The Fear Review
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A married couple dives headfirst into horror — one lifelong fanatic, one brave volunteer.The Fear Review is where William and Amy watch everything from slashers and creature features to new theatrical releases, then sit down to argue, laugh, and occasionally question their life choices.Each week they break down a new and classic horror films with sharp takes, real relationship energy, and the kind of brutally honest reactions only a husband and wife can get away with. Expect rankings, rants, sarcastic commentary, and the occasional existential crisis brought on by a questionable sequel.Whether you’re a hardcore horror nerd or you watch with one eye closed (like Amy), this show brings the scares, the laughs, and the surprisingly heartfelt conversations that happen when you mix marriage with monsters.Around here, the fear is family.
Episodes
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Charlie Shaw's Revenge: John Langridge & Renato Pires Interview
What happens when you film a killer-clown horror movie inside a real, working adventure park? In this special interview, William sits down with Charlie Shaw's Revenge writer and director John Langridge and producer Renato Pires to discuss how the film came together, from its original killer-clown...
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Clayface Review: DC Goes Full Body Horror
Clayface takes one of Batman's villains and turns him into a full-on body horror movie, and Amy was not looking forward to this one. The trailers were already enough to gross her out, but the actual movie takes things much further. In fact, Amy spent so much time looking away from the screen that...
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The Cycle Review: Deborah Ann Woll and a Supernatural Mystery
A crime investigation, a supernatural mystery, and some practical effects that Amy could barely watch. The Cycle has a lot going on, but this is one movie we're not going to spoil. Deborah Ann Woll stars in this Shudder horror film about a forensic investigator whose latest case involves her...
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Devour (2026) Review: Werewolves, Vampires & AI Effects
Devour (2026) has vampires, a werewolf, a heavy-metal band, and more monsters than we know what to do with. It sounded like exactly the kind of horror movie William would love. Amy was on board for the vampires. But would all those monsters actually add up to a good movie? In this episode of The...
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The Caged (2026) Review: A Haunted House That Never Lets Up
The Caged (2026) made its world premiere at Screamfest, and this haunted house horror movie caught us off guard. A family moves into a home with a dark history, and before long, they're dealing with ghosts, possession, witchcraft, and scares that just don't let up. Amy kept asking for the volume…
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Serena Review: An AI Thriller Told Through a Computer Screen Copy title
Serena is an AI thriller that unfolds almost entirely on a computer screen. So how do you keep a movie like that interesting? For our Screamfest 2026 review, William and Amy discuss Rob Alicea's film about a struggling musician hired to help test an advanced AI assistant. What starts as a simple...
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Abandoned (2026): Director Joby Stephens and Cast Reveal the Scares They Kept Secret
What happens when the actors in a horror movie don't know exactly when the scares are coming? For this Screamfest 2026 interview, William sits down with Abandoned (2026) director Joby Stephens and stars Grace Gallagher and Cameron Wight to talk about the unusual way they brought this found…
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Abandoned (2026) Review: Found Footage and Real Scares
What happens when a horror director keeps some of the scares hidden from the actors themselves? In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy review Abandoned (2026), director Joby Stephens' found-footage horror film that screened at Screamfest 2026. The story follows two struggling…
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Other Mommy (2026) Review: Terrifying Monster, Heavy Story
Other Mommy (2026) has a genuinely terrifying monster, a creepy Jessica Chastain, and some surprisingly nasty horror. So why did we leave the theater feeling disappointed? In this episode of The Fear Review, William and Amy discuss Rob Savage's adaptation of Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the...
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The Swallow Review: Killer Mud Gets Very Different Reactions
The Swallow takes one of the great irrational fears of anyone who grew up watching movies in the ’80s and turns it into a creature feature: what if the quicksand actually fought back? We caught Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s latest horror film after its Fantastic Fest world premiere and ahead…
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Bloody Tennis: Sandra Guldberg Kampp Interview
Bloody Tennis star Sandra Guldberg Kampp joins The Fear Review to talk about playing Sophie as the movie gets increasingly strange, brutal and downright disgusting. Sandra takes us through Sophie's gradual transformation, how she kept the character grounded while everything around her went...
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Bloody Tennis Director Nikias Chryssos Interview: Brutality, Ambition and That Cat Scene
Bloody Tennis director Nikias Chryssos joins The Fear Review to talk about building the film's escalating brutality, unnerving body horror and the ambition that drives its players past any reasonable limit. We get into why some of the movie's smallest injuries can be more uncomfortable than its...
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Kung Fu Deadly Review: Kung Fu, Jiangshi and a Whole Lot of Fun
Kung Fu Deadly mixes martial arts, Jiangshi, slapstick comedy and a surprising amount of heart and somehow all of it works. We caught the film as part of our Fantastic Fest 2026 coverage, and this ended up being way more fun than either of us expected. Amy got serious The Goonies and Little...
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No Rest for the Wicked: Director Kasper Kalle Interview
No Rest for the Wicked director Kasper Kalle joins The Fear Review to talk about bringing Karl Heinrich Ulrichs’ 1884 short story Manor to the screen, filming in the Faroe Islands, and adapting a very different kind of vampire story that predates Dracula. Kalle discusses why the Faroe Islands...
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The Squirrel Director and Mimosa Willamo on Comfort, Connection and Real Squirrels
The Squirrel writer/director Markus Lehmusruusu and star Mimosa Willamo join The Fear Review following the film’s Fantastic Fest international premiere. Markus explains why the most frightening thing about the movie’s future isn’t an evil government or some obvious villain, it’s that people were...
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The Squirrel (2026) Review — Dystopia Gets Weirdly Heartwarming
The Squirrel drops us into a future where everything is clean, safe and controlled. People have traded intimacy, freedom and a little bit of chaos for comfort and then Pasi discovers what may be the last living squirrel on Earth. We caught The Squirrel as part of our Fantastic Fest 2026 coverage,...
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Resident Evil Did the Impossible… It Won Over a Zach Cregger Hater
Amy said months ago that she was not going to see another Zach Cregger movie in a theater. Then the first 30 minutes of Resident Evil scared her enough to change her mind. After buying tickets in Orlando for the complete movie, we break down its sudden turn into extreme body horror, why Austin...
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Littermates Directors on Making Every Scene a Bait and Switch
Littermates writers/directors Scott Tinkham and Michael Woloson join The Fear Review ahead of Fantastic Fest to talk about building a movie designed to keep audiences questioning what they can trust. Scott and Michael break down the mystery surrounding Chester, Liam and Mel essentially growing up...
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How Did Onslaught Make THIS Much Chaos So Boring?
Onslaught should have been an easy win: super soldiers, buckets of blood, over-the-top action, Dan Stevens and a movie that seems determined to turn everything up to 15. So how did all that chaos somehow stop being fun? William and Amy get into the repetitive action sequences, the supposedly…
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Colony Review: A Great Idea That Divided Us
Colony, the latest infected horror film from Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, gave us two very different reactions. Amy went in excited but found the movie repetitive and eventually checked out. William agreed that the 122-minute runtime could have been tighter, but the evolving infected and...
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Insidious: Out of the Further Actually Disturbed Us
Insidious: Out of the Further takes the franchise somewhere darker, and after six movies, this one actually managed to disturb both of us. Amy found this entry heavier than the previous films and there were several scenes she simply refused to watch, including one that left her genuinely…
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Insidious: The Red Door Review | Did It Need to Break Up the Lamberts?
The Lambert family survived The Further together. So why does Insidious: The Red Door begin with everything falling apart? For the final movie in our Further into the Further event, we’re talking about the return of Josh and Dalton, the fractured Lambert family, and whether turning the solution...
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Insidious: The Last Key Review | The Least Scary Yet... So Why Does It Work?
Insidious: The Last Key may be the least scary entry in the franchise so far, but does trading some of those relentless scares for a stronger story actually make it worse? We’re halfway through Further into the Further, and this time William and Amy find a very different kind of Insidious movie....
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Insidious Chapter 3 Review | Is It the Scariest One Yet?
Amy thought Insidious: Chapter 3 might finally be the easy one. Instead, it scared her more than the first two. For the third movie in our Further into the Further event, we look at why Leigh Whannell’s first turn directing the franchise feels darker and meaner, why the Man Who Can’t Breathe got...
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Insidious: Chapter 2 Is Somehow Still This Scary
Insidious: Chapter 2 picks up right where the first movie left off, and Amy was apparently wrong to expect the sequel to give her a break. Sequels often soften the scares or repeat what worked the first time, but this one still hit hard enough that Amy needed a weighted blanket, shut the bedroom...
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Insidious Might Be Scarier Than The Conjuring
Amy thought years of watching horror would make Insidious easier this time. Instead, she walked away wondering if it might be even scarier than The Conjuring. We’re going Further into the Further as we revisit every Insidious movie before Insidious: Out of the Further. We start with James Wan’s...
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The Yeti Needed More Yeti
The Yeti needed more Yeti. This old-school creature feature has a great late-1940s Alaskan look, strong performances, and a monster we genuinely wanted to see. The problem is that most of the kills happen off camera, the Yeti remains hidden behind fog and noise, and several character decisions…
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Ice Cream Man (2026) Review — Too Gory to Be This Much Fun
Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man looks bright, colorful, and almost wholesome. Then the blood starts flowing and barely stops. Amy expected the movie to be far too graphic for her. She spent much of it covering her ears and squinting through the kills, but somehow, she still had fun. William expected an...
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Spider Man Brand New Day Review | Did It Actually Stick the Landing?
Spider Man is back, and this might be Tom Holland's best outing yet. After everything Peter Parker lost in No Way Home, Brand New Day takes the character in a fresh direction while delivering bigger action, more emotion, and some of the most brutal Spider Man moments we've seen on screen. We also...
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Nightborn Review | Neither of Us Wants to Watch It Again
Neither of us ever wants to watch Nightborn again. Somehow, that still was not enough to make us agree on whether horror fans should see it. Nightborn follows a couple who move into an isolated house in the Finnish forest to start a family. After their son is born, Saga becomes convinced there is...
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Her Private Hell Might Be the Worst Movie Amy Has Ever Seen
Amy didn't just dislike Her Private Hell. She says it may be the worst movie she's ever seen. In this review, William and Amy discuss Nicolas Winding Refn's latest nightmare, from its dreamlike storytelling and neon-soaked visuals to the overwhelming music, confusing narrative, and the moments…
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Exit 8 Review | It Made Us Yell at the Screen
Exit 8 traps a man inside an endless subway corridor where one overlooked anomaly sends him all the way back to the beginning. The rules sound simple, but Exit 8 quickly turned us from passive viewers into players studying every poster, door, vent, and person on the screen. We discuss: How the...
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Georgia Bernstein Breaks Down Night Nurse, Cronenberg, & Reinventing the Erotic Thriller
Writer/director Georgia Bernstein joins The Fear Review to talk about her debut feature, Night Nurse, which premiered at Sundance and is releasing through IFC Films. In this conversation, William talks with Georgia about the inspirations behind Night Nurse, the film’s complex power dynamics, the...
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Night Nurse Is an Erotic Thriller Without the Thrill
This week on The Fear Review, we’re talking about Night Nurse, the new IFC psychological thriller from writer/director Georgia Bernstein. This one was a miss for both of us, but for slightly different reasons. William could see the ideas the movie was reaching for — power dynamics, manipulation,...
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Evil Dead Burn Doesn't Let You Breathe
We finally reached the end of our Road to Evil Dead Burn, and this one put both of us through it. William loved how relentless Evil Dead Burn is. Amy walked away completely spent after one of the most intense horror experiences she's had in a theater. The gore is bigger. The action is faster. But...
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Evil Dead (2013) Has a Major Ash Problem
We wrapped up our Road to Evil Dead Burn by revisiting the 2013 remake of Evil Dead… and it completely changed Amy's opinion of the movie. William still thinks it's one of the strongest entries in the franchise thanks to its brutal gore, smarter character setup, and relentless horror. Amy isn't...
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Army of Darkness Was NOTHING Like Amy Expected
Continuing our Road to Evil Dead Burn, we’re talking Army of Darkness — and this one completely surprised Amy. After avoiding it for years because she thought it was basically Monty Python with horror, Amy finally watched Army of Darkness all the way through…and it became her favorite Evil Dead...
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Evil Dead II Created Horror’s Most Iconic Hero
We’re continuing our road to Evil Dead Burn with Evil Dead II, and this is the movie where the franchise really starts to feel like the Evil Dead everyone remembers. The original was straight horror. This one brings in the slapstick, the bigger Deadites, the chainsaw hand, and the moment where…
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I Thought The Evil Dead Was Supposed to Be Funny... | The Evil Dead (1981)
We’re kicking off our Road to Evil Dead Burn with the movie that started it all: The Evil Dead. William has loved this franchise for years. Amy thought she knew it because she knew Ash, the chainsaw, and the quotes. Turns out, the original is a very different beast. Before the boomstick, before…
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Forbidden Fruits Review: This “Cute” Witch Movie Gets Unbelievably Nasty
We checked out Forbidden Fruits on Shudder, and it ended up being a fun one. For most of it, Amy and I were both enjoying the cute, witchy, glossy vibe. It kind of feels like if the girls from The Craft listened to Spice Girls instead of The Cure. Then the last stretch kicks in and reminds you…
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Leviticus Is Basically Conversion Therapy It Follows
Backrooms and Obsession have been standouts in a really good stretch of horror lately, and Leviticus belongs in that conversation. This one is basically conversion therapy It Follows, which is a weird combination, but it works. William thought the horror hook was strong, simple, and effective.…
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The Voices of Our Mother Review | One of Horror's Most Unexpected Twists?
The Voices of Our Mother takes a very different approach to possession horror, but does the ending make the journey worth it? William and Amy had very different reactions to Shudder's latest original horror film. William appreciated the slow-building mystery and thought the payoff delivered one…
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Amy Walked Out of Find Your Friends
Amy did something she's never done before on The Fear Review: she walked out. Not because of the horror. Not because of the gore. Because she couldn't take another minute with the characters. This week we're reviewing Find Your Friends, the new Shudder Original that follows a group of young women...
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Scary Movie Promised "No Safe Spaces"... Did It Deliver?
The Wayans are back with a new Scary Movie, but did they actually go as far as the marketing promised? Amy was laughing constantly and gave Scary Movie a Full Price, calling it a fun return to the franchise's slapstick roots. William had a great time too, but came away wishing the comedy had a...
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Title: Is OBSESSION Too Effective For Its Own Good?
Can a movie be so well done that it's bad for you?vThat's the question at the center of our review of OBSESSION. William thinks the film succeeds at exactly what it sets out to do, but Amy thinks that's precisely the problem. From its relentless tension and disturbing imagery to one of the…
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BACKROOMS Made Amy Feel Unsafe In Real Life
BACKROOMS completely caught us off guard. What started as a creepy liminal horror movie slowly turned into one of the most isolating and emotionally draining theater experiences Amy’s had in a long time. This wasn’t just jump scares or creepy hallways. The sound design and hidden footsteps had…
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Saccharine (2026) | Horror That Gets Under Your Skin
Natalie Erika James returns with one of the most physically uncomfortable horror movies we’ve seen in a long time. In this episode, we break down Saccharine’s disturbing body horror, escalating “hungry ghost” imagery, unsettling sound design, and the deeper emotional themes underneath all of it....
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Natalie Erika James Interview | Saccharine, Relic & Horror That Feels Physical
Natalie Erika James’ horror films don’t just scare you — they feel physical. After revisiting Relic and Apartment 7A for our Natalie Erika James spotlight week, we sat down with Natalie to talk about Saccharine, sensory horror, body horror, sound design, trauma, and the emotional themes running...
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Apartment 7A (2024) Review | Broadway Horror Meets Rosemary’s Baby
Apartment 7A takes the world of Rosemary’s Baby and filters it through Broadway ambition, bodily discomfort, manipulation, and psychological horror. This week on The Fear Review, William and Amy continue their Natalie Erika James spotlight with Apartment 7A, the psychological horror prequel...
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Relic Isn’t Just Creepy… It Hurts | Relic (2020) Review
Relic starts as a deeply creepy haunted house movie. Then it slowly turns into something emotionally devastating. For the first entry in our Natalie Erika James Spotlight Week, we revisited Relic years after first watching it and this time it hit completely differently. Between the shadowy…
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A married couple dives headfirst into horror — one lifelong fanatic, one brave volunteer.The Fear Review is where William and Amy watch everything from slashers and creature features to new theatrical releases, then sit down to argue, laugh, and occasionally question their life choices.Each week they break down a new and classic horror films with sharp takes, real relationship energy, and the kind of brutally honest reactions only a husband and wife can get away with. Expect rankings, rants, sarcastic commentary, and the occasional existential crisis brought on by a questionable sequel.Whether you’re a hardcore horror nerd or you watch with one eye closed (like Amy), this show brings the scares, the laughs, and the surprisingly heartfelt conversations that happen when you mix marriage with monsters.Around here, the fear is family.
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