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Patton Oswalt and Stephen King feature in Alexandre O. Philippe’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” documentary CHAIN REACTIONS. Movie Review:
CHAIN REACTIONS (2024) — CULTURE CRYPT
How many miles anyone gets out of “Chain Reactions” depends on individual investment not only in TCM, obviously, but in the five subjects speaking.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Patton Oswalt and Stephen King feature in Alexandre O. Philippe’s “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” documentary CHAIN REACTIONS. Movie Review:
Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys keep HALLOW ROAD swimming as strongly as possible against the strong current of a drowsy pace. Movie Review:
HALLOW ROAD (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
Compelling performances keep “Hallow Road” swimming as strongly as possible against the strong current of a drowsy pace.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys keep HALLOW ROAD swimming as strongly as possible against the strong current of a drowsy pace. Movie Review:
Ring in the new year with a horror movie worth watching - Director Danishka Esterhazy’s MATCH starring Humberly Gonzalez on Tubi. Review:
MATCH (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
If “Match” had been shot in the 1970s, it would have become a cult classic for its skin-crawling weirdness that’s still snicker-worthy in a wicked way.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Ring in the new year with a horror movie worth watching - Director Danishka Esterhazy’s MATCH starring Humberly Gonzalez on Tubi. Review:
One more movie review before Christmas - Hulu’s THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE with Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead:
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
It assumes everyone watching must be a dimwit too dense to understand how the most basic storytelling concepts work.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One more movie review before Christmas - Hulu’s THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE with Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead:
PREDATOR: BADLANDS has high value as an action-intensive outer space adventure. Movie Review:
PREDATOR: BADLANDS (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
It’s a better idea to lighten up on the outrage and enjoy “Predator: Badlands” for its high value as an action-intensive outer space adventure.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
PREDATOR: BADLANDS has high value as an action-intensive outer space adventure. Movie Review:
Just in time for Christmas, Nicolas Cage and FKA Twigs star in a horror movie about the teenage years of Jesus. THE CARPENTER’S SON Review:
THE CARPENTER'S SON (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
Although it leaps off a compelling springboard, “The Carpenter’s Son” lands in a shallow pool in search of more commanding material.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just in time for Christmas, Nicolas Cage and FKA Twigs star in a horror movie about the teenage years of Jesus. THE CARPENTER’S SON Review:
Tatiana Maslany’s compelling performance keeps Osgood Perkins’s KEEPER from feeling the full weight of its semi-silly mythology. Movie Review:
KEEPER (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
“Keeper” is more of a movie meant to highlight Tatiana Maslany’s talent anyway, and that is where the film sees its greatest success.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tatiana Maslany’s compelling performance keeps Osgood Perkins’s KEEPER from feeling the full weight of its semi-silly mythology. Movie Review:
‘Tis the season for slashing! THE NAUGHTY LIST OF MR. SCROOGE - Movie Review:
THE NAUGHTY LIST OF MR. SCROOGE (2024) — CULTURE CRYPT
Compared to the pointless pap Winnie and Mickey are put through nowadays, crude Scrooge ends up looking as noble as Charles Foster Kane.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
‘Tis the season for slashing! THE NAUGHTY LIST OF MR. SCROOGE - Movie Review:
Krampusnacht is almost here, and Casper Kelly’s ADULT SWIM YULE LOG 2: BRANCHIN’ OUT is a great way to celebrate the season. Movie Review:
ADULT SWIM YULE LOG 2: BRANCHIN' OUT (2024) — CULTURE CRYPT
I don’t know whether to emphasize “this” or “the,” but this is the humorous holiday horror movie you definitely want to enjoy at Christmastime.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Krampusnacht is almost here, and Casper Kelly’s ADULT SWIM YULE LOG 2: BRANCHIN’ OUT is a great way to celebrate the season. Movie Review:
It ain’t JURASSIC WORLD, but PRIMITIVE WAR also isn’t a bad choice for a matinee movie on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Review:
PRIMITIVE WAR (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
If a Vietnam War movie doesn’t include Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” on its soundtrack, is it even a Vietnam War movie?
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December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It ain’t JURASSIC WORLD, but PRIMITIVE WAR also isn’t a bad choice for a matinee movie on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Review:
BONE LAKE takes viewers back to the ‘90s with a throwback erotic thriller fit for a past-midnight slot on Cinemax. Movie Review:
BONE LAKE (2024) — CULTURE CRYPT
“Bone Lake” comes across as a genuinely committed attempt to craft a slick little film streaked with some slaughter and a slight touch of self-aware silliness.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
BONE LAKE takes viewers back to the ‘90s with a throwback erotic thriller fit for a past-midnight slot on Cinemax. Movie Review:
COYOTES has a hard time balancing horror, humor, and heart, even with a simple animal siege setup. Movie Review:
COYOTES (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
“Coyotes” builds a stale-tasting nothingburger with moldy buns of humor, curdled condiments of horror, and meat missing from the middle.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
COYOTES has a hard time balancing horror, humor, and heart, even with a simple animal siege setup. Movie Review:
A notable name claimed DREAM EATER “will be the scariest movie of the year.” Well, it isn’t. Not even close. Review:
DREAM EATER (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
Mimicking common “found footage” mistakes by merely going through the motions is the curse afflicting “Dream Eater.”
