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Shadow In The Cloud is an action horror film set largely on a large plane on a resupply mission who picks up an extra passenger, Maude, right before takeoff. Maude is carrying a confidential package, and the rest of the crew, all men, are suspicious of her, and more than a little contemptuous of her status as a female pilot. The film stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Maude Garrett and Taylor John Smith as Walter Quaid, the only crew member nice to Maude. Unfortunately, the plane has more than a few issues, including a particularly dangerous stowaway... The acting is good. Make no mistake, this is Chloe Grace Moretz's movie. She is the audience's eyes through which we see the increasingly high-stakes events of the film, and she is a very capable and sympathetic character. This film centers completely on her and her experiences on the plane. Uniquely, if she isn't around to witness an event directly, she can only imagine it and we the audience gets to see brief flashes of what she ...

The Beach house  is a horror film directed by Jeffrey A. Brown and starring Liana Liberato as Emily. Emily and her boyfriend Randall go to a beach house owned by Randall's parents, and while there, realize that an older couple, Mitch and Jane, friends of Randall's parents, are already staying there. The four decide to get high and during that time, they notice a strong fog rolling in. Jane gets lost on the beach in the fog and Mitch goes off to find her. In the morning, she returns with boils all over her skin, and strange things start happening... The film features some visceral close-up body horror, and while not exceedingly graphic, it is still bound to make you cringe and squirm due to the subject matter. In this respect, it is similar to another film I have reviewed, Sea Fever . While that was set on a ship and focused on the conflict between immediate quarantine and hospitalization, and had a student who was uniquely qualified to at least help to contain the situation, Th...

Sea Fever  is a horror film directed by Neasa Hardiman, starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott. Corfield plays Siobhan, a student studying the behaviors of deep sea animals, who joins a crew of fishermen to have the opportunity to dive into the sea and study creatures in the ocean. A mysterious... thing soon ensnares the boat and a strange algae-like substance begins causing disturbing trouble for the crew. The film tales a lot of cues from John Carpenter's  The Thing , being set in an isolated location, a ship at sea, and featuring an infection that, while less overtly malevolent than the earlier film's titular Thing, is sure to strike a chord with modern-day viewers thanks to its emphasis on quarantine paralleling the anxieties of the COVID-19 pandemic. The performances are very good, and honestly exceeded my expectations. I had only seen Hermione Corfield in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation previously, where she played a bit part. This film proved th...