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.
Bryan Bertino returns with Vicious (2025), a horror film that pairs Dakota Fanning with a mysterious gift box. While the atmosphere is suffocating and the visuals are stunning, is there actually a story here? We review this visually gorgeous but narratively hollow thriller that feels like a short film stretched to its breaking point.
We dug deep into the Tubi horror library to find The Decedent (2025). Is this micro-budget found footage flick a genuine hidden gem or just another late-night stinker? Our review breaks down this slow-burn supernatural horror to see if its gory payoff is worth your 80 minutes.
We check out Don’t Trip (2025), a new Tubi release that’s more odd-couple buddy film than horror. While the performances are great and the movie is enjoyable, this Hollywood satire might leave horror fans feeling a bit short-changed. Read our full review!
Famed horror critic Chris Stuckmann has finally made his own horror movie, Shelby Oaks (2024). But after a career spent criticising genre films, does his own directorial debut put its money where its mouth is? We dive into the hugely promising (and genuinely creepy) mockumentary first half… and the baffling, “head-scratching” slide into generic horror 101 that follows. Read our full review.
We sat through the very slow first hour of Bone Lake (2024) so you’d know what to expect. This psycho-thriller about two couples at a lake house tests your patience… before rewarding it with an absolutely bonkers splatter-horror finale. Is the gory payoff worth the wait? Read our review.
Ever wonder what May would be like if it was distinctly more British? Well, Broken Bird (2024) is here to answer that question. It features a fantastic, quirky lead, but is the performance enough to save a snail-paced film with shoehorned scares? Read our full review…
We’re closing out our 31 Days of Halloween with a true cult classic: the 2000 werewolf wonder, Ginger Snaps. A perfect film for a cold autumn night, we dive into its troubled production, Karen Walton’s brilliant script, and the lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry between its two leads. It’s a smart, subversive, and compelling coming-of-age story… right up until the last 20 minutes, anyway. Read our full review!
Wagging tails, a man in a dog suit, and a star’s real-life breakdown. The Cujo (1983) production was chaos. For Day 30, we explore why all that effort resulted in a boring, repetitive film that’s more of a “head splitter” than a thriller.
For Day 29 of our Halloween marathon, we check out Demián Rugna’s Terrified (2017). This Argentinian horror has insane hype (Guillermo del Toro tried to remake it!), but does it live up to the fuss? We dive in to see if this is a true original or a familiar formula executed with a vicious edge.
The zombie genre has been back from the dead for a while, but how many of us have checked out the chaotic J-Horror gem I Am a Hero? For Day 28 of our 31 Days of Halloween, we review this 2015 Japanese zom-com. It’s gory, zany, and packed with incredible practical effects, but does it get lost in the horde of other zombie flicks? Read our full review!
Today, we’re tackling the sequel John Carpenter famously wrote on a six-pack of beer: Halloween 2. This is the film that gave us the infamous ‘sister twist’ and turned a ’70s thriller into an ’80s splatter-fest. But is it still a fun watch? We dive into the film’s ‘war with itself.
We’re diving into the oddball sequel sandwiched between two all-time classics: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.
Born from a frantic, ‘anxiety-inducing’ production schedule, this is the film that famously threw out the dream-world rules (and gave us a killer parakeet). But is it just a rushed mess, or is there more to its legendary cult classic status?