Week 4 of the 31-Word horror-movie review contest is complete!

Another great week of horror movie micro reviews! The stackers still mostly focused on modern horror but there were a number of outliers from traditional horror that caught my eye. Also a couple of movies from this year, which is always interesting to see. Turns out Stacker News is a pretty great way to source a catalog of movies to watch!

13 submissions13 submissions

• The Autopsy of Jane Doe, 2016 (@guerratotal)
• Mirror, 2008 (@brave)
• The Wailing, 2016 (@guerratotal)
• Alien Covenant, 2017 (@fred)
• Sinister, 2012 (@guerratotal)
• The Thing, 1982 (@0xbitcoiner)
• Sinners, 2025 (@Entrep)
• The Babadook, 2014 (@GreaterthanFiction)
• Gone Girl, 2014 (@billytheked)
• Silent Hill, 2006 (@guerratotal)
• The Machinist, 2004 (@guerratotal)
• Weapons, 2025 (@ladyluck)
• The Toxic Avenger, 1985 (@Scoresby)

Honorable mentionsHonorable mentions

@guerratotal's review of Silent Hill was excellent: great job highlighting the weird visual elements. I still have memories of watching this movie with a friend who had just gotten home from surgery and was on pain meds. He didn't enjoy the movie as much as I did.

@fred's review of Alien Covenant managed to convince me that the Alien franchise had more to offer. I usually find the endless sequel parade a little tiresome, but this review made Alien Covenant sound fresh and intriguing.

@0xbitcoiner shocked us all by reviewing The Thing blind ("Didn’t watch it. That’s the kind of movie I gave up on after Troll 2."

And the winner isAnd the winner is

@billytheked's review of Gone Girl.

Want thriller? Try psychological manipulation.
Murder plot unravels. Audience get played better than the people in the Missourian town setting.
Will leave a pit in your stomach.
Affleck, Perry, Pike, Fischer.

I remember this movie making a bit of buzz (or perhaps I remember the book doing so), and somehow I had it down as a faddish kind of thing. This review completely changed my mental model and got me very curious. It's on my list! Excellent enticement, Billy!

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