The Ghostbusters are back in New York City and face off against an icy new threat in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Having reestablished themselves at their base in New York City thanks to philanthropist, and former member, Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), Gary Grooberson (Paul Rudd), Callie Spengler (Carrie Coon), and her teenage kids Trevor (Finn Wolfhard)…
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival A Halloween night episode of a late-night talk show goes horribly wrong in Late Night with the Devil. Night Owls with Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) was a once-thriving 1970s late-night talk show, which begins tanking in the ratings of…
A 12-year-old Malaysian girl undergoes immense changes after hitting puberty in Tiger Stripes. Zaffan (Zafreen Zairizal) is a student at a Muslim all-girls school in Malaysia, who often ends up breaking the rules when hanging out with her friends Farah (Deena Ezral) and Mariam (Piqa). When Zaffan has her period one night, the resulting changes…
A Halloween night episode of a late-night talk show goes horribly wrong in Late Night with the Devil. Night Owls with Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian) was a once-thriving 1970s late-night talk show, which begins tanking in the ratings of Delroy’s wife Madeleine’s (Georgina Haig) death from cancer. Hoping to make a mark during sweeps week,…
Demonic forces terrorize a family in a dilapidated apartment complex in Evil Dead Rise. Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) is a single mother living with her children Danny (Morgan Davies), Bridget (Gabrielle Echols), and Kassie (Nell Fisher) in an old Los Angeles apartment complex that is slated for demolition. The family is visited by Ellie’s sister Beth…
Two scheming demons seek the help of a 13-year-old girl to escape the underworld in Wendell & Wild. Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Jordon Peele) are two demon brothers relegated to grooming their father, Buffalo Belzer (Ving Rhames), ruler of the Scream Faire. The demons get their chance to escape when Kat Elliot (Lyric Ross),…
A supernatural being torments a psychiatrist after she witnesses a traumatic event in Smile. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) is a psychiatrist in the psych ward of a hospital who meets with Laura Weaver (Caitlin Stasey), a Ph.D. student who claims to be tormented by a being that takes the form of people smiling at her….
An elderly shaman seeks to save his estranged daughter from demonic forces in Legions. Antonio Poyju (Germán De Silva) was once a powerful shaman and mediary between worlds. However, he now finds himself admitted to a mental hospital, where his fellow patients are putting on a play based on Antonio’s life story. However, when a…
The Wyld Stallyns go on one final time-traveling adventure in Bill & Ted Face the Music. It has been more than three decades since Bill S. Preston, Esq (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) were prophecized to write a song that unites the world, however their band Wyle Stallyns has been on a…
Neil Marshall reboots the adventures of the monster hunting hellspawn in Hellboy. Hellboy (David Harbour) is a hellspawn raised by Trevor Bruttenholm (Ian McShane) of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. While on assignment in England, Hellboy comes across a plan by the pig-like fairy Gruagach (Stephen Graham) to resurrect The Blood Queen Nimue…
