sec­ond part of Netflix’s RL Stine-inspired hor­ror tril­o­gy is a seri­ous upgrade on its mud­dled predecessor.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person lying on the ground, screaming in apparent distress, surrounded by dark blue and yellow lighting.
Review

Fear Street: 1994

by Josh Slater-Williams

A lack­lus­tre open­ing to this new tril­o­gy of teen slash­er yarns based on the books by RL Stine.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman in a red leather jacket standing in a crowd of people.
Review

Freaky

by Hannah Strong

A teenage girl and a ser­i­al killer under­go an acci­den­tal body swap in Christo­pher Landon’s twist on a clas­sic formula.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Intense green-yellow lighting on man with long beard and curly hair, brooding expression.
Review

In the Earth

by Hannah Strong

Ben Wheat­ley goes back to basics in this under­stat­ed yet supreme­ly effec­tive 21st cen­tu­ry folk horror.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A bloodied, bandaged older man with a grave expression on his face.
Review

The Amusement Park

by Anton Bitel

George A Romero’s long-lost pub­lic ser­vice announce­ment cap­tures the inher­ent hor­rors of old age.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two men in a forest setting, one assisting the other who appears to be injured or distressed.
Review

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

by Anna Bogutskaya

The third instal­ment in the hor­ror fran­chise gives us a lot of Ed and Lor­raine War­ren, but not near­ly enough Satan.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman in a floral dress sits in a dimly lit room, holding a small glass bottle.
Review

A Quiet Place Part II

by David Jenkins

Silence is less than gold­en in this occa­sion­al­ly effec­tive block­buster sequel which trades hor­ror for action.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect