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SCURRY has a good gimmick (shot and edited to look like one take). What it doesn’t have is a compelling story to fit that format. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Only biting off what its indie mouth can chew, BODYCAM is more of a snack than a meal, but it’s perfectly portioned for its smaller size. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

COLD STORAGE - a horror/comedy for Liam Neeson fans who have always wanted to see the actor deliver exposition over a phone in no less than four separate scenes. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

It’s as if the filmmakers made THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 only 80 minutes long because they knew viewers wanted this misguided trilogy over with as fast as possible. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

WHISTLE might not be the most formulaic fright film about a cursed object in horror history, but it’s certainly in contention for that title. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

The McManus Brothers continue carving out a unique niche in indie sci-fi with REDUX REDUX. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

In hindsight, maybe the more muted 28 YEARS LATER had to walk so the more meaningful THE BONE TEMPLE could run. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

THE DREADFUL starring Sophie Turner and Kit Harington makes its audience feel uncomfortably unwelcome from the outset. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

RETURN TO SILENT HILL turns a pixelated parade of digital eyesores into a flimsy fantasy more frustrating than frightful. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

WE BURY THE DEAD’s press release touts an ambitious zombie adventure the movie very much is not. Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

PRIMATE generously portions comforting fast-food flavors on its gleefully gory plate of killer chimp carnage. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney crank the soap opera salaciousness up to 11 in THE HOUSEMAID. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Luc Besson’s DRACULA (formerly subtitled “A Love Story”) is an unintentionally campy take on Bram Stoker’s classic tale. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

The SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT remake may not supplant the seasonal slashing of the original, but it still serves a quick fix of holiday horror. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Nobody does indie folk horror better than The Adams Family, and they make a welcome return to those witchy roots with MOTHER OF FLIES. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Blumhouse’s FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2 is less of a sequel to the first film and more of a prequel to a presumed third movie. Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Bryan Fuller’s DUST BUNNY with Mads Mikkelsen could use much more of its monster, and a heavier spark of eccentricity too. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Taking the title to heart, SLEEPWALKER sees its cast going through routine roles like they’re only half awake. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Patton Oswalt and Stephen King feature in Alexandre O. Philippe’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” documentary CHAIN REACTIONS. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys keep HALLOW ROAD swimming as strongly as possible against the strong current of a drowsy pace. Movie Review: culturecrypt.com/movie-reviews/…