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Evil comes in many forms, and the evil that slithers throughout Longlegs extends beyond Nicolas Cage’s titular boogeyman.

Steven Soderbergh has consistently demonstrated himself as one of the most innovative creatives in American cinema. ​​His 2018 horror film Unsane, famously filmed using an iPhone 7 Plus, elevated the woman-in-peril subgenre with technique and style. His latest, Presence, takes on a similar experimental approach to a well-known horror story. Penned by David Koepp, who previously wrote Soderbergh’s tight and thrilling chamber piece Kimi, Presence is a darkly comic and slow-burn genre film that pre

Following her heightened college post-grad anxiety trip in Shiva Baby, Emma Seligman returns to high school in Bottoms with her partner in crime, co-writer Rachel Sennott. Together, they’ve assembled a chaotic, feminist, and endearing coming-of-age comedy about two horny and awkward teenage girls. As graduation approaches, the pair think their best shot at having sex with cheerleaders is to punch, kick, and bodyslam them. While the film follows a familiar structure to its sex comedy predecessors

Dubstep fills the theater before writer and director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise premiere at this year’s SXSW, hyping audiences for the experience. The excitement carries itself throughout the film’s sharp 97-minute runtime, and after my viewing, I can say with confidence: fans of the sick and twisted should prepare themselves for Evil Dead Rise. It mixes the same absurd humor from Sam Raimi’s 1980s Evil Dead films and the unrelenting brutality of Fede Álvarez’s 2013 remake. Ditching the cabin i