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Abigail (2024) – Quick Review

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Director by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
Written by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick

After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl. (IMDB)

***warning – some mild spoilers***

Caught up with Abigail recently after putting it off for a while as I kept hearing mixed reviews. Well, that will teach me to disobey one of my own rules of not listening to what other people say! I had a great time with Abigail – well better that than the poor souls who kidnapped her not knowing what they were getting into.

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Sinners (2025)

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Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. (IMDB)

Michael B. Jordan plays Smoke and Stack, twin brothers returning to their Mississippi Delta roots to open a juke joint in their home town. They have been away for several years, working in Chicago, the name Al Capone being bandied about; they are tough guys with a reputation even after all this time. With a truck full of Irish Beer and Italian wine, there is also the suggestion that they might be in hot water if their old bosses find out what they have been up to. But the fear of reprisals from gangsters is nothing compared to the fear of devils and demons, rife in the superstitious South.

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GNoH Review: Insane Like Me (2022)

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Written by Britt Bankhead and Chip Joslin
Directed by Chip Joslin

A supernatural thriller about a combat veteran, who returns home after a tour of duty overseas. He becomes the lead suspect in his girlfriend’s disappearance and is subsequently wrongly convicted and incarcerated. Nine years later he is released from the mental asylum, he returns home to find the truth and settle the score. (IMDB)

You might not get the polished sheen of larger budget, studio productions, but it’s a pretty good indication of what might be to come from Bankhead and Joslin.

Read the full review at Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE

The Invitation (2022)

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The Invitation (2022)

Written by Blair Butler
Directed by Jessica M. Thompson

Review by: Mark Walker

A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot (IMDB)

There are likely some spoilers in this review but nothing that I don’t think has already been shown in the trailers.

Nathalie Emmanuel plays Evie, a struggling artist, working as a waitress for a crap boss and mourning the recent loss of her sick mother. With her father having died when she was 14, she is all alone apart from her close friend, Grace (Courtney Taylor). After sending off her DNA using a kit from a goody bag she and Grace nick from an event they are waitressing at, Evie discovers that she has distant family in England and agrees to meet up with her newfound cousin Oliver who is in New York on a business trip.

After getting to know each other over lunch, Oliver tells Evie about another relation marrying into a wealthy family and invites Evie to join him.

Defying all common sense, Evie agrees to go, despite the protestations of Grace, the sensible, sassy best friend. So far, so GET OUT; the lone black woman in a sea of white faces, far from home and out of her comfort zone. While the set-up is familiar, The Invitation takes a vastly different turn from GET OUT and doesn’t quite work as well.

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