Horror Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Horror

White rabbit costume, chequered jacket, holds stuffed toy, stands on rural road
Review

Cabin Fever

by Henry Heffer

Unless you’re an Eli Roth completist, avoid this remake of the 2002 parasitic horror like the plague.

1
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Underwater image of a person swimming in deep blue-green ocean waters.
Review

Evolution

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

This opaque, gorgeous mystery movie is Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s follow-up to 2004’s Innocence.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Close-up black and white portrait of a woman wearing a headscarf, looking directly at the camera with a thoughtful expression.
Review

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

This monochrome Iranian vampire skater movie announces its director Ana Lily Amirpour as an exciting but wayward talent.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man sitting on sofa in rustic wooden room, with dog beside him.
Review

The Voices

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Talking household pets are the source of a murderous rampage in Marjane Satrapi’s wicked, comic-tinged slasher movie.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Woman with blonde hair lying in the back of a car.
Review

It Follows

by Anton Bitel

A petrifying and refreshingly original horror movie from American name-to-watch, David Robert Mitchell.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Dark-haired man in long coat holding a knife in a dimly lit room.
Review

What We Do in the Shadows

by David Jenkins

The nocturnal activities of modern-day Wellington’s vampire community are captured in this mirthless mock doc.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A young woman with long, dark hair holds a white envelope and looks pensive in a dimly lit room.
Review

Ouija

by David Jenkins

Dire, imagination-free haunted-house horror which says you should never mess with killer ghosts.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two people lying on a bed, embracing. One person is wearing a plaid shirt, the other is wearing a grey top.
Review

Horns

by David Ehrlich

Daniel Radcliffe summons his dark side in this darkly comic fantasy horror.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two children, a girl and a boy, reading a book together in a dimly lit room.
Review

The Babadook

by Chris Blohm

’Tis the season for great horror movies, so don’t miss this creepy corker from Australian director Jennifer Kent.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people wearing creepy masks with sinister expressions, set against a dark background.
Review

The Purge: Anarchy

by David Ehrlich

This rush-job sequel does a stirling job of consistently bungling its intriguing premise.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect