A new Ghostface terrorizes Woodsboro, blending suspense with darkly comic, pulpy, and brisk horror.
Suspenseful and campy, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
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Real scares and lots of jump scares, about what an R should carry.
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Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)Pulpy · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyJewish-American soldiers brutally scalp Nazis in occupied France, leading to suspenseful, darkly comedic encounters.
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The Devil's Advocate (1997)Mildly scary · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredAn ambitious lawyer's new job in New York quickly becomes a darkly-comic, suspenseful descent into something evil.Scream 4 is on our Slashers list.
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