Tag: New Horror Films

• The 25 Best Horror Films of 2025 — Ranked

  

  Fear, flesh, and feeling collide in 2025’s most unforgettable horror films. From intimate character studies to blood-soaked spectacles, this year’s genre offerings pushed boundaries, challenged expectations, and proved once again why horror remains one of cinema’s most vital storytelling spaces. Here are my 25 favorite horror films of 2025 — ranked, reflected on, and celebrated…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  December 30, 2025

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• Terror Through the Lens: 2025’s Most Ambitious Found Footage Films

  

  Since its horror inception with a film like Cannibal Holocaust (1980), the found footage genre has long found a welcoming and supportive home within horror itself. From there, we can trace clever and tactical marketing strategies that paved the way for The Blair Witch Project (1999), whose success relied on the persuasive and deceiving nature…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  November 4, 2025

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• The Black Phone 2 Review — A Haunting Return to Trauma, Faith, and Fear

  

  Release Date: October 17, 2025 (USA) Runtime: 114 minutes (1h 54m) Rated: R — for strong violent content, gore, teen drug use, language Production Companies: Blumhouse Productions and Crooked Highway Producers: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill Cinematography: Pär M. Ekberg Editing: Louise Ford Music / Composer: Atticus Derrickson Black Phone 2 (2025) Director: Scott Derrickson Writer(s): Scott Derrickson & C. Robert…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  October 20, 2025

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• The Best Horror Films of 2025 (So Far): From 28 Years Later to The Long Walk

  

  2025 has been an incredible year for horror, and I wanted to take a moment to highlight the films that are keeping the theatrical experience alive. While plenty of other blockbusters have carried their weight at the box office, I’d argue horror deserves its own recognition. As anyone in the fandom knows, it’s one of…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  October 2, 2025

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• The Conjuring: Last Rites Review – A Fitting Farewell to Ed and Lorraine Warren

  

  Release Date: September 5, 2025 (U.S. theatrical) Runtime: 135 minutes (2h 15min) Rated: R for violence, terror, bloody/violent content Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, The Safran Company Producers: James Wan, Peter Safran Cinematography: Eli Born Editing: Gregory Plotkin, Elliot Greenberg Music / Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) Director: Michael Chaves Writer(s):…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  September 10, 2025

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• Strange Harvest Review – Stuart Ortiz’s Grotesque Mockumentary Pulls No Punches

  

  Release Date: August 8, 2025 (United States — limited theatrical release) Runtime: 94 minutes (1 h 34 m) Rated: R — disturbing violent content; language; grisly violent content Production Companies: Adorable Damage, Pathogen Pictures Producers: Bruce Guido, Stuart Ortiz, Alex Yesilcimen Cinematography: Seth Fulleer Editing: Stuart Ortiz Music / Composer: Sarah DeCourcy Strange Harvest (2025) Director & Screenwriter: Stuart Ortiz…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  August 12, 2025

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• Love in the Flesh: Together (2025) Blurs Romance and Body Horror

  

  Release Date: July 30, 2025 Runtime: 102 min (1h 42min) Rated: R — for language; graphic nudity; brief drug content; sexual content; violent and disturbing content Production Companies: 30WEST, Tango, Picturestart, 1.21; Princess PicturesClassics Producers: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Mike Cowap, Andrew Mittman, Erik Feig, Max Silva, Julia Hammer, Timothy Headington Cinematography: Germain McMicking Editing: Sean…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  August 1, 2025

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• I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025): A Flawed but Fun Legacy Sequel That Honors the Past

  

  Release Date: July 18, 2025 Runtime: 111 minutes (1h 51m) Rating: R (for gore, language, mature themes) Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, Original Film Producer: Neal H. Moritz Cinematography: Elisha Christian Music / Composer: Chanda Dancy I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Writers: Robinson and Sam Lansky (story with Leah McKendrick)…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  July 21, 2025

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• Heart Eyes: A Rom-Com With a Body Count

  

  Heart Eyes Directed by: Josh Ruben Starring: Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding  The color red in Heart Eyes isn’t just a nod to romance—it also foreshadows the bloodshed that lurks beneath its charming exterior. What begins as a playful rom-com quickly veers into slasher territory, intertwining love and horror in a way that feels both…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  February 10, 2025

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