They Will Kill You (2026)

After shooting her abusive father, Asia tries to escape, leaving her little sister behind. Years later, after a stint in prison, Asia takes a job as a maid in a building with all of the bad vibes. But she's got a purpose for being there and she's not the easy pickings the residents assumed.

It's all blood, guts and what the fuck moving at breakneck speed. Gory yet silly fun.

B-

Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Myra makes her living as a medium, hosting weekly seances for a small group of regulars. Her husband Billy is clearly devoted to the care of his wife, but whether it's out of love or duty is hard to tell; we do learn that Myra was in a bad way for a while, possibly due to the stillbirth of their only son Arthur. We meet them just before they enact a plan to kidnap the young daughter of a rich family for ransom and to boost Myra's credibility as a medium.

The mood, pacing, acting, script -- just everything -- is pretty near perfect. There was tension, but it never came off as false or unnecessarily stretched-out. We feel Billy's hope that maybe he can somehow wriggle out of the plan, but understand that's just not who he is when he gives in to his wife's insistence. I was especially glad that the child herself was neither bratty nor docile. She, like everyone else, behaved just as one would expect in the very odd but also strangely believable circumstances. 

A-

Cape Fear (1962)

Lawyer Sam Bowden is enjoying a cushy life when a Max Cady, a nasty piece of work from his past, shows up in town. Max has spent the last 8 years in jail studying the law and planning revenge on Sam for his part in putting him there. He's a truly scary dude who knows just how far he can go without putting a toe over the legal line. Bowden is aware that the law won't help him until after there's an actual crime and is not OK with the wait & see approach when it's his family at risk.

The tension is so thick that I had to take a break in the middle of watching. Very well done, but Max is also just incredibly depraved making it difficult to be entertained. The script is smart enough to let our minds fill in blanks rather than to spell everything out, but I guess my mind can be a terrifying place. I mean, when a visibly traumatized prostitute couldn't even talk about what he did to her, it stopped being fun.

B-

There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011)

Diane was the responsible driver in a crash that killed 8 people in two vehicles. Though she had a blood alcohol level equivalent to 10 drinks in her system, those closest to her refuse to believe it. They instead insist that there's another explanation: testing contamination or an underlying physical explanation.

I fully understand this need to protect your loved one's memory from a truth that would completely ruin it, but I don't get why anyone thought that this particular example was the most interesting one about which to make a movie. I'm guessing that the four dead children is such a horrific outcome that it was mistaken for a fascinating one.

C

Obsession (2026)

Baron has a crush on co-worker Nikki so, when he finds a product that promises him one wish, he buys it makes a wish that she love him more than anything. Great set-up, but it falls apart almost immediately because whoever's granting wishes doesn't understand what love is. I think I'd have been completely on board if the wish were that she is crazy about him or can't live without him or is obsessed with him or a thousand other ways the wish could've been phrased... just not "love."

That said, I really enjoyed the mechanics of the spell. I liked that the real Nikki was trapped under the wish and could, very briefly, sometimes emerge. I also enjoyed when she was just plain weird: like when she'd move unnaturally or stand in a dark corner to watch him sleep. But most of what she did made zero sense as love, unless we're going to say a man who beats people to a bloody pulp for the sin of looking at his woman might have done it because he just loves her so much. Ugh.

C