Are you a fan of horror? Then you’re in luck! Check out all the new scary movies in theaters now. From slashers, jumpscares, and the paranormal, there is a horror film for every scary movie fan
We see where Ti West’s X all began in Pearl. Set in 1918, it follows Pearl as a young woman taking care of her paralyzed father and overbearing mother while her husband is at war. Pearl wants a bigger life and temptations keep rising for her. Will it all head to a deadly halt?Critics are loving this new horror film. Den Of Geek writes, “Pearl is a little bit like its heroine: wild-eyed and eager to entertain until someone dies. That it it works so well is a credit to Mia Goth’s spellbinding performance.”
A young woman travels to Detroit and reserves a rental home. However, she discovers that the house is double booked by someone else. What’s even creepier is that there is a strange men already living there. Will she make it out alive? Barbarian stars Bill Skarsgard, Zach Cregger, Georgina Campbell, and Justin Long.AV’s review of the film is all praise, not sharing too much with its readers.“Barbarian is the kind of film that leaves you speechless—which is why everyone will tell you to go into it knowing as little as possible..”
What will happen when a player out to score (Justin Long) thinks his beautiful date (Kate Bosworth) will be another hook-up? There may be deeper darker secrets ahead as he comes to find out that their sexy banter turns sinister. Hoping to get lucky, his luck may have just run out.In The New York Times review of the film, writer Austin Cosidine gives a balanced review.“By the end, “Darkness” achieves some (dubious) balance of gender grievances, which is fine if keeping score is your idea of art: Hap isn’t entirely terrible, Mina isn’t entirely just. But these conclusions hardly matter in a deeply contrived world of nonspecific female characters, allowing even for the freedoms of allegory.”
Nothing is thicker than your family blood in this horror film, The Invitation. When Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel) loses her mother, she takes a DNA test to find more relatives. After discovering a long-lost cousin, she is invited to a wedding in the English countryside. There she meets the handsome and seductive Walter (Thomas Doherty) who is not what he seems. Eventually she realizes she’s caught between a sinful desires where she must fight for her lifeIn The Guardian’s review of the film Jordan Hoffman writes, “Old friends are reunited in the Hollywood Hills for a tense and elegant film that treats its audience like adults and gets the payoff it deserves.”
A natural horror enters the scary movie space with the new release Beast. Idris Elba stars as Dr. Nate Samuels, a recently widowed husband who takes his 2 daughters to Africa. While this trip is meant to be a time of healing, it turns into terror for the family as killer lion beings to stalk them.Taylor Lyles praises Idris Elba’s acting in IGN’s film review.“Elba does a superb job in both portraying the grieving widow and squaring off against the lion; he’s never made to be some type of superhuman that gets a lucky swing, and his character takes a good beating in almost every encounter with the animal.”
In this dark comedy thriller, a friend group filled with rich 20-somethings play a game that turns deadly. When one of their friends is murdered, they must find out who the killer is, and it’s someone among them! Bodies Bodies Bodies stars Amandla Stenberg, Rachel Senott, Pete Davidson, and Maria Bakalova.Framed as a Gen-Z horror landscape, the movie ponders the following question. Like New York Times critic Kalia Richardson says, the film asks the question: “What happens when Gen Z loses Wi-Fi?”Slasher-like scenes, comedy, and constructive criticism about society’s obsession with phones lead the plot. If you’re a sucker for horror films like Scream with a dash of coming-of-age gone wrong, check out Bodies Bodies Bodies.
Jordan Peele’s new horror film is now in theaters. Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya, Steven Yeun, and Brandon Perea star in this sci-fi thriller that follows a group of caretakers at a California horse ranch who encounter a mysterious force that affects the behavior of animals and humans.Fans and critics alike are praising the genius of the horror film. Because its plot was kept under wraps until its premiere in theaters, it drove more audiences to figure out what the movie was really about. In one review from The Independent, critic Clarissa Loughrey has only nice words about both Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer’s performances.“Kaluuya is a true one-of-a-kind talent who still turns out an intensely magnetic performance with a character explicitly written to be sullen and uncharismatic. Palmer gives us the kind of capable horror heroine that’s impossible not to root for.”While Daniel is a fan and Jordan Peele’s favorite (Get Out), it’s great to see Keke take on the horror genre with such force and grace.
