Horror Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Horror

Two men in a busy street, one wearing a police uniform and the other a checkered shirt, tie and jacket.
Review

Spiral

by Hannah Strong

This pro­ce­dur­al thriller reboot of the Saw fran­chise is painful to sit through for all the wrong reasons.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Group of people in a dark, industrial setting through a circular opening.
Review

Army of the Dead

by Hannah Strong

A team of mer­ce­nar­ies with noth­ing to lose are hired for the heist of a life­time in zom­bie-infest­ed Las Vegas.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Close-up shot of a serious-looking individual with dark, dishevelled hair and intense eyes against a dark, greenish background.
Review

Violation

by Leila Latif

Dusty Mancinel­li and Madeleine Sims-Fewer’s gru­elling rape revenge thriller shrewd­ly sub­verts the genre.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with long, dark hair appears to be crying on a computer screen. Her face is visible, with a distressed expression.
Review

Host

by David Jenkins

Inno­v­a­tive tech-pow­ered hor­ror minia­ture which trades on the haz­ards of the pan­dem­ic lockdown.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Snowy mountain peaks, a dilapidated building on a rocky outcrop, and a person on a path in the foreground.
Review

Murder Me, Monster

by Josh Slater-Williams

A head­less woman sparks a search for a myth­i­cal crea­ture in Ale­jan­dro Fadel’s taut moun­tain­side thriller.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Person wearing dark goggles in a dimly lit environment.
Review

Possessor

by Leila Latif

Bran­don Cro­nen­berg fol­lows up his impres­sive debut Antivi­ral with a vis­cer­al slice of hal­lu­ci­na­to­ry ultraviolence.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person in ragged clothes runs through a muddy, chaotic scene, surrounded by swirling water and debris.
Review

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula

by Leslie Byron Pitt

Yeon Sang-ho’s sequel-of-sorts to his break­out zom­bie hit fails to deliv­er the gut punch of its predecessor.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Person in blue hooded jacket standing in forest.
Review

Relic

by Aimee Knight

The spec­tre of demen­tia haunts Emi­ly Mor­timer and Bel­la Heath­cote in this taut Aus­tralian Gothic.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, in a close embrace against a green, patterned backdrop.
Review

Cordelia

by Leila Latif

Spo­rad­i­cal­ly absorb­ing psy­chodra­ma in which a trau­ma­tised woman has a fling with her mys­te­ri­ous neighbour.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man standing in a doorway of a dilapidated room, wearing a white t-shirt and dark trousers.
Review

His House

by Anton Bitel

Gen­er­a­tional trau­ma and a fear of the unknown pow­er Remi Weekes’ bone-chill­ing haunt­ed house horror.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect