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Brightburn (2019) [a film review by Frank Ochieng]

It would have been very interesting sitting inside a Hollywood movie studio board meeting when a pitch was made for

So it appears that ‘The Prodigy’ is the latest evil kid creepfest to re-emerge and offer its familiar spin on the

One of the familiar clichés that have always been identified in mainstream horror cinema is that ‘the black guy or

Indeed, the saturation of the contemporary horror genre and all its conventional sub-divisions of conception have seen its better days.

When ‘The Blair Witch Project’ burst upon the cinematic scene in 1999, it was an unspeakable breath of fresh air because it

So here we go again…another derivative suburban haunted house horror showcase featuring a harried heroine’s beleaguered state of mind from

The woefully generic ‘When The Bough Breaks’ has the gloss factor going for it to a certain extent. Truthfully, its presentable package

There are several contemporary horror showcases that could certainly benefit from co-writer/director Fede Alvarez’s (‘Evil Dead’) edgy home invasion

Although a simplistic and familiar theme is explored involving sinister forces tormenting a child in distress, Swedish director David F.

The backbone of ‘The Forest’s conception is probably more fascinating than the horror film in which the narrative is based