The Visit is a 2015 horror thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It follows two siblings who visit their estranged grandparents only to discover something is very wrong with them. As the children try to uncover the truth, they are increasingly terrorized by their grandparents’ bizarre behaviour. Here’s the plot and ending of The Visit explained; spoilers ahead. … Read more
Simply put, You Should Have Left is a polarizing movie. Those who love it love it, while those who hate it passionately hate it. This is why the film itself has a ~5 rating on IMDB. Still, like anything else hype-related, you’ll never know for sure until you watch it yourself. The movie is based on … Read more
Being John Malkovich is, to this day, one of the strangest, most surreal movie experiences ever. It explores the concepts of manipulation, infidelity, and obsessive love, through the lens of being able to possess the body of John Malkovich. Traveling through time might be a familiar movie theme but transporting your consciousness to another person’s body is entirely … Read more
The 2015 movie The Witch, also stylized The VVitch (with two Vs instead of W), is a folk horror made by Robert Eggers. This is his directorial debut, and he already has a marking of a man who is to make the critically acclaimed The Lighthouse. The movie also grossed insane numbers at the box office. With a budget of only $4 million, … Read more
They say that what we don’t know can’t hurt us, but where are you willing to draw the line of blissful ignorance for the sake of your happiness? Some questions are better left unasked, some doors are better left unanswered, and some secret sex parties are better left unattended. This is precisely what Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 … Read more
The Empty Man is a 2020 horror movie that revolves around the deeply philosophical abstract concept of manifesting one’s thoughts in a physical world. While the idea itself is quite fascinating, the execution is less than stellar. The pacing is incredibly slow, there are a lot of loose ends, and the majority of the film … Read more
Identity is a 2003 neo-noir psychological thriller with an immersive story, stellar cast, and incredible rewatchability value. The cult-classic mystery is loosely based on Agatha Christy’s And Then There Were None. However, it has taken so much creative freedom that not a lot of people will make this connection. It’s full of unique characters and two well-written … Read more
Possession is one of the most controversial and hardest-to-watch movies ever. The film is supposed to be an allegory of a divorce and was heavily inspired by Andrzej Żuławski’s divorce. The film is filled with metaphors, symbols, and controversial themes (like self-harm, suicide, extreme jealousy, etc.). It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say that … Read more
The theme, ideas, and setting of As Above, So Below had immense potential. After all, what can go wrong when you put together Dante’s Inferno, the Paris Catacombs, and a story of adventure and redemption? Quite a bit, as it turns out. The key to any good story is its narrative techniques, its characters, and most importantly, its … Read more
When talking about revolutionary horror stories with a unique concept and a disappointing string of sequels, one just cannot avoid talking about the science-fiction thriller Cube. It’s a story about a group of people who wake up one day in an unknown, hostile setting, trying to use all the information and resources at their disposal to … Read more