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Horror Press is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Jazzmin Crawley, Luis Pomales-Diaz, Samantha McLaren, Sharai Bohannon, Xero Gravity.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
2/10
Return to Silent Hill (2026) Luis Pomales-Diaz It’s simplified, mean drivel wearing the mask of a game much better than itself. And worst of all, it manages to somehow stretch itself to nearly two hours as it rushes to its astoundingly incompetent end. Forget Abstract Daddy, that’s the real horror.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
4/10
Night Patrol (2025) Luis Pomales-Diaz [...] though Night Patrol’s chances of garnering a cult following seem highly likely just for the niche concept it hits on, the back half of the film leaves a sour aftertaste that makes it hard to enjoy as easily as most cult classics.
Posted Jan 19, 2026  Edit critic review
9/10
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Luis Pomales-Diaz It remedies all the ailments of the 2025 reboot, and it’s safe to say director Nia DaCosta is the one delivering the cure.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
8/10
Frankenstein (2025) Luis Pomales-Diaz [...] an experience that is more colorful and kinetic and well-loved by its creator than any Frankenstein we’ve had yet, but what it leaves behind is much of its gothic heart.
Posted Dec 06, 2025  Edit critic review
5/10
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) Luis Pomales-Diaz Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 fails to wow in any particular department other than being "for the fans" and much of its unintentional humor. Still, there’s a glimmer of hope here in its silvery eyes that this can all be something more down the line.
Posted Dec 06, 2025  Edit critic review
CAMP (2025) Samantha McLaren The world that Fast conjures around these girls unfurls like a dream, impossibly lovely and faintly unreal. Camp feels like a hazy summer night that never ends, a memory slightly blurred by sweet wine.
Posted Nov 05, 2025  Edit critic review
The Serpent's Skin (2025) Samantha McLaren It’s all very wholesome, the kind of work designed to leave a queer audience smiling, and we need more of that.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Boorman and the Devil (2025) Sharai Bohannon David Kittredge’s film transports us back to a bygone era of Hollywood as it provides the ultimate postmortem on this storied film.
Posted Oct 28, 2025  Edit critic review
7/10
Black Phone 2 (2025) Luis Pomales-Diaz Ultimately, Black Phone 2 does succeed: it brings us an iconic villain fully grown into his mask and puts him center stage of a fresh new supernatural slasher, even if it’s a tonal shark jump in the process.
Posted Oct 16, 2025  Edit critic review
V/H/S Halloween (2025) Samantha McLaren There’s truly something for everyone in entry, some sweet, some sour, but all immensely satisfying. It might rot your teeth, but V/H/S/Halloween is proof that this is one annual tradition that deserves to be revisited year after year.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Mārama (2025) Samantha McLaren Mārama is a shining example of all the stories that badly need to be told, and all the ways that the subgenres we love can benefit from an injection of fresh blood.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
6/10
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) Luis Pomales-Diaz Conjuring fans will be pleased with how it evokes the first two films [...]. But for those with little emotional attachment to the franchise, and those who find little appeal in callbacks, the back-to-basics approach won’t do much.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Vicious (2025) Samantha McLaren The fuzzy rules and mixed messages ending make for a more befuddling than satisfying watch, ultimately lessening the impact of the scares. It all feels a little like a first draft.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) Samantha McLaren There are plenty of pitch-black Christmas horror films out there for people looking for coal in their stockings. The world is bleak enough right now—I’ll enjoy a sugar cookie where I can get one.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/10
The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) Luis Pomales-Diaz The Strangers: Chapter 2 is a trite hellbilly slasher at points, a played-out character study of its killers at others, and a limp thriller throughout where anyone can be the killer, and where ultimately, it doesn’t really matter who the killer is.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
The Toxic Avenger (2023) Xero Gravity Its plot is simple, leaving opportunities to pack in throwaway scenes to generate laughs and build audience understanding of the boundaries of St. Roma’s Villa. They’re not all gold, but with the sheer volume of crass humor, something’s bound to get you
Posted Sep 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Fuck My Son! (2025) Sharai Bohannon [I}t starts out with an unexpected amount of promise before hitting the slippery slope that leads to an unforgettable but underwhelming experience for the audience.
Posted Sep 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Obsession (2025) Sharai Bohannon 'Obsession' is a fun and bloody film that is hard to forget.
Posted Sep 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Witchboard (2024) Sharai Bohannon [A} rather pedestrian and frustratingly predictable tale that lacks thrills. The film has an R rating, and I have no clue how it achieved that with its almost basic cable sensibilities.
Posted Aug 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Weapons (2025) Sharai Bohannon This film is kooky, unexpected, and a devilishly good time. It also isn’t afraid to make the audience think rather than feed them everything during the opening credits.
