Fifty competitors. No finish line. Walk until you die. Such is the premise of “The Long Walk,” directed by Francis Lawrence and based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Though “The...

At 2:17 a.m., all but one of 18 students from an elementary school class disappear, running off into the pitch black of night with their arms outstretched as if playing make-believe, never to be seen...

Imagine a unicorn — what comes to mind? Perhaps a pure white beast of medieval legend or a shiny pink pony-like creature one might see on a child’s lunchbox. A less obvious interpretation of the...

If you go into the theater expecting to watch a typical horror movie, like I did, you may find yourself either pleasantly surprised or slightly disappointed by what unfolds on the screen. Drew Hancock’s...

Although advertised as a haunting new addition to the horror genre, the scariest part of “Presence” might be the incestuous vibe of the relationship between Tyler Payne (Eddy Maday) and his mother,...

The story of Count Dracula has been told countless times on the silver screen: a young Jonathan Harker unwittingly becomes enveloped in the schemes of a bloodthirsty vampire and races to save his wife...

There’s an undeniable, otherworldly power to Cillian Murphy’s eyes.  Tim Mielants’ “Small Things Like These” takes full advantage of Murphy’s magnetic gaze to reveal veiled suffering...

This article contains spoilers. A smile, typically a symbol of joy and comfort, is meant to soothe and convey happiness. And yet, the horror genre often transforms such positive symbols into chilling...

Georgetown University students should be familiar with “The Problem of God” as a concept, but if your THEO-1000 class didn’t quite quench your ontological questioning, don’t fret! “Heretic”...

To what lengths would you go to feel the glow of societal validation? Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” believes there is no limit to our desperation for approval and succeeds in the public forum,...

We’ve been told since we were little not to get into cars with strangers, to go nowhere with someone you don’t know. It’s a good rule of thumb to follow, but what if the stranger in question...

When I entered the movie theater to watch “Abigail,” I was expecting a mediocre horror movie that, while fun, I would forget as soon as I left the theater. Oh, how wrong I was. “Abigail”...