Daily Grindhouse

J. Tonzelli Daily Grindhouse May 7, 2026 Sean S. Cunningham does a commendable job for someone only a handful of films into his directorial career and working in the horror genre for the first time. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th (1980) 49% 60%

Jon Abrams Daily Grindhouse Apr 30, 2026 The ensemble is perfectly cast. Go to Full Review Black Christmas (1974) 74% 76%

Paul Freitag-Fey Daily Grindhouse Apr 28, 2026 It’s a hugely entertaining, grimy undiscovered classic that exists in a logical plane that only a low-budget exploitation film of the era can offer. Go to Full Review Massage Parlor Murders (1973) - - - -

Katelyn Nelson Daily Grindhouse Apr 24, 2026 It doesn’t feel strong enough to stand on its own two feet...it seems like it wants to lean so much more into the graphic violence than any real cohesive semblance of story. Go to Full Review The Mortuary Assistant (2026) 37% - -

Jon Abrams Daily Grindhouse Apr 17, 2026 While Trilogy of Terror II doesn’t hit an anthology home run, it’s not a bad film, just a negligible one. Go to Full Review Trilogy of Terror II (1996) - - 33%

Matt Wedge Daily Grindhouse Jan 28, 2026 While not exactly a multi-character study, Mihalka and screenwriter John Beaird, make the smart choice to take the time to give more than surface level characterizations to an ensemble of roughly a dozen major characters. Go to Full Review My Bloody Valentine (1981) 39% 52%

Katelyn Nelson Daily Grindhouse Oct 29, 2025 Keating’s crack at home invasion horror works to deliver his usual dose of anxiety—just maybe not in quite the same way or place we have come to expect. Go to Full Review Invader (2024) 64% - -

Brett Gallman Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 B- SCREAM 3’s flirtation with genuine subversion makes it one of the most interesting — and most frustrating — entries in the series. Considering the circumstances that influenced its production, it’s remarkable that it works at all. Go to Full Review Scream 3 (2000) 45% 38%

Jon Abrams Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 A DANGEROUS ANIMALS arrives immediately as one of the best genre films of the year. Made in Australia, with a small cast primarily made up of Australians (with one notable exception), DANGEROUS ANIMALS harkens back to the glory days of Ozploitation. Go to Full Review Dangerous Animals (2025) 87% - -

Brett Gallman Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 A+++ JAWS is the nexus point: the movie that introduced me to the genre that shaped my life and fostered my appreciation for film in general. It resonates with me on a level few films ever reach. Go to Full Review Jaws (1975) 97% 92%

Brian Cartwright Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 B+ CHIEF OF STATION is tense, violent, thrilling and, perhaps most rewardingly, it’s familiar and comfortable in its construction. Go to Full Review Chief of Station (2024) 63% - -

Violet Burns Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 A+ TINSMAN ROAD is a deeply intimate sonata of uncanny dread. It’s the burning in your chest when you hear your mother crying through a wall. Go to Full Review Tinsman Road (2025) 73% - -

Brian Cartwright Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 A Tony Tost’s AMERICANA feels like an old friend standing in front of an open Coleman cooler in summer and simply asking us, “Beer?” Hell yeah, Tony. I’ll take a beer. Go to Full Review Americana (2025) 63% - -

Riley Cassidy Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 C+ BRUTE 1976 feels very much like a modern movie trying to emulate the ‘70s, rather than something authentic. Go to Full Review Brute 1976 (2025) 55% - -

Violet Burns Daily Grindhouse Sep 3, 2025 "I didn’t realize how badly STRANGE HARVEST had shaken me until I had to wind through the near-empty parking garage alone at midnight..." Go to Full Review Strange Harvest (2024) 93% - -

Jon Abrams Daily Grindhouse Aug 30, 2025 Forgive me for channeling my inner Gene Shalit and slinging a species-appropriate pun, but SLOTHERHOUSE is a terrific hang. Go to Full Review Slotherhouse (2023) 64% 76%

Jon Abrams Daily Grindhouse Aug 26, 2025 I can be underwhelmed by a movie and still have fun with it. This is Daily Grindhouse, baby. At this point, there aren’t many exorcism setpieces I haven’t seen, and while this doesn’t bring much innovation, it has energy and a willingness to get crazy. Go to Full Review The Pope's Exorcist (2023) 50% 81%

Katelyn Nelson Daily Grindhouse Jul 12, 2025 It wastes no time at all getting down into the awkwardness at the heart of babysitting the child of people who are quickly revealed to be chronic overshares, yet still not much is as it seems. Go to Full Review Dooba Dooba (2024) 92% - -

Katelyn Nelson Daily Grindhouse Jul 12, 2025 What is revealed is a devastating look into not just how commonly evil people can be to others to pin them into particular narratives... but also how easy it is to fall into the trap of an idealized world. Go to Full Review Abigail Before Beatrice (2025) - - - -

Katelyn Nelson Daily Grindhouse Jul 11, 2025 Now more than ever the world needs more art made for the sake of fun whose seams you can see, and on that front this debut from filmmaker Morihito Inoue delivers in spades. His love for shark cinema is obvious in every second of this roller coaster ride. Go to Full Review Hot Spring Shark Attack (2024) 68% - -