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.
Him: Quick Verdict The Verdict: Visually stunning but narratively fumbled. Him wastes a career-best dramatic performance from Marlon Wayans on a messy, disjointed script. While the cinematography creates a brilliant, dreamlike atmosphere, the film is bogged down by repetitive training montages and an editing style that feels like half the movie was left on the…
They say you should never revisit your past, and maybe that applies to horror spoofs too. For Day 5 of our 31 Days of Halloween, we’re rewatching Scary Movie 2, a film I was convinced was a classic. Was it as funny as I remembered? Or is memory the most dangerous liar of all? Find out in our full review.
Forget the source material. The Until Dawn movie is a standalone splatter flick that trades a compelling story for fun and explosive, over-the-top gore. Find out what we think in our review.
Our 31 Days of Halloween marathon hits a speed bump with Ick (2024). If faux nostalgia laden sci-fi horror with not enough laughs sounds like your bag, come and take a look at our review.
You know that feeling when you’re driving behind a log truck and you think death is imminent? You can thank Final Destination 2 for that. For our Spooky Month marathon, we’re revisiting the sequel that perfected the killer formula with one of the most iconic opening scenes in horror history.
The plot of The Long Walk is pretty crazy: 50 teens walk until they die. And yet, Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of the Stephen King classic is a tense, enjoyable, and character-driven thriller that absolutely works. Read our full review to see why this implausible story is a must-watch horror film.
Remember the paranoia of the 2020 lockdown? Indie thriller The Death of Us takes that feeling and dials it to eleven, trapping two friends under martial law during a deadly pandemic. We dive into this ambitious film, made during the lockdown, to see if it delivers on its compelling premise.
In our spoiler-free review of Strange Harvest (2025), we dive into the new true crime mockumentary from the director of Grave Encounters. This film is a brilliantly authentic and gruesome ride for true crime fans, but does an unsatisfying ending ruin the entire experience? Find out if this found footage horror is worth your time.
Today, we are checking out an enjoyable low-budget, killer clown, horror movie from the UK called Helloween (2025).
Today, we are checking out a horror movie about grief, loss, and a killer twin out for blood, well, kinda. We review The Twin.
Today, we are checking out the intriguing science fiction horror movie Somnium by brand new director Rachael Cain.
Today we are checking out a found footage comedy horror movie that’s currently doing the festival circuit – Loner.