Jump Scares

The Conjuring Universe’s success continues to confound me. Generally, its films range from unwatchable to well-crafted, but obvious homages to better horror films from past decades. And yet, they continue to kill at the box office. …

Warner Bros.’ is quickly learning that you don’t have to do much to make a crap ton of cash from horror movies. All it takes is keeping to a modest budget, employing perfectly competent actors, …

I recently lost a sizeable amount of faith in J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot. The Cloverfield Paradox was so bad that the famed director sank down a few notches in my mental rankings. That being …