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Backrooms Summary and Review - Disorientation, Emotion and the Strange Spaces in Between

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Backrooms is a weird, mind‑bending and compelling psychological horror film from first‑time feature director Kane Parsons. Expanded from his earlier short‑form work on YouTube, the film dives into the unsettling feel of liminal spaces in a way that moves away from mainstream horror into something fresher and more modern. After an opening that informs us the Backrooms have already been discovered before the events of this story, we are introduced to Clark, a man whose life is steadily falling apart. His marriage has disintegrated, his furniture business is failing and he’s spiralling into alcoholism. In an attempt to get back on track, he’s undergoing therapy with Mary Klein, a therapist grappling with a traumatic past of her own. Their sessions are tense, with a clear sense that Mary has been over the same ground with Clark before with little progress. Through these exchanges, we learn how Clark has reached his current predicament and h is situation has deteriorated to the point where ...
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Mother of Flies Summary and Review - Woodland Myth, Magic and Mortality

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Mother of Flies is an atmospheric folk‑horror film set deep in the upstate New York woods, where Mickey and her father Jake travel in a last attempt to find an unconventional cure. Mickey, who is terminally ill, believes she was contacted in a dream by Solveig - a reclusive witch-healer living in the forest. With no medical options left, the pair decide to try whatever help they can find. Mickey’s young life has already been shaped by loss after the death of her mother and she now shares her life with her protective father, Jake. He’s sceptical about the whole endeavour, but he’s just as desperate as Mickey to find a solution. Together, they set off hoping for even the smallest chance of relief. A Fairytale Quality Solveig’s home is an unusual sight: an enchanting house that appears to have merged with the surrounding forest, giving it a charming fairy‑tale quality, setting the tone for the film’s blend of natural beauty and disturbing strangeness. Their host is welcoming but distant ...
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Exit 8 Summary and Review - A Disturbing Underground Detour

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Based on the popular video game of the same name, Exit 8 is a Japanese liminal‑spaces psychological horror film set entirely within the sterile confines of the underground system. It follows the fortunes — or misfortunes — of The Lost Man, who is simply trying to get to his temp job in the city.   On the train, he witnesses a distressing event in which he does not intervene before taking a call from his ex‑girlfriend, who tells him she’s pregnant and asks what he wants to do. Before he can answer, the call cuts out, and he’s left to make his way through the station alone. The crowd thins, and he is alone in the seemingly endless, sterile corridors of the station. A businessman walks past him without expression, seeming not to notice him. Then The Lost Man sees him again. And again. And again. Everyday objects, signs, and fixtures repeat themselves until he realises he has seen it all before, and something is very wrong. Rules, Loops, and Frustration The Lost Man makes numerous cir...
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Hokum Summary and Review - A Search for the Truth Rveals a Nightmare

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Hokum is a tense supernatural mystery rooted in Irish folklore, blending gothic horror with murder-mystery intrigue. Set mainly within the Bilberry Hotel, the film follows Ohm Bowden, a successful novelist returning to Ireland to scatter the ashes of his late parents at the place where they honeymooned years before. What begins as a personal pilgrimage spirals into something far darker, tied to the legend of a witch imprisoned within the hotel’s honeymoon suite. The Weight of Unresolved Grief Ohm isn’t an easy man to warm to. Abrasive and emotionally guarded, he manages to alienate most of the hotel staff soon after his arrival. But the harsh exterior masks the weight of unresolved grief — a secret he’s carried for far too long — and it gives the character a sharp, uneasy edge. Fiona, one of the hotel employees, is the only person willing to challenge his cynicism, and the brief connection between the pair gives the film an emotional focal point. When Fiona later intervenes during a d...
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Undertone Summary and Review

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Undertone is a supernatural psychological horror film that   centres on Evy, a young woman with a troubled past, now living back at home and caring for her terminally ill mother. To cope with the isolation, she co-hosts the titular podcast with Justin, a London-based collaborator we never see: Evy plays the sceptic, Justin the believer, as they dissect urban legends and creepypasta stories. A Strange Email with a Cryptic Message The film opens as they prepare to record a new episode. Justin reveals he has received a strange email containing a cryptic message and a set of audio files - files he unwisely opens. After sampling one, he saves the rest for the recording, allowing both hosts to experience them in real time. What begins as natural curiosity soon develops into something far more sinister. The audio narrative starts innocently enough: a man records his partner while she sleeps because she doesn’t believe she talks in her sleep. But as the content unfolds, increasingly distur...
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Longer Days, Darker Nights - A Look at Upcoming Horror Releases in May 2026

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As the weather warms and the evenings grow lighter, those cosy nights spent with something dark and unsettling start to feel a little rarer. Still, May looks set to be a solid month for horror fans, with a line-up that covers a wide range of the genre. The month’s releases range from supernatural horror and psychological chillers to creature features, offering a mix of intense genre thrills with slower, mood-driven stories. Whatever your preference, there’s a good spread of titles arriving throughout the month. Here’s a look at what the horror films in May have in store. Hokum A reclusive novelist travels to a remote Irish hotel to scatter his parents’ ashes, hoping for solitude and closure. Instead, he finds himself drawn into the hotel’s unsettling atmosphere, where staff whisper of an ancient witch said to haunt a long-sealed honeymoon suite. As disturbing visions take hold and a sudden disappearance deepens the mystery, his grief begins to intertwine with something far more s...
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The Mummy (Lee Cronin) 2026 Summary and Review - A Familiar Legend Becomes Something Darker

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The Mummy is a wild and winning blend of possession horror and adventure, with a good chunk of sensationalist gore. Don’t expect anything resembling the Boris Karloff classic or the Brendan Fraser-era swashbuckler - this is something else entirely. Director Lee Cronin takes a familiar framework and reworks it into something darker, stranger, and very much his own. Katie Vanishes Charlie and Laurie Cannon are raising their children in Cairo when their daughter Katie vanishes from their home. The police are called, and a young officer, Zaki, is assigned to investigate. Keen to make an impression on her first case, she is overruled by a dismissive superior officer, who throws suspicion on the parents, and the investigation falters. Eight years later, the Cannons are back in the United States, trying to maintain as normal a life as possible, but are deeply scarred and still haunted by the loss of Katie. Until a phone call changes everything. Unnatural Aging Katie is found alive, inexplica...
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