Everything Evil: How Longlegs Is Osgood Perkins’ Popcorn Movie

Channeling Silence of the Lambs for his horror club sandwich

"...the winter. Longlegs centers instead on an FBI Agent (Maika Monroe) pursuing a serial killer (Nicolas Cage) in the..."

July 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Longlegs

Nicolas Cage goes big in this nerve-racking and dour excursion into diabolical terror

"...Directed by: Osgood Perkins. Starring: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Kiernan Shipka, Alicia Witt..."

July 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

God Is a Bullet

Merciless and bleak Satanic abduction drama is Mandy on crank

"...Directed by: Nick Cassavetes. Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Chloe Guy, Karl Glusman, Jamie Foxx, Jonathan Tucker..."

June 23, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Matthew Monagle’s Top 10 Films of 2022

"...1) Watcher Maika Monroe is our greatest scream queen...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Chloe Okuno Explores Horror and Gaslighting in Watcher

Terror's rising director on the quiet perils of showing emotion

"...Watcher’s true anchor is lead actress Maika Monroe, an indie star with iconic performances in modern-day..."

June 8, 2022 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Watcher

Stalker thriller is coldly gorgeous and creepily enthralling

"...Directed by: Chloe Okuno. Starring: Maika Monroe, Burn Gorman, Karl Glusman, Madalina Anea and Flaviu..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...The Thief Collector Director: Allison Otto, Screenwriter: Mark Monroe, Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Jill Latiano Howerton, Joshua Kunau It..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brothers by Blood

Cold and slow gang war on the streets of Philadelphia

"...Directed by: Jérémie Guez. Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Joel Kinnaman, Maika Monroe, Felix Scott, Paul Schneider and Ryan Phillippe...."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Honey Boy

Shia LaBeouf's autobiography is more than a therapy session

"...FKA Twigs, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, Natasha Lyonne, Maika Monroe, Clifton Collins Jr. and Martin Starr...."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Villains

Delicious black comedy finds bad guys in a battle of the generations

"...by: Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe, Jeffrey Donovan, Kyra Sedgwick and Blake Baumgartner...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Review: Midnight Shorts

The best of the fest's late night micro-horrors

"...from producer David Gordon Green (“Bronzed”) to horror starlet Maika Monroe (“How to Be Alone”). Here are some of..."

March 20, 2019 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Film Review: Villains

Relationships are hard (when you’re aging spree-killers)

"...Mickey (Bill Skarsgård) and Jules (Maika Monroe) are not particularly gifted criminals, but after hitting..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Greta

Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert play cat-and-mouse in this glorious potboiler

"...by: Neil Jordan. Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Stephen Rea and Zawe Ashton...."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...to keep it from getting out. Cast: Bill Skarsgard, Maika Monroe, Kyra Sedgwick, Jeffrey Donovan (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

After Everything

SXSW comedy Shotgun returns with new title

"...Hannah Marks and Joey Power. Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Maika Monroe, DeRon Horton, Sasha Lane and Olivia Luccardi...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...of them is diagnosed with a life-changing illness. Cast: Maika Monroe, Jeremy Allen White, DeRon Horton, Marisa Tomei, Sasha..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ethan Embry Licks The Devil's Candy

Cheap Thrills star on his very heavy metal Austin horror

"...Echoes of War (an under-seen Civil War tale with Maika Monroe and William Forsythe, which Embry called "a pretty..."

March 31, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...the sweltering heat of summer 1991. Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Maia Mitchell, William Fichtner, Thomas Jane,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Independence Day: Resurgence

ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less

"...Roland Emmerich. Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Jessie T. Usher, Sela Ward, Charlotte Gainsbourg, William..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...She's a small-town goth, a kin of sorts to Maika Monroe's Midwestern Siouxsie in The Guest. On Halloween night,..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The 5th Wave

Chloë Grace Moretz battles Earth's fifth wave of alien attacks

"...Robinson, Alex Roe, Liev Schreiber, Zackary Arthur, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe and Ron Livingston...."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

It Follows

A killer force is spread through sex, and it's all very creepy and evocative

"...Directed by: David Robert Mitchell. Starring: Maika Monroe, Lili Sepe, Jake Weary, Kier Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

It Follows Goes Everywhere

Director David Robert Mitchell on finding horror in Detroit

"...drama The Myth of the American Sleepover. Jay Height (Maika Monroe, The Guest) is a typical teen, hanging out..."

March 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Vampires, hip-hop, cults, and odd romance are our unreleased faves

"...disease? How did Hideo Nakata not do this first? Maika Monroe (another alumnus of The Guest) is a bored..."

Jan. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Guest

With their follow-up to You're Next, filmmakers Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett prove the new kings of indie horror movies.

"...Directed by: Adam Wingard. Starring: Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick and AJ..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest 2014: It Follows

Sexually transmitted horror gets an update in this mesmerizing film

"...Myth of the American Sleepover) fleshes out following Jay (Maika Monroe), her sister Kelly (Lili Sepe), and their small..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Review: 'The Guest'

Adam Wingard's love letter to Eighties and Nineties horror

"...a series of odd events, the family’s daughter, Anna (Maika Monroe), grows suspicious. She starts digging into David’s past,..."

March 11, 2014 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

SXSW Midnighters Bring the Fear

"Exists", "13 Sins" and "The Guest" kick down the door

"...D: Adam Wingard Scriptwriter: Simon Barrett Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick, Sheila Kelley Regional Premiere..."

Feb. 5, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

At Any Price

This family drama puts a human face on corporate agribusiness.

"...Starring: Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Clancy Brown, Maika Monroe and Chelcie Ross...."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner