The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...uncanny into a more earthbound and explicable terror: the serial killer. Hawke plays the Grabber, a mysterious abductor of..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Review: A Wounded Fawn

The Furies strike in this serial killer art world romp

"...to his cabin for a romantic giveaway, or his serial killing. Yeah, that's probably it. However, the first big..."

June 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Watcher

Stalker thriller is coldly gorgeous and creepily enthralling

"...her, following her, that he may even be the serial killer nicknamed “The Spider” by the Bucharest press...."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Privacy Fence

A really dense hedge makes good neighbors, too

"...backyard. Dogs love digging up corpses. If you're a serial killer you might want to keep that in mind...."

April 15, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Kiernan Shipka headlines the serial version of Swimming With Sharks, the cult 1994 black..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Clean

Adrien Brody gets dirty in this suitably scummy revenge drama

"...choice pulled out of a toolbox or bought without serial numbers from a pawn store (run with suitably dour..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Titane

Cannes-winning chaotic drama is a new reflection on body horror

"...experienced tragedies in different ways. Alexia is a narcissistic serial killer, a sociopath who slashes anyone with her hair..."

Sept. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Malignant

Homage to giallo is fun, but is it good?

"...turns the film around. Rather, it’s Gabriel: the limb-wielding serial-killing monster hellbent on murdering a group of doctors that..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...reteam here with leading man Ethan Hawke for a serial killer horror with a supernatural edge, based on a..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

John and the Hole

Psychodrama from the bottom of a very literal pit of despair

"...There are fascinating portraits of serial killers as young boys, whether fictionalized (as in the..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: No Man of God

Latest Bundy biopic is a portrait of the investigator

"...not drinking buddies. It's FBI profiler Bill Hagmaier, and serial killer and sexual sadist Ted Bundy, the day before..."

June 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Carnivores

Austin-made relationship horror takes a bite out of the trauma of love

"...he understood every word (echoes of Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz’s talking devil dog) and promises him..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Earth

Ben Wheatley's unexpected eco-horror is sinister and hilarious

"...funniest film since the more overt comedy of low-key serial killer road trip Sightseers, a genteel comedy of English..."

April 16, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dark State

Nutty conspiracy theory flick is Pizzagate-style nonsense

"...fortune; and, just to keep things increasingly batshit crazy, serial killer Henry Lee Lucas(!)...."

March 19, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Sleepless in Springdale

The problem with neighbors is that some of them are unneighborly

"...edges of, I mean the 1-3am range of a serial killer who is secretly trying to get rid of..."

March 12, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

All My Life

True-life cancer romance is tepid chicken soup for the soul

"...Summon the Darkness, and most especially for his tragic serial killer biopic, My Friend Dahmer. However, he’s also the..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mank

Corruption, lies, and credits on the set of Citizen Kane

"...as Zodiac is the story of hunting down a serial killer. If Don DeLillo had studied Hollywood rather than..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

It Cuts Deep

Guess who's coming to dinner in this macabre comedy

"...Cristo that's light on turkey to malevolent as a serial killer...."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...are a way to process the idea of a serial killer before the concept existed. At the same time,..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dead

Comedy about raising the dead doesn't raise too many laughs

"...of making amends that's more important than finding the serial killer. Tagg has unfinished business with his sister and..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shortcut

Mangled Italian creature feature should be even shorter

"...dark forest only to be hijacked by an escaped serial killer dubbed “The Tongue Eater” (an over-amped Keyes). That..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alone

Neo-slasher is quietly effective and bloodily harsh

"...moment one, and that's where Alone's real trick lies. Serial killers have to be able to navigate everyday society,..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Magic for White Boys

Sorcery and gentrification wrapped together by Onur Tukel, the Brueghel of Brooklyn

"...and prosaic. He did it with vampires in S.O.B, serial killers for Applesauce, even genetic modification in Infinity Baby,..."

July 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Opening the Case on the American Sherlock

Kate Winkler Dawson reports on an early master of forensics

"...While still negotiating details, she’s starting with an 1800s serial killer. “I interview family members who still live on..."

Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry

Night Hunter

Henry Cavill heads to Canada to hunt down a serial killer

"...cop (Cavill) and a vigilante (Kingsley) track down a serial killer, but find out that there's more than just..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...Ever since Charlize Theron's transformation into serial killer Aileen Wuornos for 2003's Monster, there's been the..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Getting Over Someone

We're programmed to dream up worst-case scenarios as a survival mechanism

"...intrigue that comes with living with a chemically dependent serial cheater, but it probably wasn't all that bad; and..."

May 24, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Knife + Heart

Perfect postmodernism among Paris' porn scene in this retro-giallo

"...stalked. Maybe it’s your lover, or maybe it’s a serial killer. Maybe they aren’t really that different. But let’s..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story

Lisbeth Salander is back, and now she's James Bond

"...rely too heavily on coincidence and chance, be they serial killers or multinational cutthroats. And while this chapter of..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Halloween

The night he came home again (for the first time)

"...of a pair of British podcasters working on a Serial-esque show about the killings. Rob Zombie's controversial and (I'll..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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