The Fear Review

Over Your Dead Body (2026) surprised us more than we expected. The trailer makes it look like a lighter dark comedy, but once the violence kicks in, this turns into something much bloodier, meaner, and funnier than advertised. The opening spends time setting up a dysfunctional relationship that feels darker than expected, then the movie flips into the chaotic horror-comedy ride we were hoping for....

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy isn’t the monster movie we expected. Instead of a classic adventure-style creature story, this version twists the mythology into something much darker — a demonic family nightmare built around grief, possession, and some seriously uncomfortable body horror. Amy even brought blanket armor to the theater… and still barely survived it. 😬 We talk about how the film compares to...

This week on The Fear Review, we’re continuing Lee Cronin Week with a deep dive into Evil Dead Rise — and this one pushed the limits even for us. Moving the franchise out of the cabin and into an apartment building changes everything. The tone is darker. The stakes feel more personal. And the violence? Let’s just say this might be the meanest Evil Dead movie yet. William looks at how the film expa...

A boy disappears into the woods… and something else comes back. In this episode, we discuss The Hole in the Ground (2019), Lee Cronin’s eerie debut feature and a chilling take on Irish changeling folklore. As part of our lead-up to Cronin’s upcoming The Mummy, we’re revisiting the quiet dread, maternal paranoia, and ambiguous horror that define his first film. Is the child who returned really her...

We thought Night Patrol was going to be a vampire movie. It isn’t. Not exactly. Instead, it plays more like a gritty crime story for most of its runtime before shifting into something darker, stranger, and tied to Zulu mythology in a way we didn’t see coming. Justin Long gives one of his most morally complicated performances yet, and by the end we were still debating whether anyone in this movie c...

The Faces of Death (2026) remake isn’t the shock-documentary revival many horror fans are expecting. Instead, it plays more like a modern investigative horror with a tone closer to Saw than the infamous original film. That shift makes for a smarter update than we anticipated… but it also raises a bigger question: if it doesn’t feel like Faces of Death, should it still be called Faces of Death? Wil...

We caught They Will Kill You at an AMC Scream Unseen screening, and it turned out to be even more relentless than we expected. From the opening minutes, the movie just keeps escalating. The action keeps getting bigger, the violence keeps getting wilder, and by the time the ending arrives, it fully commits to its strangest ideas. One of us loved how far it pushed things. The other needed a moment t...

The Mortuary Assistant leans hard into embalming realism, oppressive atmosphere, and possession horror that stuck with Amy longer than expected. We went in without knowing the game, so this review focuses entirely on how the movie works on its own—and whether the procedural realism makes parts of it harder to watch than most Shudder releases. Some moments genuinely impressed us. Others left us wit...

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come might actually be better than the original… but that might not be a good thing. This sequel ramps up the action, the kills, and the chaos in ways we didn’t expect. The humor still hits, the performances are stronger, and some of the set pieces are genuinely wild. But by the time it ends, we were left asking a bigger question… did this movie just close the door on the fr...

With Ready or Not 2: Here I Come arriving soon, we decided to revisit Ready or Not (2019) to see if it still holds up. Short answer: it absolutely does. In this episode of The Fear Review, we talk about what makes Ready or Not such a fun horror movie, why Samara Weaving’s performance works so well, and how the film balances horror, humor, and chaos from beginning to end. We also break down the fil...

We attended a press screening hosted by A24 for Undertone (2026), and this might be one of the most unusual horror movie theater experiences we’ve had in a while. The film leans heavily into sound-driven horror, using audio recordings, environmental noise, and Dolby theater sound systems to create tension. In the theater, the sound design is genuinely impressive. The chairs were vibrating, the aud...

Some horror movies are creepy. Bodycam (2026) actually messed Amy up a little. After the movie ended, Amy admitted she was literally following William around the house because she needed sunshine. That’s always a good sign for a horror movie. In this episode of The Fear Review, we talk about the new Shudder release Bodycam, a found-footage style horror movie told through police bodycam footage. Th...

