Deirdre Crimmins

5 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Deirdre Crimmins

This piece contains spoilers for 28 Years Later. When 28 Days Later gushed from the silver screen 23 years ago, it was a massive hit financially and critically. The sequel, 28 Weeks Later, in 2007, picked up the torch lit by its predecessor, for the most part. Now, in 2025, we have a brand new film in the series, morphing the franchise into a trilogy and soon to be a tetralogy next year. But something in the latest entry is off.

3 weeks ago | thatshelf.com | Deirdre Crimmins

For the past 11 years, and through four films, John Wick has had a stranglehold on gentlemanly action films. The world’s decade-long infatuation with James Bond and the more recent embrace of the Kingsman franchise, alongside John Wick, reinforces the notion that sometimes we just want to watch a guy in a well-tailored suit kill a whole bunch of people. It’s stylish, exciting, and escapist. All the elements of a fun night at the cinema.

4 weeks ago | thatshelf.com | Deirdre Crimmins

Horror films have always been about more than the plot. Crushing grief, fear of globalism, and anxiety over female empowerment are just a small smattering of what lies beneath films like Hereditary, Dracula, and Ginger Snaps. Not only have text and sub-text been hanging out together in the horror genre since its inception, so has the awareness of these secondary forces in media. Reading a film for what it is hiding behind its surface is as old as cinema itself.

1 month ago | rue-morgue.com | Deirdre Crimmins

By DEIRDRE CRIMMINSStarring Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac and Aaron AbramsWritten by Carter Blanchard and Eli CraigDirected by Eli CraigRLJE Films and ShudderIf there were a slasher film bingo card, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD could fill up nearly the entire card. A generational killer with a flashback before the opening credits. Small town far past its heyday. Buncha teens up to no good. And one teen who just moved to the town with her newly single father.

1 month ago | thatshelf.com | Deirdre Crimmins

While some film sequels seem completely superfluous, like Weekend at Bernie’s and The NeverEnding Story, a second stab at the world of 2018’s A Simple Favor makes a certain degree of sense. The intriguing world of martinis, moms, and murder lends itself to new mysteries and even more high heels. While Another Simple Favor deserves snaps for the clever title, it does not fully live up to the charm of the original. This one begins much the same as the previous film.