- Reviewed [Together](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/together-2025/) (4 stars) on [[2025-12-13]] >this is a smart film. I had a good time. > > it's not subtle, but is it possible to have subtle body horror? > > the CGI at the end isn't great, but it looks pretty good for the most part. - Reviewed [The Cabin in the Woods](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/the-cabin-in-the-woods/) (5 stars) on [[2025-10-27]] >a movie that keeps its promises. - Reviewed [A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-4-the-dream-master/) (1 stars) on [[2025-07-25]] >the worst of all the Elm Streets I reckon, but...the photos being pulled off the mirror is beautifully heavy-handed, there are some good shadows, and the karate scene is cost-effective. - Reviewed [Clown in a Cornfield](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/clown-in-a-cornfield/) (0.5 stars) on [[2025-06-24]] >This review may contain spoilers. > > I was just about to give up, so far this has not been good at all. I thought there would be a thing, a gimmick or a hook or stylishness or a something to make this not entirely run of the mill, but it is just netflix-flavoured content. Not gory, not trying to be ironic or funny, doesn't look cool. (also steals a move from bodies, bodies, bodies, which is another recent slasher (sortofthing) which left me completely cold. > > But...someone just got shot in the head with a crossbow in a fun way, is it going to pick up? > > ... > > it did not pick up. > > I don't understand why this got any attention at all. What a load of cobblers. Am I missing something? I just don't see the point. If you haven't seen the Terrifier movies, watch them instead of this. I really just don't see the point. It's just some stuff happening. I feel empty. - Reviewed [Sinners](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/sinners-2025/) (0.5 stars) on [[2025-04-28]] >This review may contain spoilers. > > Piffle. Just a silly jamming together of different ideas. It looks good, good acting, good music –although the big musical number with the decks and the electric guitar and the dancers is the worst thing I have seen this year– but it's just meaningless preposterousness. > > It reminds me of the Benjamin Button film in that it takes a stupid idea really really seriously, and is so bland it's barely there at all. - Reviewed [Saw IV](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/saw-iv/) on [[2025-04-04]] >second worst saw after 3D I reckon. maybe be third worst after 3D and X. > > I particularly dislike the two beef-faced men, who i had trouble telling apart. - Reviewed [Saw III](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/saw-iii/) (4 stars) on [[2025-04-02]] >This review may contain spoilers. > > some good howly screams from the guy in the chains at the beginning. no one could do the jaw > > acid key/chest claws/fizzy hands. > > this and 4 have jigsaw's worst reasons for saw-ing cops: this one you have 'you are too good at your job', 4 you have 'you're too eager to help people in trouble'. > > do they ever explain why mr saw uses puppet on bike and pigface? seems like a faff. - Reviewed [Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/hellraiser-iii-hell-on-earth/) (5 stars) on [[2025-03-22]] >has a proper story, i like these cenobites, some ropey acting, some chainy hellraisering, doug bradley really goes for it. - Reviewed [Hellraiser: Hellworld](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/hellraiser-hellworld/) (1 stars) on [[2025-03-01]] >a load of absolute bloody nonsense. total bollocks. - Reviewed [Amadeus](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/amadeus/) (5 stars) on [[2025-02-19]] >I saw this as a teen and the story always stuck with me. I watched it the other day and the acting and the costumes and the set design are just so sumptuous. Extremely easy to enjoy. - Reviewed [Hellraiser: Bloodline](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/hellraiser-bloodline/) (4 stars) on [[2025-02-28]] >Number three is great and this one is very similar, only this time instead of being in New York it's in space and sometimes the 1700s. > > Pinhead is at his am-dram best, and a lot of people get properly hellraisered. - Reviewed [Grafted](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/grafted/) (4 stars) on [[2025-02-16]] >derivative but well made. good performances too. quite a bit of face peeling. - Reviewed [Triangle](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/triangle-2009/) (1.5 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >fairly dull. the recursive time stuff is very of its time. - Reviewed [I Saw the TV Glow](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/i-saw-the-tv-glow/) (4 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >This review may contain spoilers. > > A love letter to Buffy, and very similar to 'Normal Again' from season 6. I liked it. - Reviewed [Curse of Chucky](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/curse-of-chucky/) (4 