Welcome to the heart of Knockout Horror. This is where we keep the hundreds of reviews we’ve written over the years. Let’s be honest: the horror genre is a minefield. For every Hereditary, there are a dozen low-budget disasters waiting to waste your Friday night. That’s where we come in.
We watch the good, the bad, and the absolute trash so you don’t have to. From the latest theatrical blockbusters to the obscurest oddities hiding in the depths of Tubi and Shudder, you’ll find our honest, unpretentious, and jargon-free verdicts right here. No film school lectures, just a horror fan telling you if it’s worth the popcorn.
We review Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3 (2024). Art the Clown is back for a blood-soaked Christmas, but is this festive slasher a new holiday masterpiece or just a bloated, tonally confused trudge that tries too hard to offend? Find out in our full review.
We review Steven LaMorte’s The Mean One (2022). Starring David Howard Thornton (Terrifier’s Art the Clown) as a murderous version of the Grinch, but is this festive parody a new cult classic or just a cheap, shaky, and boring trudge through holiday tropes? Find out in our full review.
We review Adam Marcus’ Secret Santa (2018). This Christmas-themed horror-comedy from the director of Jason Goes to Hell tries to be edgy and offensive, but is it a new holiday cult classic or just a mean-spirited, dated trudge through unlikable characters and bad CGI? Find out in our full review.
We review Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving (2023). Based on the mock trailer from Grindhouse, this holiday slasher delivers a feast of inventive kills and practical gore, but is the John Carver mystery a seasonal delight or just a predictable trudge through basic horror tropes? Find out in our full review.
We review Alison Locke’s The Apology (2022). Starring Anna Gunn and Linus Roache, this Shudder festive thriller is a dark, character-driven chamber play, but is it an intense holiday treat or just a slow, repetitive trudge through uninspired tropes? Find out in our full review.
We review Lydie-Anne W. Schuman’s Silent Bite (2024). This Christmas-themed vampire heist movie features the cast of The Nights Before Christmas, but is it a stylish Tarantino-esque thriller or just a derivative, technically broken trudge through bad audio and stolen dialogue? Find out in our full review.
We review Paul Tanter’s The Nights Before Christmas (2019). This holiday slasher sequel features a murderous Santa and a Harley Quinn-inspired Mrs. Claus, but is it a festive treat or just a dull, dialogue-heavy trudge through generic tropes and bad acting? Find out in our full review.
We review Brandon Espy’s Mr Crocket (2024). This feature-length debut features a demonic kids’ show host snatching children from their parents, but is it a nostalgic 90s-style horror hit or just a predictable trudge through repetitive tropes and unlikable characters? Find out in our full review.
We review Ian Hunt-Duffy’s Irish horror-thriller Double Blind (2024). This high-concept medical trial horror features a drug that kills you if you fall asleep, but is it a tense new psychological hit or just a predictable trudge through worn-out facility tropes and paranoia? Find out in our full review.
We review Bruce Goodison’s Shudder Original Black Cab (2024). Starring Nick Frost as a menacing taxi driver, this claustrophobic thriller starts strong, but is it a tense psychological hit or just a predictable trudge through dull urban legends and poor visual effects? Find out in our full review.
We review Alan Scott Neal’s indie slasher Last Straw (2024). This diner-set survival horror attempts to subvert expectations, but is it a tense new psychological hit or just a predictable trudge through grating characters, poor audio, and an insufferable protagonist? Find out in our full review.
We review Hannah Macpherson’s Netflix slasher Time Cut (2024). This time-travel horror features a teen girl returning to 2003 to save her sister, but is it a nostalgic holiday hit or just a toothless, saccharine trudge through lethargic acting and bad tropes? Find out in our full review.