Warning: This article contains minor spoilers for Speak No Evil (2024). While Speak no evilThe 2024 remake isn't perfect, the psychological horror movie boasts something that too many of the year's biggest horror movies are missing. Horror and comedy go hand in hand. Both genres attempt to evoke primal reactions from their audiences and, as long as there have been horror movies and comedy movies, there have been horror comedies that blend the two genres. Even straightforward horror movies often have moments of dark humor to temporarily ease, and thus heighten, the tension of the story. 2024s Speak no evil…
Author: Cathal Gunning
Although Speak no evil A direct remake of a 2022 Danish movie, the psychological horror also borrows its new ending from a classic thriller. 2022 S Speak no evil was a hit psychological horror movie about a mild-mannered Danish couple who befriend an eccentric Dutch couple while on holiday. When the Danes visited their holiday friends in their isolated country, the inconvenient border violations and extreme injustice gradually gave way to something more sinister. The end of 2022 Speak no evil was incredibly bleak, which seemed to be a problem for its 2024 remake. Related Fortunately, director James Watkins opted…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) While Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Featuring plenty of nods to classic Tim Burton movies, the sequel also includes a subtle reference to one of Star Jenna Ortegas other main roles. Jenna Ortega has made a name for herself as a horror icon in recent years, starting with her supporting role in 2020's The Babysitter: Killer Queen. This was followed by a role in the 2022 Ti West slasher X And a major role in 2022 screamA reboot of the iconic meta-slasher series. Later that year, Ortega cemented her genre legend status with Tim…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus While Alien: Romulus was a solid addition to these Alien franchise, the reboot went through the same inexplicable stumbles as many of its predecessors. All the movies in the Alien Franchises have their highlights and low points, and 2024's long-awaited reboot Alien: Romulus is no different. Alien: RomulusEnding features an ingenious set piece where the heroine uses zero gravity to wipe out an entire hive of xenomorphs, but the reboot also includes a wry nod to one of the most famous quotes from Aliens Only minutes later. generally, Alien: Romulus is a…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Trap (2024) Summary TrapIts ending lacks the signature Shyamalan twist, leaving viewers wanting more surprise and absurdity. Hartnett's performance adds depth to a generic thriller, but fails to deliver the expected Shyamalan twist. Compared to Shyamalan's past works, Trap falls short of delivering a memorable and impactful conclusion. As one who goes to Night Shyamalan Movies expect enjoyable absurdity, I can't help but feel let down when TrapThe ending was so uncharacteristically reasonable. If I try to judge Josh Hartnett's comeback objectively, 2024 Trap is by no means a bad movie. Hartnett gives another…
Although not many viewers have heard of one of 2024's great horror hidden gems, Mike Flanagan is due to spotlight the Irish indie funny As one of the year's highlights. It may seem hard to believe when there's a whole slate of upcoming Mike Flanagan TV shows and movies on the way, but there was a time when the genre legend was an obscure indie director. Before the breakout success of his 2018 Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House Making him a major name in Hollywood horror, Flanagan was best known for smaller horror movies like Oculus, Before I…
yet Long legs Proved a huge hit for director Osgood Perkins, his upcoming Stephen King Adaptation The monkey It looks like it will take the director in a shocking, and promising, new direction. Now that the dust has settled on the sleeper hit success of Long legsIt's fair to say that director Osgood Perkins doesn't have the hallmarks of a blockbuster helmer. Perkins' three previous movies, The Black Daughter, I am the beautiful thing that lives in this houseAnd Gretel and Hansel are punishingly bleak horror movies that earned these Long legs A terrible director Rotten tomatoes Average. Related Not…
Although South ParkWhile the latest experiment with live-action storytelling wasn't a complete disaster, it did prove that the show shouldn't be relying on the medium anytime soon. While South Park Season 27 hasn't arrived yet, so there's no reason to think this outing will change the show's format completely. In recent years, South Park has released short, six-episode seasons along with two annual feature-length specials instead of the show's typical 10-episode seasons. However, the show hardly experimented with new formats or styles during this time. This may be due to focus on the video game South Park: Snow Day. Although…
Summary The Simpsons Season 36 needs to learn from its recent successes and failures to maintain its critical hot streak. Recent seasons have shown improvement by focusing on Marge and developing stronger storylines for her character. The show should continue to double down on popular tricks and incorporate more Marge-focused episodes for a successful season 36. While The Simpsons Season 36 could stop the show's critical hot streak, which will require the series to learn a lesson from Season 35's weakest outing. The Simpsons It's been on the air for over 35 years, so it's no surprise that the show's…
Although The Simpsons Season 36 promises plenty of new surprises, one of the most exciting elements of the long-running show's next outing is a throwback. The Simpsons Season 36 isn't resting on its laurels. Despite spending more than 35 years on the air, the anarchic animated sitcom will do everything it can to innovate in season 36. The Simpsons Season 36 promises a two-part, online-exclusive Christmas special, a Disney+ Halloween short, and not one, but two Treehouse of Horror Halloween specials. The Simpsons Season 36's story tricks ensure that the upcoming outing will remain exciting. Related However, it's a return…