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The Surrender (2025): When Love Becomes a Cage and Death Offers No Escape

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Julia Max’s “The Surrender” (2025) starring Colby Minifie and Kate Burton delivers psychological horror that examines toxic family relationships through the lens of supernatural resurrection. When patriarch Robert dies, his widow Barbara and daughter Megan perform a brutal ritual to bring him back, only to discover some monsters are better left dead. This Shudder exclusive combines beautiful cinematography with devastating emotional truth about cycles of abuse and the mythology we create around toxic love. A must-watch for fans of elevated horror that prioritizes psychological terror over cheap scares.

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All Fun and Games Salem’s Cursed Blade Turns Childhood Into Carnage

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All Fun and Games (2023) review: Natalia Dyer and Asa Butterfield star in this Salem-set horror where childhood games become supernatural death traps. A cursed knife turns family fun into nightmare fuel in this competently crafted but predictable possession thriller

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The Moogai: When Cultural Horror Loses Its Teeth

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The Moogai review: Jon Bell’s Indigenous Australian horror film attempts to blend post-partum anxiety with colonial trauma through supernatural scares. While the creature design works and cultural themes matter, the execution feels disconnected from its own ambitious goals. Our spoiler-free review examines how this 2024 horror film handles generational trauma, family dynamics, and the challenge of making accessible cultural horror that doesn’t sacrifice authenticity for mainstream appeal.

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It Feeds Review: When Wolves Feast on Sheep’s Clothing

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It Feeds review: Chad Archibald’s psychological horror explores trauma, family therapy, and supernatural predation. Ashley Greene leads this atmospheric Black Fawn Films thriller about entities that feed on human vulnerability and the dangerous territory between helping and enabling.