Horror Movie Reviews

Antoine Le delivers a social media spin on the Cecil Hotel legend with Followed. Can this found footage thriller overcome its detestable protagonist?

Branden Kramer expands his short film into a feature-length voyeuristic nightmare with Ratter. Ashley Benson stars, but can this screenlife thriller deliver?

Christopher Smith heads to the Isle of Skye for the religious horror Consecration. Jena Malone stars in a mystery that is as beautiful as it is predictable.

Michael Goi attempts to craft a cautionary tale with Megan is Missing, but the result is a poorly made and deeply exploitative mess that caused genuine trauma.

Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury take the haunted house genre sub-aquatic with The Deep House. A pair of YouTubers find more than they bargained for.

Steve Johnson traps two strangers in a freight elevator for the British thriller Stalker. Sophie Skelton and Stuart Brennan star, but does the mystery deliver?

Marcus Harben attempts to blend British student life with social media horror in Followers. A disgraced influencer moves into a haunted house, but does it deliver?

Zachary Donohue delivers a pioneer of the screenlife genre with The Den. Melanie Papalia stars as a student whose social experiment on a video chat site turns deadly.

Stephen Susco takes the screenlife format into the depths of the internet with Unfriended: Dark Web. A found laptop leads to a terrifying game of life and death.

Rob Savage delivers a masterclass in independent filmmaking with Host. Shot entirely during the 2020 lockdown, this Zoom-based séance is a lean and terrifying triumph.

Michelle Garza Cervera delivers a striking debut with Huesera: The Bone Woman. A woman’s pregnancy triggers a terrifying supernatural haunting in this body horror.

Leo Gabriadze takes the slasher genre to the desktop with Unfriended. A group of teenagers find themselves haunted by a dead classmate during a group video chat.