Daily Dead

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 23, 2026 3.5/5 I Love Paris ponders why it’s so hard to be alive through the eyes of the undead, charting a bittersweet symphony of heartfelt shenanigans that leaves us wanting more even as the credits roll. Go to Full Review I Love Paris (2026) - - - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 21, 2026 3.5/5 It might never be as low-down as Watkins’ prior works, or as heartrendingly rich as Flanagan’s opuses, but Clayface benefits from both approaches. Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 75% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 16, 2026 3/5 Crawlers is a pulpy after-midnight delight that'll crawl under your skin, as I'm sure a billion other writers will quip. Go to Full Review Crawlers (2026) 59% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 14, 2026 2.5/5 While I’m elated to see a batshit survival riff getting theatrical placement in a time when audiences have fewer and fewer chances to get cinematically weird, the experiment doesn’t quite translate. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 73% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 12, 2026 3/5 What stands out is how Sottak doesn't crumble under shoestring filmmaking and bends Hallowarrior to his capabilities without sacrificing his overall vision. Go to Full Review Hallowarrior (2026) 89% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 10, 2026 2.5/5 What amounts to an assortment of freakish Jessica Chastain transformations and not-terrifying-enough chills will keep audiences guessing in all the wrong ways. Go to Full Review Other Mommy (2026) 19% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 5, 2026 3.5/5 Rautsi doesn't always nail the tonal balance between ha-ha’s and ho-ho-horrors, yet he's still able to deliver a unique, ruthless Christmas Horror experience. Go to Full Review Red Snow (2026) - - - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 5, 2026 3.5/5 V/H/S/Mixtape is another example of why the series has amassed its fanbase, defying the odds with another slaughter-happy, sloppy-silly, you-can’t-stop-us entry tailor-made to kickstart your October movie marathons with an amp-bursting bang. Go to Full Review V/H/S/MIXTAPE (2026) 48% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 5, 2026 3.5/5 Sick is a sweaty, simmering, and sublimely fearless feature debut for Trzebuchowska ... Beautiful for all the wrong reasons: a wallop of an ending that eats at you from the inside out. Go to Full Review Sick (2026) 91% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 5, 2026 2.5/5 There’s something to be said for the Zellners’ approach to gorgeously shot excuses to goof around with a star-studded cast, but the ongoing joke of "aliens don’t understand humanity" runs out quickly with so little substance to boast. Go to Full Review Alpha Gang (2026) 77% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 5, 2026 3/5 Mangione-Smith has created something conversation-worthy: a damning simulation of American fears coming to light and tearing us apart. Go to Full Review Compliance (2026) - - - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Oct 5, 2026 2/5 The Swallow might flash a gnarly selection of revolting effects, but there's nothing worth mining beneath the gore and gunk. Go to Full Review The Swallow (2026) - - - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Sep 26, 2026 3.5/5 Half is a road trippin' buffet of action-horror goodness that doesn't care to be anything more than enjoyably to the point. Go to Full Review Half (2026) 83% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Sep 26, 2026 3.5/5 Victorian Psycho is a fresh take on age-old horrors that stays in line with expectations for the better ... Monroe is a fantastic maniac. Go to Full Review Victorian Psycho (2026) 82% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Sep 26, 2026 4.5/5 It’s a near-perfect horror comedy that should be studied for its ability to elicit screams of terror and fits of laughter with equal proficiency ... a genre feast fit for a king. Go to Full Review Ghost in the Cell (2026) 94% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Sep 26, 2026 4/5 It’s raucously renegade, bizarrely addictive, and through punk-rock poeticism, reverberates the pain of being alive ... Put simply, Mortimer’s best yet. Go to Full Review Pathetic Fallacy (2026) 100% - -

Emily von Seele Daily Dead Sep 25, 2026 3/5 A good time that comes with a ton of gore, wicked practical effects, and a lot of heart. It’s the kind of movie you will be excited to dive into with a bowl of popcorn once the lights are out. Go to Full Review The Heretiks (2026) 90% - -

Emily von Seele Daily Dead Sep 22, 2026 4/5 The tragedy of her past has become the horror of her granddaughter’s present, and will haunt audiences as much as it haunts its characters. Go to Full Review Ürei (2026) 100% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Sep 21, 2026 3/5 Nikias Chryssos takes competitive sports and survival-of-the-fittest mentalities to gruesome degrees, pitting competitors against one another for more than a trophy. Go to Full Review Bloody Tennis (2026) 62% - -

Matt Donato Daily Dead Sep 21, 2026 4/5 It's giving cult-kissed The Strangers vibes but afloat: "Because you were on a boat." Go to Full Review River (2026) 94% - -