The Carpenter’s Son arrives in theatres as one of 2025’s most talked-about and divisive films: a short, intense supernatural-horror riff on the “lost years” of Jesus that blends faith, folklore and bloody spectacle. Directed and written by Lotfy Nathan, the film stars Nicolas Cage as the Carpenter (Joseph), FKA twigs as the Mother (Mary), and … Read more
In theatres this week is Keeper, a tight, 99-minute psychological horror from director Osgood Perkins that stars Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland. Marketed as a haunted-cabin nightmare with a relationship at its core, the film follows Liz (Maslany) and Malcolm (Sutherland) who take a secluded anniversary trip to a remote cabin. When Malcolm abruptly returns … Read more
Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating film Frankenstein (2025) is a sweeping, gothic, based on a novel by Mary Shelley’s from 1818 that blends tragedy, spectacle and gruesome creature-making. The film is written and directed by del Toro and stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as the Creature, with Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz in … Read more
Weapons — a tense horror-mystery that opened in summer 2025 — is earning attention not just for its puzzle-box plot but for how extreme some of its imagery is. Classification boards and major parents’ guides have given the film strong warnings: it carries an adult (R/18) style advisory because of bloody violence, body horror, language, … Read more
The chilling handset is ringing once more: the horror sequel The Black Phone 2 arrives this October, and it brings with it questions about who should watch it, how the storyline builds on its predecessor, and how families can decide whether it’s appropriate for younger viewers. Four years after the events of the original film … Read more