Tag: Stephen King
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Hokum: Horror in plain sight
HOKUM (2026) If you’re looking for a moody, mysterious, whodunit, folk horror film (and I know you are), Hokum (2026) has it all, including a cantankerous Adam Scott in arguably his best performance to date. Writer-director Damian Mc Carthy has already earned his rank, possessing an impressive lead up with his debut Caveat (2021), followed…
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Primate Review: Cujo with a pool
PRIMATE (2025) Though not exactly a remake, Primate is similar to Cujo (1983), the film adaptation of the 1981 horror novel by Stephen King. Instead of a car we have a pool, a bat bite for a mongoose bite and a rabid dog for a rabid chimp. That’s okay. Cujo isn’t sacred and the concept…
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The Long Walk Review: Walk against the machine
THE LONG WALK (2025) The Long Walk takes place in an alternate 1970’s post-Vietnam America, where every year 50 teenage boys, each via lottery and personal decision, represents his home state and walks until only one remains as the whole macabre spectacle is televised for all to witness. The winner is granted riches in a…
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The Monkey Review: Opposable thumbs down
THE MONKEY (2025) Director, writer and actor Osgood Perkins – Longlegs (2024), The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015) – adapts the Stephen King short story The Monkey (1980) into a horror comedy? This should work right? Well the concept worked well enough to entice me to watch it. Unfortunately, killing off numerous undeveloped characters indiscriminately, Final Destination (2000-)…