Posted Aug 07, 2025  Edit critic review
T-Blockers (2023) Samantha McLaren With a predominantly queer, nonbinary, and trans cast and crew, and central characters it’s easy to love, T Blockers is a real treat for queer horror fans
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Stopmotion (2023) Samantha McLaren Morgan’s assured direction glues us to our seats as the tragedy unfolds in front of our eyes, culminating in a breathless and bloody third act that we’re powerless to look away from.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
The Sacrifice Game (2023) Samantha McLaren The script confidently switches genres in the blink of an eye, changing the stakes and shifting the upper hand with each reveal as it propels us toward a bloody climax.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Doctor Jekyll (2023) Samantha McLaren Frankly, it’s also refreshing to see Izzard play two self-assured women for the price of one. The problem is that Doctor Jekyll doesn’t know what it wants to be.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Apartment 7A (2024) Samantha McLaren With a strong cast, beautiful costuming, and a few stand-out sequences, Apartment 7A is a solid prequel to Rosemary’s Baby — but that’s all it is.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
V/H/S/Beyond (2024) Samantha McLaren V/H/S/Beyond is the rare exception, delivering hit after horrifying hit and proving there’s still life (and gory deaths) in this long-running franchise.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Heretic (2024) Samantha McLaren It’s nonsense, but it’s entertaining nonsense wrapped in a script that will truly make you think.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Dead Talents Society (2024) Samantha McLaren The script knows when to go full tilt and when to pause for breath, and while it favors the former to great effect, it’s those quieter character moments that will haunt you long after the final fright is through.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Eli Roth Presents: Jimmy and Stiggs (2024) Samantha McLaren Of all the apartment-shot movies to come out of this strange, stagnant era, writer-director Joe Begos’ Jimmy & Stiggs is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious and visually stimulating.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
The Last Sacrifice (2024) Samantha McLaren A must-watch for fans of British folk horror who want a deeper understanding of the cultural landscape that birthed them, The Last Sacrifice isn’t afraid to peel back the skin on British identity and reveal its dark heart.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
8/10
Together (2025) Luis Pomales-Diaz Together crafts an incredible cinematic experience, starting with the strongest first two acts in a horror movie this year. [...] But what it closes on is only a mildly satisfying conclusion, one that betrays the stinging nature of its emotional core.
Posted Jul 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Good Boy (2025) Sharai Bohannon 'Good Boy' needed something more than a beautiful dog and a new POV to be worth a trip to the theater.
Posted Jul 21, 2025  Edit critic review
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) Sharai Bohannon 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' knows what it inherited and tries to connect all the dots while fighting to become its own thing. It is not here to reinvent the wheel or give you nightmares. This movie is camp, diva!
Posted Jul 18, 2025  Edit critic review
M3GAN 2.0 (2025) Sharai Bohannon This might be the best movie of the summer and is one of the few places you will catch most of us rooting for AI in 2025.
Posted Jun 26, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Dangerous Animals (2025) Xero Gravity Gone are the days of the slow, soulless Myers-esque killers that exist without much performance or perspective. The alpha-bro worldview influences a parasocial relationship from Tucker, who claims himself as an alpha male, to sharks
Posted Jun 10, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Bring Her Back (2025) Xero Gravity The bond between Sora Wong as Piper, and Billy Barratt as her brother, Andy, is tangible. The audience will feel how the series of events stretches and disrupts their chemistry from its origin, through its conflict, to the lasting impact of its third act.
Posted May 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) Sharai Bohannon 'Fear Street: Prom Queen' feels like CW and Tubi had a baby behind a Radio Shack in hell. Not in a fun and chaotic way. More like the people didn’t understand the assignment and assumed their audience does not have standards.
Posted May 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Until Dawn (2025) Sharai Bohannon Until Dawn sadly falls into the trap of being a bad film adaptation of a great game.
Posted Apr 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Sinners (2025) Sharai Bohannon Sinners is a bloody, sexy, devilish good time. It is also a love letter to Black filmgoers as it reminds us the price of freedom never came cheap for those who came before us.
Posted Apr 20, 2025  Edit critic review
825 Forest Road (2025) Sharai Bohannon '825 Forest Road' has great bones. Sadly, it settles for a lesser story than the eerier one that was within its grasp.
Posted Apr 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Opus (2025) Sharai Bohannon Come to watch [Ayo] Edebiri remind us why we can’t quit her. Stay because you can see the traces of more interesting stories lying in wait behind the finished product.
Posted Apr 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Drop (2025) Sharai Bohannon Drop breathes new life into the first-date-gone-wrong films and reinvigorates the mystery genre. It feels like a Hitchcockian fever dream filtered through a modern day lens.
Posted Mar 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Clown in a Cornfield (2025) Sharai Bohannon Clown in a Cornfield has so many inspired kills among the carnage that it’s hard to not have a good time. It’s also effortlessly funny as it takes us through familiar territory...
Posted Mar 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Ash (2025) Sharai Bohannon Ash feels outside of time. It’s somehow futuristic but also heavily influenced by the sci-fi horror that came before it. So, nods to John Carpenter’s The Thing and Ridley Scott’s Alien feel at home in this film.
Posted Mar 13, 2025  Edit critic review
The Transfiguration (2016) Sharai Bohannon In short, The Transfiguration offers a lot to vampire fans. Whether you want to hear how Twilight goes over with a teen well versed in vampire lore, or you are looking for something that shares vibes with many of your favorite bloodsuckers.
Posted Feb 20, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Heart Eyes (2025) Xero Gravity The opening sequence starts off bright and brutal, giving you a preview of the next 90 minutes of on-screen mania with an aura of the bubbly, naive teen cadence found in Legally Blonde and Clueless.
Posted Feb 05, 2025  Edit critic review
2/5
Wolf Man (2025) Xero Gravity Some risks were taken with this movie, just not with the plot or its dialogue, and the real plague is the tacky discourse forced onto a capable cast. However, Abbott’s body acting bleeds through as his unknown disease progresses. He’s an excellent choice
Posted Feb 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Companion (2025) Sharai Bohannon There are thrills, lovable but morally grey characters, and a kill guaranteed to make social media very happy. If you enjoyed Lars and the Real Girl but felt it was too pure and sincere, this deadly thriller might have the droids you’re looking for.
Posted Jan 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Eat the Night (2024) Sharai Bohannon The biggest problem with Eat the Night is that it tries to shove a few different movies into one film. This results in none of the ideas, characters, or relationships getting fully fleshed out.
Posted Jan 08, 2025  Edit critic review
5/5
Nosferatu (2024) Xero Gravity "It’s clear that this story is one that Eggers and his team respect deeply. It honors its predecessors, and never vows to 'elevate' or mess with that essence"
Posted Dec 20, 2024  Edit critic review
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