Uncaged instead leans into the more B-Movie nature of fin flicks, turning the movie into an underwater slasher riff where the sharks are the killer. The original nails the basics of shark cinema like the best have in the past, which this sequel doesn’t try to match. I won’t lie and say the 47 Meters Down sequel is better than 47 Meters Down. Stars: Sophie Nélisse, Corinne Foxx, Sistine Stallone.The Strangers is horrifyingly relevant and needs nothing more than to implode the idea of our houses being safe spaces like few home invasion films have, and ever will, deliver. Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman give tremendous performances as victims caught in an unthinkable cat-and-mouse scenario. It’s a home invasion film based purely on coincidence, which is the most frightening predicament. “Because you were home,” a line that will live in horror-movie infamy thanks to The Strangers. Stars: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Glenn Howerton.The Swedish commentary on greedy business folk comes with a nasty savageness and cheeky workplace satires, comparable to other winning work retreat horror tales like Severance. Kills all have a taste of the great outdoors since the film takes place at a woodland work retreat, from machetes through hammocks to a splashy jacuzzi death. It’s a furious “Worksploitation” slasher that puts a knife to the throat of scummy corporate culture. Work sucks, but luckily The Conference doesn’t. Stars: Katia Winter, Adam Lundgren, Eva Melander.Regarding summer shark attack flicks, The Meg is no guppie compared to the competition. Plenty of shots convey how menacing and gigantic the titular “Meg” can be as nightmare fuel. The Meg works well within its PG-13 confines as Jason Statham fights a megalodon, shows another dimension with cute romantic banter, and is more than just another of his action stereotype heroes. Maybe horror fans would have been more forgiving should the film have become an R-rated ocean of blood, but that’s wishful thinking. I’m still baffled by its poor reception upon release.
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