Horror Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Horror

Man in beige shirt and sunglasses holding person in front of large wooden cross.
Review

The Sacrament

by David Jenkins

One of America’s most exciting young directors delivers half of a great movie with this investigation into religious cults.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two women wearing sunglasses sit together in a dimly lit, futuristic setting with colourful lights in the background.
Review

Only Lovers Left Alive

by David Jenkins

The modern world is a strange and beautiful place in Jim Jarmusch’s melancholy vampire masterpiece.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Elegant woman in red dress gazing at her reflection in an ornate mirror, with a man seated in the background.
Review

Byzantium

by Anton Bitel

Bloodsuckers hit the beach in Neil Jordan’s woozy and extremely violent British noir.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two individuals, a woman and a man, standing near a grand piano in a room.
Review

Stoker

by Adam Woodward

Operatic style can’t paste over the meagre, far-fetched substance in Oldboy director Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man wearing a dark coat with a fur-lined hood, holding a flashlight and looking serious.
Review

The Thing

by Ashley Clark

While the characterisation is thin and delivered in broad strokes, by the time havoc breaks loose it’s unlikely you’ll care too much.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman with short blonde hair wearing a white lace-trimmed blouse, looking thoughtfully through a window.
Review

Kill List

by Dan Brightmore

British director Ben Wheatley delivers a future classic in the form of this white-knuckle thriller.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman with a bloody face, looking distressed, wearing a red coat.
Review

The House of the Devil

by Tom Seymour

Ti West’s period chiller is a modern horror film that feels at once nostalgically hackneyed and invigoratingly fresh.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, embrace in front of a green metal security shutter.
Review

Thirst

by Jonathan Crocker

It’s got problems, sure. But once again, Park delivers something dark, witty and original.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person lying on the forest floor, with another person hovering over them in a threatening manner.
Review

Antichrist

by Jonathan Crocker

Antichrist confirms Lars von Trier as the mad master-imp of world cinema.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Woman with dark hair and makeup, appears distressed.
Review

Let the Right One In

by Matt Bochenski

Tomas Alfredson’s stunning Swedish love story has re-invented the vampire film.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect