Midwest Film Journal

Tagged Horror

Escape Room

Nick Rogers
January 4, 2019

It’s enjoyably intense. Its aim is low. So what? It gets there!

Bird Box

Nick Rogers
December 20, 2018

This "A Quiet Place" inversion skips right past blind and heads straight to dumb.

The House That Jack Built

Mitch Ringenberg
December 17, 2018

A shocking and occasionally frustrating self-critique from Lars von Trier.

On DVD: The Nun

Nick Rogers
December 4, 2018

Robust audio, reliable video, rickety movie.

Cam

Nick Rogers
November 14, 2018

A flawed cam-girl thriller still worth tipping with your time.

Overlord

Nick Rogers
November 10, 2018

A gruesome, gleefully entertaining B-movie berserker.

Suspiria

Evan Dossey
November 2, 2018

Motherhood is power, memory, meaning. One of this year's best.

No Sleep October: The Dentist

Mitch Ringenberg
October 30, 2018

Rich Mingenberg extracts truth from these Corbin Bernsen classics.

No Sleep October: The Beyond

Nick Rogers
October 29, 2018

Lucio Fulci crumples your horror detachment like soft, mottled fruit.

No Sleep October: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Sam Watermeier
October 22, 2018

Troubled teens join forces in a psychiatric hospital to tackle the demons haunting their dreams and the ones looming over their waking lives.… continue