Stephanie Malone

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

In the mesmerizing “A Desert”, the search for lost beauty becomes a dark descent through the literal and metaphorical wilderness. Two decades after its premiere, I am finally discovering for myself what made the mesmerizing show Lost such a cultural phenomenon in the early 2000s. I’ve become obsessed with the clever and profound way the show plays with the idea of being lost, both literally and metaphorically. A Desert is a stunning, devastating exploration of that duality.

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

“Final Destination: Bloodlines” is a sequel that understands the assignment: honor the past, fix the messes, and deliver a killer good time. By now, we all know the rules: cheat death, and it’ll come back swinging—with a nail gun, a rogue escalator, a penetrating pool drain, or any number of exceedingly nasty and impossible-to-predict final blows. But Final Destination: Bloodlines, the long-awaited sixth installment and franchise rebirth, doesn’t just play by the rules.

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone |Kelly Mintzer

Nicolas Cage’s directorial debut “Sonny” is a grim, Southern noir about a tortured gigolo, soaked in sleaze and wildly uneven ambition. We’ve watched a lot of bad movies for the Cage Match. This must be understood, or nothing that follows will have the appropriate impact. I know bad movies. I’ve seen bad movies. And I know that Nicolas Cage Bad Movies are usually a different kind of bad. So I went into Sonny, Cage’s directorial debut, prepared for garbage. But friends.

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

In the riotous “Deadstream”, a disgraced influencer livestreams his descent into demonic chaos and battles more than just cancellation. In an age when influencers are more feared than poltergeists and livestreaming your trauma is practically a rite of passage, Deadstream emerges from the social media cesspit like a feral gremlin with a GoPro and something to prove.

1 month ago | morbidlybeautiful.com | Stephanie Malone

The best true crime horror films do more than explore human monstrosity; they reflect the horror of collective guilt and societal complicity. The most terrifying aspect of true crime isn’t just the perpetrator’s actions, regardless of how barbaric, inhumane, and gut-wrenching those actions are. There’s also an insidious hidden horror—the realization of how often those around the perpetrators choose to look the other way.