Abigail (2024)
June 6, 2026
Kidnappers grab a twelve-year-old ballerina who turns out to be a centuries-old vampire. The film's clever structure borrows from the heist movie.
Tag: Single Location
Single-location stories turn constraint into pressure: one room, one lifeboat, one house, and nowhere for the tension to leak out. This tag collects reviews of films that trap their casts and thrive on it.
1960sNight of the Living Dead (1968)
May 19, 2026
George Romero's 1968 zombie template. The genre's foundational document.
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…
2010sThe Cabin in the Woods (2011)
May 19, 2026
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's meta-horror about college students at a remote cabin who discover their ordeal is engineered. The Cabin in the Woods is Drew Goddard's 2011 American meta-horror film depicting college students at a remote cabin who discover…
2000sSaw (2004)
May 19, 2026
Two men wake chained in a filthy bathroom and discover they are pawns in a sadistic puzzle designed by the Jigsaw killer. Saw is James Wan's 2004 American horror film depicting two men who wake chained in a filthy bathroom…
1970sBlack Christmas (1974)
May 19, 2026
A sorority house is terrorized by an unseen caller during Christmas break, in the proto-slasher that preceded Halloween by four years. Black Christmas is Bob Clark's 1974 Canadian horror film depicting a sorority house during Christmas break terrorized by an…
1960sPsycho (1960)
May 19, 2026
Hitchcock's adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel about a woman who steals from her employer and stops at the wrong motel. Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 American horror-thriller adapted from Robert Bloch's 1959 novel, depicting a Phoenix real-estate secretary who steals…
1970sDawn of the Dead (1978)
May 19, 2026
Survivors of the zombie apocalypse take refuge in a suburban shopping mall, in George Romero's social satire sequel. Dario Argento financed the Italian co-production and supervised the European cut that runs approximately fifteen minutes shorter than Romero's preferred American version.
1980sEvil Dead II (1987)
May 19, 2026
Sam Raimi's part-remake, part-sequel where Ash returns to the cabin and battles increasingly absurd demonic forces. Evil Dead II is Sam Raimi's 1987 American horror-comedy film operating as part remake and part sequel to his 1981 The Evil Dead, depicting…
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…
1970sAirport (1970)
May 19, 2026
George Seaton's 1970 airline disaster film. Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Helen Hayes Oscar.
1980sThe Name of the Rose (1986)
May 19, 2026
Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1986 Eco adaptation. Sean Connery as Franciscan monk investigating monastery murders.