stars) on [[2025-02-07]] >much better than Under the Skin. - Reviewed [A Nightmare on Elm Street](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-2010/) (3 stars) on [[2025-01-22]] >it's better than you think it's going to be and it looks great (and very 2010). Whenever Freddy speaks he sounds like a dick though, and making him not only a child murderer but a paedophile is horribly misjudged. - Reviewed [Saw VI](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/saw-vi/) (4 stars) on [[2025-01-12]] >The best Saw sequel. Watch it while you do the washing up. - Reviewed [Terrifier 3](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/terrifier-3/) (5 stars) on [[2024-12-27]] >I went in with very high expectations, they were met: right from the start the spitefulness of the character is unmatched. > > There is a lot of snobbery about this franchise (especially amongst British critics for some reason) but they are dead wrong: unleavened horror. - Reviewed [Poltergeist III](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/poltergeist-iii/) (4.5 stars) on [[2024-12-10]] >This is really good. I like it better than the first two. If you like horror with mirrors (specular horror?), this has got some excellent stuff. > > Also, the woman who plays Donna from Twin Peaks is in it, playing a character who is also called Donna. - Reviewed [Under the Skin](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/under-the-skin-2013/) (1.5 stars) on [[2024-11-09]] >I watched this when it came out and remember thinking it was interesting. I tried to watch it again this evening with my girlfriend just now and we both got bored quickly. We stopped halfway and watched Curse of Chucky instead. no regrets: he burns that woman's eye out. - Reviewed [The Grudge](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/the-grudge/) (4 stars) on [[2024-10-13]] >Rewatched this just after rewatching the American version of Ring. The Grudge was a lot more fun, with some creepy bits and some jumpy bits. - Reviewed [Yummy](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/yummy/) (3.5 stars) on [[2024-07-27]] >It's no Braindead but I had fun. - Reviewed [Revenge](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/revenge-2017/) (4.5 stars) on [[2024-07-25]] >i fucking loved this. I don't know much about the rape/revenge genre but this was cool. Almost like a slasher but you really really want the person doing all the slashing to kill them all. Very smart, very stylish, very fun. The lead actress is perfectly cast as well. - Reviewed [Saw X](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/saw-x/) (0.5 stars) on [[2024-06-18]] >The only Saw worse than this Saw is Saw 3D. It's just insultingly stupid. The worst thing is that, without irony, it tries to make you sympathise with John Kramer. Also, the actress playing Amanda has managed to get much, much worse at acting than she was twenty years ago. I don't know, part of it is the director/script rather than the actress herself (all those stupid knowing quips), but the delivery is rough as hell. > > I love nihilistic violent movies, and I love plenty of Saw movies –Saw 6 is worth a shot if you haven't seen it, really – but this is just balls. - Reviewed [The Dark Half](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/the-dark-half/) (2 stars) on [[2024-06-17]] >Not great and extremely Stephen King (take a wild guess what the main character does for a living). Good lead actor, *loads* of sparrows, and a terrible wise old lady. Two hours long and felt longer. - Reviewed [Gateway](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/gateway-2021/) (5 stars) on [[2024-06-15]] >If you like the bleak stuff, this is excellent. The pace is glacial in a good way. Looks and sounds beautiful. Very good use of wallpaper. - Reviewed [Stopmotion](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/stopmotion/1/) (0.5 stars) on [[2024-06-12]] >Concrete scraping against concrete: the worst of all possible films. - Reviewed [Stopmotion](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/stopmotion/) (0.5 stars) on [[2024-06-12]] >Not a good film. The story is trite. The child actress is god awful (stageschoolstageschoolstageschool). The drug trip scene is embarrassingly bad –I doubt anyone involved has even seen a tab of acid in real life. I caught myself grinding my teeth the dialogue was so bad. > > It's a posh person's idea of a horror film. avoid avoid avoid. - Reviewed [Piggy](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/piggy-2022/) (2.5 stars) on [[2024-06-11]] >Beautifully made and a cool leading actress but left me a bit cold. - Reviewed [Late Night with the Devil](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/late-night-with-the-devil/) (4 stars) on [[2024-04-25]] >Loved it. Not especially scary but very cool how well they have captured the vibe of a 70s talkshow. Not only the washed out analogue look, but the set, the way the people on the