CREEPIN’ IT REEL

By Noah Lyons, Victoria Finn, Kayle Noel, Kelly Cutler and Morgan Ray

2022’s “Barbarian” is a masterful blend of horror and comedy – and it’s playing in theaters now!

Georgina Campbell (“Black Mirror”) and Bill Skarsgård (“It”) star as Tess and Keith in the film. Unbeknownst to them, they are double booked at an Airbnb in a run-down Detroit suburb. In their basement, more trouble awaits! “Barbarian” is a deeply disturbing movie that happens to also have some of the funniest scenes of the year. It’s a rollercoaster of tonal shifts, but it never veers too far off course. By the end, you’ll either be staying up all night or going back to the theater to see it again.

If you want to watch a movie that doesn’t rely on jump scares or other horror cliches, then “Hereditary” is the movie for you. This movie plays with themes influenced from Stephen King’s work “Carrie,” including family curses and the occult (Spooky!). Without relying on sudden in your face scares, this movie instead uses psychological factors to make the horror slowly creep up and then…BAM! Haunting cinematography and music make this movie a must see if you want to be spooked this Halloween season!

People keep dying in Potter’s Bluff…but why do they keep coming back? When a local sheriff jumps on the case, he’ll discover much more than he bargained for. “Dead and Buried,” an underrated ‘80s horror gem (introduced to me via film podcasts “‘80s All Over” and “Junkfood Cinema”), is a marvelous work of slow burn, small town terror. It often gets likened to a “Twilight Zone” episode, which is hands down one of the highest praises in genre cinema! I can’t give away too much, but here’s what I can say: written by the guys behind “Alien” and “Total Recall” and special effects/makeup by the legendary Stan Winston (“The Terminator”, “Jurassic Park”, etc.). If any film deserves a resurrection, it’s this eerie little joint.