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! (2026) takes the classic Bride of Frankenstein story in a very different direction… and we’re still trying to figure out exactly what direction that was. In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy break down the film starring Jesse Buckley and Christian Bale, and why the movie felt like a mix of genres that never quite came together. At one point Amy describ...

Lou Ferrigno stars as a mysterious recluse living deep in the woods in The Hermit (2026), an indie backwoods slasher that blends classic horror setups with a strange psychological twist. But did it actually work? In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy break down the latest indie horror release and quickly realize they had very different reactions. From awkward acting choices to some t...

Nearly 30 years after the original, Ghostface is operating in the age of AI — and we went into Scream 7 wondering if the franchise still had anything left to say. Here’s the twist: We guessed part of the killer halfway through… and somehow it still worked. In this episode of The Fear Review, we break down: Whether Scream 7 still feels like a true Scream movie How the brutality compares to the orig...

Neve Campbell returns as Sidney Prescott and Kevin Williamson is directing Scream 7 — so before the new film hits theaters, we went back to where it all started. Scream (1996) wasn’t just another slasher. It felt like a cultural reset. We remember the Blockbuster era. We remember the rules. We remember everyone debating who the killer was. But nearly 30 years later, does it still hit the same way?...

Is Psycho Killer (2026) actually a horror movie… or just a crime thriller with a satanic edge? We went into this one with very different expectations. Amy didn’t even want to see it. William was cautiously optimistic because of the writer behind Seven. And somehow, we walked out debating whether this belongs in the horror genre at all. In this episode, we break down: • The tonal mismatch between s...

Jason isn’t the killer in Friday the 13th (1980). No hockey mask. No machete. No version of the movie most people think they remember. In this episode, we revisit the original film that launched one of horror’s most iconic franchises and break down why it feels more like a mystery thriller than the slasher legend it became. We discuss: • Why this isn’t actually a “Jason movie” • How the score crea...

We almost skipped Cold Storage… and the exploding eyes, green fungus, and that elevator deer completely changed our minds. Starring Liam Neeson and written by Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp, this sci-fi horror creature feature turned out to be one of the strangest theatrical surprises of the year. After a long workday and an hour drive to the theater, the real question was simple: Was it a...

Is New Fears Eve actually the bloodiest movie we’ve ever covered? William and Amy dive into this indie holiday slasher from Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting, now streaming on SCREAMBOX. What starts as an over-the-top gore fest quickly turns into a debate about where the line is between extreme and excessive. Amy had moments where she was genuinely clutching her pearls. William admired the commitmen...

In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy break down The Strangers: Chapter 3, the final entry in Renny Harlin’s trilogy — and the one that sparked the biggest debate between us. After revisiting The Strangers (2008), the contrast is impossible to ignore. The original relies on slow dread, eerie background tension, and mood. Chapter 3 takes the characters and lore of that film and pushes...

In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy revisit The Strangers (2008) — a home-invasion horror movie that doesn’t rely on constant jump scares, but instead slowly weaponizes silence, patience, and background movement. We talk about why The Strangers still works so well years later, how the killers’ design and behavior create unease, and why the movie’s slow-burn approach divides horror...

Send Help isn’t a traditional horror movie — and that’s exactly what makes it unsettling. In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy break down Sam Raimi’s tense survival thriller and why it left them feeling exhausted, conflicted, and questioning who they were actually rooting for by the end. This isn’t about jump scares or monsters in the usual sense. It’s about power, control, and how...

Some movies build tension. Some build dread. And some make you start counting the minutes until they’re over. In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy break down Savage Flowers — a film that looks like it’s setting up a thoughtful, slow-burn mystery, but never quite delivers on that promise. If you went in expecting something in the Yellowjackets vein, we talk about why that comparison...

In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy dive into Return to Silent Hill (2026) — a bleak, atmosphere-heavy return to one of horror’s most divisive franchises. As a longtime Silent Hill fan, William connected with the film’s restraint, tone, and commitment to the source material. Amy, our resident non-horror compass, had a very different reaction — finding the experience emotionally exh...