show behave, the way it cuts between different cameras. They clearly put a lot of love into making this. - Reviewed [Thanksgiving](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/thanksgiving-2023/) (2 stars) on [[2024-01-29]] >I like Eli Roth (especially the Green Inferno) but this was not good –what's the point of making a 2000s straight to video slasher? It seems like it is deliberately bland. > > If you want nostalgic slasher with a bit (a lot ) more edge, Terrifier and Terrifier 2 are the way to go. - Reviewed [Saw 3D](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/saw-3d/) (1 stars) on [[2023-11-03]] >The blood is pink, I think for 3d reasons. Also, John Kramer with a backwards baseball cap is a weird choice. - Reviewed [Satan's Slaves](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/satans-slaves/) (4 stars) on [[2023-09-29]] >A proper film. And properly creepy. - Reviewed [Freaky](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/freaky/) (4 stars) on [[2023-09-27]] >adam sandler's best movie? - Reviewed [The Lords of Salem](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/the-lords-of-salem/) (1 stars) on [[2023-08-29]] >This is what people who hate horror movies think horror movies are like. - Reviewed [The Invitation](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/the-invitation-2015/) (3 stars) on [[2023-08-29]] >Cool, but the ending rather dull. - Reviewed [Circle](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/circle-2015/) (1 stars) on [[2023-06-28]] >Absolutely god awful. A quarter of an interesting idea, an nonsense script, and dreadful, dreadful acting. - Reviewed [Evil Dead Rise](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/evil-dead-rise/) (5 stars) on [[2023-05-12]] >my favourite film for a long time and my second favourite evil dead (after 2). Saw it in the cinema and practically levitated in my seat I was grinning so hard. - Watched [Climax](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/climax-2018/) (4 stars) on [[2023-02-02]] - Reviewed [Cloverfield](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/cloverfield/) (3 stars) on [[2023-02-02]] >I can't tell if this is good or not. - Reviewed [M3GAN](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/m3gan/) (2 stars) on [[2023-02-02]] >Alison Williams is good but it's like a gif. - Reviewed [Soft & Quiet](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/soft-quiet/) (3 stars) on [[2023-01-10]] >Very grim, very well shot, not that interesting. - Reviewed [Fresh](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/fresh-2022/) (4 stars) on [[2022-12-31]] >I should watch it again at some point. - Reviewed [Speak No Evil](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/speak-no-evil-2022/) (4.5 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >I reckon best horror movie of the decade so far. - Reviewed [Fall](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/fall-2022/) (4 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >I watch a lot of horror and don't really have a problem with heights, but this freaked me out. - Reviewed [Terrifier 2](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/terrifier-2/) (5 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >Film of the year! > > People complain about the length, but I was never bored. I liked that it took its time. Art the Clown is Freddy Kruger for the 21st century. They are both spite incarnate, just horribly shitty and cruel bullies (rather than lumbering meatheads like Jason or Michael Myers). In nightmare on elm street has the surrealism of dreams, Terrifier's surrealism comes from the sheer viciousness and cruelty of the kills. > > Definitely not for everyone, but in my opinion a perfect slasher. I've heard a critic coming out of the first texas chainsaw massacre saying that they felt 'purged', i felt the same after both of the terrifier movies. > > (btw, if you like this, check out The Sadness for similar nihilism and viciousness) - Reviewed [Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/hello-mary-lou-prom-night-ii/) (3.5 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >Better than you would imagine it to be. - Reviewed [Smile](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/smile-2022/) (4 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >It Follows + The Ring = Fun - Reviewed [Deadstream](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/deadstream/) (4 stars) on [[2022-10-31]] >2022: S'alright. > > January 2025: much better than alright. it feels like evil dead 2 because it feels like young people made it. - Reviewed [Hellraiser](https://letterboxd.com/nickneek/film/hellraiser-2022/) (1 stars) on [[2026-01-06]] >Out of the 11 Hellraiser movies, and there have been some shockers, this is the worst one. It wasn't even fun. > > The cenobites look like Power Rangers villains, and act like Power Rangers villains. The story is just by the numbers piffle. > > It wasn't even fun. It wasn't even fun.