Sleeper Awakened

WITHOUT FILM, SOMETHING SLEEPS INSIDE US AND SELDOM AWAKENS. THE SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN.

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THE WRATH (2019)

October 14, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, FOREIGN, FANTASY, HORROR, W

“reliance on jump scares when some of the mood setup is creepily effective was a mistake”

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Young-sun Yoo, Hong-il Choi, Yeong-hie Seo, Na-Eun Son
2019, 4, FOREIGN, FANTASY, HORROR, W
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GRETEL & HANSEL (2020)

October 10, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, FANTASY, HORROR, G

“all icing, rich, decadent and lavish, but merely empty topping on a bland and un-enticing cake”

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Oz Perkins, Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
2020, 4, FANTASY, HORROR, G
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LUZ (2019)

October 09, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER

“evocative “retro fantastique”, but with a dour european oppression”

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Tilman Singer, Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt, Lili Lorenz
2019, 4, FOREIGN, HORROR, L, THRILLER
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BLOOD VESSEL (2020)

October 07, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, B, HORROR

“vampires on a Nazi ship that must be fought off” is what was promised and is exactly what they gave you

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Justin Dix, Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Alex Cooke, Troy Larkin
2020, 4, B, HORROR
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BIT (2020)

October 03, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, B, COMEDY, HORROR

‘Female empowered vampires that keeps the genre fresh and femme”

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Brad Michael Elmore, Diana Hopper, Nicole Maines, Zolee Griggs, Friday Chamberlain, Char Diaz, James Paxton, Greg Hill
2020, 5, B, COMEDY, HORROR
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BECKY (2020)

October 01, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, ACTION, B, DRAMA, HORROR

A Joker for tween girls

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Joanathan Milott, Cary Murnion, Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet
2020, 4, ACTION, B, DRAMA, HORROR
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VEROTIKA (2019)

September 25, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 1, 2019, HORROR, V

“no tongue to put in cheek because it has been cut out”

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Glenn Danzig, Ashley Wisdom, Rachel Alig, Alice Tate, Kayden Kross, Scotch Hopkins, Sean Kanan, Natalia Borowsky
1, 2019, HORROR, V
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DEEP BLUE SEA 3 (2020)

September 14, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, ACTION, D, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION

“I am saying it’s worth taking a bite out of”

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John Pogue, Tania Raymonde, Nathaniel Buzolic, Emerson Brooks, Bren Foster
2020, 5, ACTION, D, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION
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SPUTNIK (2020)

September 07, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION

“smooth and classy seemingly decent budgeted Russian sci-fi that has a serious half of a problem”

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Egor Abramenko, Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov
2020, 5, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S, SCIENCE FICTION
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NEW MUTANTS (2020)

September 01, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, HORROR, N

“it is not outright bad, nor the worst of the X titles”

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Josh Boone, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Adam Beach
2020, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, HORROR, N
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GET DUKED (2020)

August 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, HORROR, FOREIGN, G

“a comedy without the funny is a fail”

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Ninian Doff, Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie, Jonathan Aris, Alice Lowe, Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Rian Gordon, Lewis Gribben, Georgia Glen
2020, 4, ACTION, COMEDY, HORROR, FOREIGN, G
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THE WRETCHED (2020)

August 26, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, HORROR, W

“it doesn’t fly far above the witchy tree line”

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Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce, John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Azie Tesfai
2020, 5, HORROR, W
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MURDER DEATH KOREATOWN (2020)

August 18, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 4, M, HORROR, CRIME

“I was ready for it to die”

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4, M, HORROR, CRIME
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ONE MUST FALL (2018)

August 04, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 3, COMEDY, HORROR, O

“Supposedly a horror comedy, but it lacked being either”

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Antonio Pantoja, Julie Streble, Barry Piacente, Andrew Yackel
2018, 3, COMEDY, HORROR, O
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SEA FEVER (2020)

July 28, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S

“definitely investing enough to keep you locked in for its watery entirety”

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Neasa Hardiman, Hermione Corfield, Jack Hickey, Olwen Fouéré, Dougray Scott, Connie Nielsen, Ardalan Esmaili, Elle Boukaze
2020, 6, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, S
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THE POOL (2019)

July 23, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 3, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, P

“It just becomes untenable and overwrought, almost to the point of a joke. If only it was funny...”

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Ping Lumpraploeng, Theeradej Wongpuapan, Ratnamon Ratchiratham
2019, 3, DRAMA, FOREIGN, HORROR, P
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THE BEACH HOUSE (2020)

July 19, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 4, B, HORROR

“could lead to gripping dramatic horror, but it just doesn’t have the sea legs for that swim”

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Jeffrey A. Brown, Liana Liberato, Noah Le Gros, Jake Weber, Maryann Nagel
2020, 4, B, HORROR
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THE OTHER LAMB (2020)

July 18, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, DRAMA, HORROR, O

“lacks the unerring evolution that it needed to take itself from gorgeous clay to a gratifying carving”

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Malgorzata Szumowska, Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, Mallory Adams, Kelly Campbell
2020, 5, DRAMA, HORROR, O
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BLISS (2019)

June 24, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, B, DRAMA, HORROR

“..blend into a pulsating whirlpool of pain, paint, pleasure, and panic”

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Joe Begos, Dora Madison, Tru Collins, Rhys Wakefield, Jeremy Gardner
2019, 6, B, DRAMA, HORROR
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THE AXIOM (2018)

June 19, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2018, 3, FANTASY, HORROR

“not finessed to creation the way the imagination might have promised”

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Nicholas Woods, Hattie Smith, Zac Titus, Nicole Dambro, Michael Peter Harrison, Taylor Flowers, William Kircher
2018, 3, FANTASY, HORROR
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