Hellboy: The Crooked Man

Director: Brian Taylor

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26757462

Review: Held back by its budget and some hokey dialogue but when it works, it works well with some strong ideas and well executed moments.

Watch it if: You're willing to look past a film's limitations.

And if you liked: Hellboy, Hellboy: The Golden Army, Evil Dead Rise, The Witch

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Frenzy

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068611/

Review: Runs out of steam as it goes but front loads with some interesting work and some provocative imagery.

Watch it if: You can handle at least one fairly brutal scene.

And if you liked: Peeping Tom, Torn Curtain

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Director: Tim Burton

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049403

Review: Messy and inconsistent with no real justification for its return but brings a few laughs and fun bits along the way.

Watch it if: You're ok with something feeling like several half-baked concepts stitched together.

And if you liked: Beetlejuice, Wednesday, Coming 2 America

Lisa Frankenstein

Director: Zelda Williams

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21188080

Review: A little unconfident and could use some more character clarity but delivers a a good amount of fun while going down more gruesome paths than one expects.

Watch it if: You like something that can sneak up on you with its subversion.

And if you liked: Encino Man, Totally Killer, Warm Bodies

Strange Darling

Director: JT Mollner

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22375054

Review: Surprising and exhilerating all the way through with a fun approach to storytelling and an impressive central performance.

Watch it if: You're ok with something fairly visceral.

And if you liked: Longlegs, Pearl, Let the Corpses Tan

Alien: Romulus

Director: Fede Alvarez

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18412256

Review: A good setup and basic throughline completely destroyed by fan-service references and inept actor recreation.

Watch it if: You're ok with something thats themes are completely at odds with how it was made.

And if you liked: Alien, Alien: Resurrection

Cuckoo

Director: Tilman Singer

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12349832

Review: Eerie in the right ways with a story that pulls you in with mystery and an excellent central performance.

Watch it if: You can handle some fairly nasty body horror.

And if you liked: The X-Files, The Brood, Splice

Lynch/Oz

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15399286

Review: An intriguing and fun watch laid out in an interesting manner filled with plenty of interesting tid-bits.

Watch it if: You like digging deep into film interpretation.

And if you liked: Room 237, The Films of David Lynch

Torn Curtain

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061107

Review: Intriguing and lush until its premise is fully revealed when it becomes more of a series of interesting scenes than an overall successful story.

Watch it if: You're interested in expanding your Hitchcock viewing past the obvious options.

And if you liked: The 39 Steps, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Trap

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26753003

Review: Gets a little baggy in the third act but never fully loses its electrifying energy and sense of thrill.

Watch it if: You want something that's driven by the fun the lead actor is having.

And if you liked: Dexter, Split