Reviews
Midnight is Next-Level Horror [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Deaf protagonists are a curiously untapped market in horror. The best example of their use is arguably in Mike Flanagan’s Hush, which sees a masked killer descend upon a home occupied by a deaf...
All The Moons Adds A Stunning Fairy Tale Aesthetic To Familiar Vampire Fare [Fantasia 2021 Review]
All The Moons/Ilargi Guztiak immediately thrusts the audience into the middle of a crisis. Late in 1876, the Third Carlist war’s last gasps are being fought in the Basque region of Spain. The te...
Latest Friday the 13th Collection Remasters First Four Films, Recycles Previous Features [Blu-ray Review]
The Friday the 13th series is by far one of the most celebrated horror franchises. I think it is fair to say that most of our readers here at Wicked Horror have seen our favorite hockey mask wearing m...
Don’t Say Its Name Struggles To Bring The Scares To Match Its Chilly Atmosphere [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Don’t Say Its Name opens on one of horror’s most classic settings, an isolated country road on a dark and snow-stormy night. A young woman walks alone, trying to call her mother to come pi...
My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell it to is a Moody, Melancholic Glimpse at the Ties That Bind [Review]
I’ve been thinking about My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To for days after viewing it. It’s a slow burn flick that I loved it for many reasons. The film follows a family of...
When I Consume You Puts A Fractured Supernatural Spin On Self Actualization [Fantasia 2021 Review]
Some scars never really fade. When I Consume You centers on the Shaw siblings, who escaped their abusive family home for a new life in New York City. The (mostly) unexplained horrors of their upbringi...
The Righteous Finds The Religious Horror In Biblical Literalism [Fantasia 2021 Review]
The Righteous has a palpably chilly atmosphere from the opening frames. Lit like a prisoner on trial, a man prays for guidance. A rural church has a funeral for a child. A remote farmhouse sits along ...
Silver Bullet Takes Aim at Werewolf Legend [The Rabid Dog’s House]
The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings. Flying solo or with his c...
Ghosting Gloria Is A Supernatural Spin On Sex, Romance And The Single Girl [Fantasia 2021 Review]
The titular heroine of Ghosting Gloria/ Muerto Con Gloria’s life certainly isn’t exactly what she expected at thirty years old. Her love of literature has netted her little more than a dem...