Horror Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Horror

A young woman with long dark hair wearing a blue dress stands in a forest, holding a small lamb.
Review

The Other Lamb

by Lillian Crawford

Exces­sive vio­lence against women and ani­mals sours Mał­gorza­ta Szumowska’s faux-fem­i­nist hor­ror fable.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A person lying on the ground with their eyes closed, their long hair spread out on the floor.
Review

Saint Maud

by Anton Bitel

A pious young nurse expe­ri­ences an extreme cri­sis of faith in writer/​director Rose Glass’ arrest­ing psychodrama.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Person peeking out from blue tent in grassy field.
Review

Koko-di Koko-da

by Anton Bitel

A griev­ing cou­ple embark on a camp­ing trip in writer/​director Johannes Nyholm’s folk­loric psy­cho­log­i­cal horror.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Group of people, including soldiers, standing on a gravel path surrounded by trees.
Review

The Hunt

by Charles Bramesco

It’s Lib­er­al Elites ver­sus Red Staters in Craig Zobel’s long-delayed hor­ror-satire. The wait was hard­ly worth it.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Shadowy figure at vehicle in misty, purple-hued forest.
Review

Color Out of Space

by Kambole Campbell

Nico­las Cage encoun­ters an unholy cos­mic ter­ror in direc­tor Richard Stanley’s HP Love­craft adaptation.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman's profile view with hand-print on the wall beside her face.
Review

The Invisible Man

by Hannah Strong

HG Well’s clas­sic sci-fi hor­ror is giv­en a sat­is­fy­ing mod­ern twist cour­tesy of Blum­house and direc­tor Leigh Whannell.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two young males, one with short dark hair and the other with longer hair, face each other intently with serious expressions against a blue background.
Review

Daniel Isn’t Real

by Anton Bitel

A trau­ma­tised man sum­mons his for­mer imag­i­nary friend in Adam Egypt Mortimer’s knot­ty psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A close-up of a woman's face, shrouded in shadow and with a contemplative expression.
Review

Underwater

by David Jenkins

Fee­ble, water-logged action caper in which under­sea ghouls ter­rorise Kris­ten Stew­art on a deep sea min­ing station.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two men in heavy knit jumpers and caps standing against a bleak, grey background.
Review

The Lighthouse

by Elena Lazic

Robert Pat­tin­son and Willem Dafoe take a bru­tal tum­ble into the abyss in Robert Eggers’ mono­chrome nightmare.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A woman with blond, shaggy hair wearing a burgundy jumper, standing in a misty, forested landscape with a body of water in the background.
Review

The Turning

by Anton Bitel

Flo­ria Sigismondi’s long-delayed update of ​‘The Turn of the Screw’ final­ly sur­faces – was the wait worth it?

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect