List: Frame Rated Reviews and Retrospectives | Curated by Devon Elson

Aug 23, 2023
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master — heavily commercialised but highly entertainingFreddy Krueger returns to haunt the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a woman who may be able to defeat him…
Aug 17, 2023
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Freddy vs. Jason — a fitting end to two iconic slasher franchisesFreddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they’re out to get each other, too…
Aug 14, 2023
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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday — mind-boggling, arbitrary sequelSerial killer Jason Voorhees’ supernatural origins are revealed.
Aug 11, 2023
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later — tepid return slowly builds to a satisfying conclusionLaurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle Michael Myers one last time…
Aug 4, 2023
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood — respectable sequel of crazy funJason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager.
May 15, 2023
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Friday the 13th Part III — third time’s the charmJason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who’s just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.
Aug 11, 2022
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors — the greatest of the many sequelsA psychiatrist familiar with Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
Feb 25, 2022
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) • NetflixLeatherface returns to terrorise a group of idealistic young friends who disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
Feb 21, 2022
Feb 21, 2022
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Halloween II (1981) — more-of-the-same sequel squanders its opportunitiesWhile Dr Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatised Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital…
Oct 29, 2021
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Child’s Play 3 (1991) • 30 Years LaterChucky returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him, and now a teenager living in a military academy.
Aug 31, 2021
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives — unexpectedly excellent, bonkers returnTommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees’ body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead.
Jul 30, 2021
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Spy Kids (2001) • 20 Years LaterUsing high-tech gadgets, two kids have to save their reactivated spy parents when they’re kidnapped by an evil, high tech enemy.
Jun 2, 2021
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Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection (1965–1988) • Limited Edition Blu-ray [Arrow Video]Arrow Video is proud to present the first ever collection of works by Bill Rebane, the epitome of an independent regional filmmaker…
May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021
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Deadhouse Dark: Miniseries (Shudder, 2021)A series of six short horror stories anchored by a woman who receives a ‘mystery box’ from the dark web…
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
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Friday the 13th Part 2 — entertainment aimed straight at the fansMrs Voorhees is dead and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but now a neighbouring camp is stalked by an unknown assailant.
Apr 30, 2021
Apr 30, 2021
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Freddy Got Fingered (2001) • 20 Years LaterAn unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents, spreading a rumour his younger brother is being sexually abused by his dad…
Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021
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Critters (1986) • 35 Years LaterA group of small alien creatures escape a prison transport ship and are pursed by two shape-shifting bounty hunters to Earth.
Apr 12, 2021
Apr 12, 2021
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Death Has Blue Eyes (1976) • Arrow PlayerTwo crooks get the job to protect a mysterious young girl and her mother from a bunch of gangsters.
Apr 3, 2021
Apr 3, 2021
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Koko-Di Koko-Da (2019) • ShudderA couple on a trip encounter a sideshow artist and his terrorising entourage.
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 24, 2021