Horror Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Horror

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Review

Hatching

by Marina Ashioti

Han­na Bergholm’s direc­to­r­i­al debut is a crack­ing, art­ful­ly-craft­ed crea­ture fea­ture set in a gaudy sub­ur­ban dollhouse.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four young people in casual attire, looking concerned or distressed, against a curtained backdrop.
Review

Bodies Bodies Bodies

by Hannah Strong

Hali­na Rei­jn’s amus­ing sec­ond fea­ture satiris­es Gen Z nihilism but does­n’t have much to say about the pop cul­ture stereo­types it depicts.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman and a man, stand in a dim, warm-toned room with books on shelves behind them.
Review

Crimes of the Future

by Sarah Cleary

Extreme surgery replaces sex in body hor­ror mae­stro David Cronenberg’s ambi­tious blends of sci­ence fic­tion and film noir.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A woman standing in a dimly lit forest, with trees and shadows surrounding her.
Review

The Feast

by Marina Ashioti

A cau­tion­ary tale about envi­ron­men­tal exploita­tion veers into pre­dictabil­i­ty in Lee Haven Jones’ slow-burn direc­to­r­i­al debut.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A young woman sitting on a bed in a cluttered room, holding a mobile phone.
Review

Orphan: First Kill

by Leila Latif

Malev­o­lent con­woman Esther gets a back­sto­ry in this strange­ly over­due and unin­ten­tion­al­ly fun­ny pre­quel to the 2009 hit.

1
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Four people standing on a porch; woman in pink floral top, man in blue shirt, others in background.
Review

They/Them

by Carol Grant

A group of teenagers at a gay con­ver­sion camp face off against a sin­is­ter threat in John Logan’s mis­judged would-be slasher.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
A group of indigenous people in traditional dress, including feathered headdresses and face paint, standing together in a night-time scene.
Review

Prey

by David Jenkins

A lean mon­ster-slash­er B‑movie set in the Preda­tor uni­verse that’s a high­light of an extreme­ly patchy franchise.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Three young people standing in a desert landscape, one wearing a baseball shirt and the others in casual attire.
Review

Nope

by Rógan Graham

A broth­er and sis­ter attempt to record proof of extra-ter­res­tri­al life in Jor­dan Peele’s ambi­tious, expert­ly-craft­ed blockbuster.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

The Black Phone

by Anton Bitel

Scott Der­rick­son returns to his hor­ror roots with this sto­ry of a pre-teen who faces off against a sin­is­ter ser­i­al killer, with help from his pre­vi­ous victims.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A young man with short brown hair wearing a green top, brushing his teeth in front of a mirror.
Review

All My Friends Hate Me

by Adam Woodward

A birth­day par­ty turns into the week­end from hell for the man of the hour in Andrew Gaynord’s hor­ror-tinged social satire.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect