“‘The Banishing’: A Scary And Thoughtful Haunted House Movie”

You’ll want to banish yourself to Shudder to watch this movie right away. Continue reading →

Review: Detour, 2017, dir. Christopher Smith

I reviewed Christopher Smith’s Black Death on this very site six years ago, and so it was something of a pleasure to review his latest, Detour, even if I’m still murky on whether or not I think Detour is good. I liked it. I liked the film’s central gimmick, in which two narratives unfold representing the consequences of … Continue reading →

Review: Black Death, 2011, dir. Christopher Smith

Black Death‘s biggest draw might be Christopher Smith, director of such horror fare as the well-meaning but woefully forthcoming Triangle, the humorous and gory Severance, and Creep— which I haven’t caught myself. Smith’s latest shows roots in the horror genre, to be sure, but Black Death is the kind of film that wants to play … Continue reading →