Del Toro’s Frankenstein resurrects Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece with operatic emotion and practical effects mastery. Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi deliver career-defining performances in this Netflix exclusive that asks whether redemption is possible for the imperfectly created.
Lurker (2025) review: Archie Madekwe stars in this dark psychological thriller about a stalker who infiltrates a musician’s inner circle. When obsession meets industry manipulation, everyone becomes complicit. A Fantasia Film Festival standout now on NBC
My review of Sew Torn (2024), the SXSW hit from Freddie and Fred McDonald. Starring a phenomenal Eva Connolly, this film presents a triptych of terror as a seamstress at a crossroads must choose her fate. A darkly funny, fantastically creative thriller that re-threads the needle on choice and consequence.
Justin Tipping’s HIM (2025) is Monkeypaw Productions’ surrealist horror exposé on CTE, exploitation, and how American sports culture devours Black athletes. Marlon Wayans terrifies as a predatory mentor in this nightmare vision where quarterbacks become martyrs and contracts are Faustian bargains. An uncomfortable fusion of elevated horror and social commentary that ends in cathartic violence.
Don’t Trip follows a desperate filmmaker who befriends an unhinged producer’s son in this Tubi horror-comedy that critiques industry power structures with mixed results.
The Beast Comes at Midnight review: This werewolf mystery works as entry-level horror for tweens with polished cinematography and accessible mythology, though adult genre fans should skip this soft creature feature streaming free on Tubi.