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November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A notable name claimed DREAM EATER “will be the scariest movie of the year.” Well, it isn’t. Not even close. Review:
Chris Stuckmann’s SHELBY OAKS tries something old and something new as a “found footage” horror film. Movie Review:
SHELBY OAKS (2024) — CULTURE CRYPT
More of a ”side of the road” stop than destination entertainment, “Shelby Oaks” would fit well in a faux documentary marathon, just not as the main draw.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Chris Stuckmann’s SHELBY OAKS tries something old and something new as a “found footage” horror film. Movie Review:
Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD sands down rough edges with a high-spirited effort focused firmly on fun. Movie Review:
QUEENS OF THE DEAD (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
Confidently surfing a tidal wave of brazen gags, Tina Romero’s horror-comedy creates a partygoer personality as chic as its colorful characters.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD sands down rough edges with a high-spirited effort focused firmly on fun. Movie Review:
Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN on Netflix is a marvel of visual design, but with a wearying runtime built by extensive philosophizing. Movie Review:
FRANKENSTEIN (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
Guillermo del Toro’s creative freedom to be as artistically indulgent as he wants becomes a double-edged sword in this case.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN on Netflix is a marvel of visual design, but with a wearying runtime built by extensive philosophizing. Movie Review:
BLACK PHONE 2 has an abundance of nightmarish eeriness and excessive exposition, but more of the latter than the former. Movie Review:
BLACK PHONE 2 (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
“Black Phone 2’s” crossover into “A Nightmare on Elm Street” territory works well on the surface, but not as well for the familiar fiction operating underneath.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
BLACK PHONE 2 has an abundance of nightmarish eeriness and excessive exposition, but more of the latter than the former. Movie Review:
Stuck in a slowed-down style, HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE just doesn’t work for delivering absorbing scares or audience engagement. Movie Review:
HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
This is an unentertaining sequel that’s poorly designed as a movie, and unnecessarily plodding as a story.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Stuck in a slowed-down style, HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE just doesn’t work for delivering absorbing scares or audience engagement. Movie Review:
The concept behind GOOD BOY sounds like a gimmick, but there’s a sentimental sincerity that makes the movie more than a cheap trick. Review:
GOOD BOY (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
“Good Boy” rises above its gimmick label by adding thematic heft to what could otherwise have been a one-and-done stunt.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The concept behind GOOD BOY sounds like a gimmick, but there’s a sentimental sincerity that makes the movie more than a cheap trick. Review:
Stephen King proves to be as prescient as Margaret Atwood in envisioning a horrifying scenario that once appeared improbable, but now seems frighteningly possible. THE LONG WALK Movie Review:
THE LONG WALK (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
It’s rare for a horror movie to run this deep on themes of friendship, finding hope in oppressive darkness, and refusing to be broken by bleakness.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Stephen King proves to be as prescient as Margaret Atwood in envisioning a horrifying scenario that once appeared improbable, but now seems frighteningly possible. THE LONG WALK Movie Review:
A comically ill-conceived sequel, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 asks all the wrong questions about how to expand a conceptually limited idea. Movie Review:
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
What if we take “The Strangers” and do the exact opposite of everything that made “The Strangers” suspenseful and successful in the first place?
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October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A comically ill-conceived sequel, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2 asks all the wrong questions about how to expand a conceptually limited idea. Movie Review:
Unnecessarily cryptic and built out of excessive B-roll, VICIOUS with Dakota Fanning is a slow-burn snoozer. Movie Review:
VICIOUS (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
“Vicious” erases potential resonance with inessential stuffing that’s overlong, unnecessarily ambiguous, or just plain boring.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Unnecessarily cryptic and built out of excessive B-roll, VICIOUS with Dakota Fanning is a slow-burn snoozer. Movie Review:
What’s the most notable thing about the disappointing horror film HIM? Believe it or not, it represents Culture Crypt’s 2,000th movie review!
HIM (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
Summing up the movie’s “no duh” declarations: Violence as entertainment is bad. Exploitation is bad. Fanaticism is bad. “Him” is also bad.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What’s the most notable thing about the disappointing horror film HIM? Believe it or not, it represents Culture Crypt’s 2,000th movie review!
V/H/S/HALLOWEEN represents a rebound for the long-running horror anthology series, as it’s the franchise’s strongest, most consistent collection in years. Movie Review:
V/H/S/HALLOWEEN (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
“V/H/S/Halloween” represents the series’ rebound, as it’s easily the franchise’s strongest and most consistent collection in years.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
V/H/S/HALLOWEEN represents a rebound for the long-running horror anthology series, as it’s the franchise’s strongest, most consistent collection in years. Movie Review:
If you can cut through the cloying claptrap, you can at least accept THE CONJURING: LAST RITES as play-it-safe popcorn horror. Movie Review:
THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (2025) — CULTURE CRYPT
“The Conjuring: Last Rites” purports to be “based on a true story,” although it’s anyone’s guess where facts are supposedly included in the fiction.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you can cut through the cloying claptrap, you can at least accept THE CONJURING: LAST RITES as play-it-safe popcorn horror. Movie Review: