30 Days of Night (2007)
June 6, 2026
Vampires descend on an Alaskan town facing a month without sunrise. The idea is so good it feels stolen from someone smarter.
Tag: Isolation
Isolation is a story pressure cooker: remove society and watch what characters are made of. This tag collects reviews of films and fiction built on isolation, physical and psychological, and what the cut-off state reveals.
2020sThe Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
June 6, 2026
The Last Voyage of the Demeter earns its 6.5 by taking a few haunting pages from Dracula and building an entire film from them, with mixed but genuinely entertaining results. The film's great strength is its vision of Dracula as…
1980s
2010sA Quiet Place (2018)
May 19, 2026
John Krasinski directs the post-apocalyptic horror about a family surviving in silence to avoid blind monsters that hunt by sound. A Quiet Place is John Krasinski's 2018 American post-apocalyptic horror film depicting a family surviving in rural silence to avoid…
2000sThe Descent (2005)
May 19, 2026
Neil Marshall directs the story of six women on a caving expedition trapped in unmapped Appalachian caverns inhabited by predators. The Descent is Neil Marshall's 2005 British horror film depicting six women on a caving expedition who become trapped in…
1990sThe Blair Witch Project (1999)
May 19, 2026
Three student filmmakers documenting a Maryland witch legend get lost in the woods, in the found-footage horror pioneer. The Blair Witch Project is Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's 1999 American found-footage horror film depicting three student filmmakers who disappear in…
1980sFriday the 13th (1980)
May 19, 2026
Counselors at a summer camp reopening after a drowning tragedy are stalked and killed by an unseen attacker. Cunningham's 1980 American slasher film depicting counselors at a summer camp reopening after a child's drowning tragedy who are stalked and killed…
1990sMisery (1990)
May 19, 2026
Misery is Rob Reiner's 1990 American psychological-thriller film adapted from Stephen King's 1987 novel, depicting a romance novelist who crashes his car in a Colorado snowstorm and is rescued by his self-described number-one fan, who imprisons him in her isolated…
2010sCitizenfour (2014)
May 19, 2026
Citizenfour is Laura Poitras's 2014 American documentary depicting Edward Snowden's June 2013 meetings with Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald in Hong Kong, when Snowden disclosed classified National Security Agency documents revealing extensive surveillance programs. Citizenfour proves how documentary could operate…
2000s
2010sFree Solo (2018)
May 19, 2026
Camera operators with PTSD from filming. The film was produced by National Geographic Documentary Films on a budget of approximately two million dollars and grossed approximately twenty-eight million dollars worldwide, winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
1980sThe Name of the Rose (1986)
May 19, 2026
Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1986 Eco adaptation. Sean Connery as Franciscan monk investigating monastery murders.