Horror

Final Destination: Bloodlines review – an absurd, grotesque film for our absurd, grotesque times

By Hannah Strong

Death comes a-calling once more in this long-overdue sixth instalment into the most morbid horror franchise around.

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Until Dawn review – an insulting parade of tedium

By Esther Rosenfield

David F Sandberg's tangentially related adaptation of Supermassive Games' horror hit forgets what made its video game source material so great.

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Cloud review – all-time bleakest episode of Only Fools and Horses

By Josh Slater-Williams

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest treads similar thematic territory to his prescient 2001 cyberhorror, through the prism of an e-commerce, vengeance-fuelled thriller.

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The Ugly Stepsister review – a mean-spirited Cinderella story

By Hannah Strong

Emilie Blichfeldt takes on medieval beauty standards in this gory reframing of the Brothers Grimm's classic take on Cinderella.

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Sinners review – links the past and present with music and blood

By Kambole Campbell

Finally free from the Marvel machine, Ryan Coogler delivers the goods and then some with his music-powered, genre-splicing latest.

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The Woman in the Yard review – forgettable ghostly horror

By Hannah Strong

A grieving family find themselves with an unwanted house guest in the latest underwhelming thriller from journeyman director Jaume Collet-Serra.

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Y2K review – as throwaway as a killer Tamagotchi

By Iona Mathieson

The millennium bug triggers a cyber-apocalypse in Kyle Mooney’s nostalgia-driven directorial debut.

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The Rule Of Jenny Pen review – a stand-out ageing horror

By Billie Walker

A former judge finds himself confined to a nursing home where a sinister puppet rules the roost in James Ashcroft's effective horror.

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Opus review – off-key pop industry satire misses all its cues

By David Jenkins

John Malkovich is an electro pop god with an axe to grind in this glossy music industry horror-satire by debut director Mark Anthony Green

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The Monkey review – Theo James goes ape

By Hannah Strong

A cheeky monkey with a violent streak gets Theo James in all sorts of trouble in Osgood Perkins' bloodthirsty horror based on a Stephen King short story.

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Heart Eyes review – a gimmicky horror fauxmance

By Billie Walker

Two youngsters come a cropper of a very particular masked maniac in Josh Ruben's dismal horror-romance mash-up.

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Presence review – an enjoyably swift chiller

By Manuela Lazic

Steven Soderbergh plays with the cinematic form to craft a compelling story about family dynamics and grief.

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Wolf Man review – a bit of a howler

By Adam Woodward

Leigh Whannell follows up The Invisible Man with another present-day revival of a Universal Monster. This one bites.

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The Damned review – haunting but disappointing

By Billie Walker

A young widow in an Icelandic fishing village faces difficult decisions in Thordur Pallson's period folk horror.

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Nosferatu review – an earthy, erotic masterwork

By Charles Bramesco

Robert Eggers realises a lifelong dream in reimagining the tale of Count Orlok, with spellbinding results.

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Rumours review – laughing while crying inside

By Josh Slater-Williams

Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin's political satire pits world leaders against an unlikely climate event.

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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.

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