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Pet Sematary

By Elena Lazic

A case of miscasting fatally undermines this adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling 1983 novel.

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Us

By Kambole Campbell

Jordan Peele’s second feature disturbs, provokes and tickles in its arch dismantling of the modern American family.

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Under the Silver Lake

By David Jenkins

Andrew Garfield disappears down the rabbit hole in David Robert Mitchell’s zany LA noir.

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Piercing

By Elena Lazic

Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbot play wicked games in this psychosexual horror.

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Happy Death Day 2U

By Elena Lazic

This time-bending slasher sequel from writer/director Christopher Landon packs a surprising emotional punch.

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Velvet Buzzsaw

By Hannah Strong

Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reunite for a bizarre mystery horror set in LA’s fine art scene.

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Destroyer

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Nicole Kidman suffers through prosthetics and a patchy script in Karyn Kusama’s detective noir.

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The 12th Man

By Rory Marsh

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers delivers a scene-stealing turn in this chilly World War Two survival drama.

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Bird Box

By Hannah Strong

Sandra Bullock tries her best in this largely generic apocalypse thriller about a mass sight-loss epidemic.

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The House That Jack Built

By David Jenkins

Lars von Trier is up to his old tricks in this absurdly macabre and deeply self-conscious portrait of a serial killer.

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Robin Hood

By Adam Woodward

A miscast Taron Egerton fronts this dour retelling of the age-old English folktale.

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The Girl in the Spider’s Web

By Hannah Strong

Lisbeth Salander is back – with a new cast and a new director – in this weak attempt to revive the Dragon Tattoo franchise.

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The Guilty

By Gus Edgar-Chan

An emergency responder deals with a traumatic phone call in this intriguing Danish thriller.

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Possum

By David Jenkins

A wandering loner is haunted by a grotesque puppet in this ambient suburban chiller from one-time comic Matt Holness.

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Utøya – July 22

By Hannah Strong

Norwegian director Erik Poppe dramatises the real-life mass shooting on the island of Utøya in this problematic thriller.

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Bad Times at the El Royale

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Seven strangers convene in a run-down Lake Tahoe hotel in Drew Goddard’s enjoyably pulpy ensemble mystery.

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Mandy

By Hannah Strong

Panos Cosmatos unleashes hell on Nicolas Cage and Andrea Riseborough in this bloody, psychedelic headtrip.

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