Horror

Nightbitch review – Amy Adams is back

By Jourdain Searles

Amy Adams is on great form in Marielle Heller's adaptation of Rachel Yoder's novel about a new mother who is alarmed discover she is turning into a dog.

review

Heretic review – Hugh Grant is a horror natural

By Leila Latif

Two Mormon missionaries get more than they bargained for when they drop in on Hugh Grant in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods' effective psychological horror.

review LWLies Recommends

The Front Room review – a strangely scatalogical chamber piece

By Patrick Sproull

Theatre legend Kathryn Hunter camps it up as a sinister old biddy terrorising her daughter-in-law Brandy Norwood in the horror debut from Max and Sam Eggers.

review

Smile 2 review – this is going to ruin the tour

By Hannah Strong

Parker Finn follows up his 2022 smash with a suitably silly sequel, in which a pop star becomes the latest victim of the grinning demon who drives victims to suicide.

review

Terrifier 3 review – deck the halls with small intestines

By Charles Bramesco

Damien Leone's cult favourite killer clown returns for some festive fun in the third instalment in the goretastic franchise.

review

The Substance review – as shallow as the very thing it’s critiquing

By Hannah Strong

Coralie Fargeat's supposed satire on Hollywood's impossible standards for women is an ultimately unpleasant and ugly screed against those that try to play the game.

review

Speak No Evil review – an effective game of cat and mouse

By David Jenkins

James McAvoy is a blast as the overly-friendly patriarch who invites unwitting tourists back to his west country stack for fun and games.

review

Red Rooms review – a claustrophobic tech-tinged nightmare

By Hannah Strong

Pascal Plante's haunting drama examines the dark reality of the true crime industrial complex in elegant and austere fashion.

review LWLies Recommends

Starve Acre review – all texture and no teeth

By Michael Leader

Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play a couple who move to an isolated Yorkshire Dales estate in Daniel Kokotajlo’s folk horror.

review

Cuckoo review – never quite takes flight

By Hannah Strong

A young woman begins to suspect something is desperately wrong at the ski resort her family have moved to in Tilman Singer's uneven sophomore film.

review

Alien: Romulus review – does enough to get a passing mark

By David Jenkins

The Xenomorphs are allowed to run amok once more in this passable franchise offshoot.

review

I Saw the TV Glow review – an instant queer classic

By Esther Rosenfield

Jane Schoenbrun's sophomore feature is an unnerving take on loneliness, isolation, and the enduring mysteries of children's media.

review LWLies Recommends

Sleep review – Jason Yu has the juice

By Josh Slater-Williams

A newlywed couple are haunted by sleepless nights in Jason Yu’s confident, darkly humorous debut feature.

review LWLies Recommends

Longlegs review – a harrowing serial killer thriller

By Hannah Strong

A rookie FBI agent with psychic abilities hunts down a ruthless serial killer in Osgood Perkins' thoroughly unnerving, fantastically odd horror.

review LWLies Recommends

In A Violent Nature review – great premise, poor execution

By Hannah Strong

Chris Nash's innovative spin on a horror staple boasts an excellent set-up, but falls flat in its final act.

review

MaXXXine review – it kinda suxxx

By David Jenkins

Mia Goth’s porn starlet cleans up her CV with a bloody vengeance in this underwhelming and overreaching horror threequel.

review

Sorcery – A witch trial movie with a magical-realist twist

By Anton Bitel

Christopher Murray directs and stars in this intriguing and original drama about an 1880s Chilean trial for witchcraft.

review LWLies Recommends

Little White Lies Logo

About Little White Lies

Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.

Editorial

Design