Will Lasley
Bio
I’m an actor and director of stage and screen. But I also dabble in standup, and on this site, horror movie criticism. I’m just a guy who loves horror movies, and I like to share that love with the world.
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‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Movie Review
In this sequel to 2016’s Don’t Breathe, the Blind Man (Stephen Lang) has now adopted a young child (Madelyn Grace) and is raising her as his own. He teaches her everything he knows about survival, but when a group of strange men come looking for her, the Blind Man will have to finally confront his past and the villain he once was.
By Will Lasley2 years ago in Horror
‘The Amusement Park’ Movie Review
The Amusement Park is a surreal educational film, of sorts, about a man (Lincoln Maazel) who finds himself in a strange park where he is met with hostility from the staff and patrons, and many of the attractions have bizarre rules and consequences.
By Will Lasley2 years ago in Horror
‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Movie Review
In director John Krasinski’s sequel to the 2018 runaway horror hit, the now-widowed Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt) and her three children, oldest Regan (Millicent Simmonds), middle child Marcus (Noah Jupe), and infant (unnamed and unattributed), find a reluctant ally in Emmett (Cillian Murphy), an old family friend turned expert survivalist. When the kids figure out that there are people hiding out on an island that’s supposedly uninhabited by the monsters, they find a glimmer of hope. But it turns out that the killer alien creatures aren’t the only adversaries they’ll have to face.
By Will Lasley2 years ago in Horror
‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’ Movie Review
Spiral, a new spinoff of the highly popular Saw franchise, is about a Jigsaw copycat targeting police officers in New York. Detective Zeke Banks (Chris Rock), an officer who is resented by his peers after he turned in a dirty cop, as well as living in the shadow of his father (Samuel L. Jackson), the former police chief, must track down the killer and solve the mystery, along with his new partner, Detective William Schenk (Max Minghella).
By Will Lasley2 years ago in Horror
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Movie Review
In this epic kaiju crossover, Kong is being quarantined on Skull Island in order to protect him from Godzilla, hoping to prevent an inevitable fight for dominance. When a company called Apex discovers there may be a hidden prehistoric world at the center of the Earth, the same world from which all of these giant monsters supposedly came, the head of Apex (Demián Bichir) approaches a scientist (Alexander Skarsgård) to lead an expedition there. It turns out that Kong may be the secret to finding this hidden world, so he is transported to a research site in Antarctica, along with his handler (Rebecca Hall) and a little girl who is seemingly able to communicate with him (Kaylee Hottle). But not only does this put Godzilla on his trail, it is clear that Apex is hiding something, and young Madison Russell (Millie Bobby Brown), her friend Josh (Julian Dennison), and a conspiracy podcaster (Bryan Tyree Henry) are determined to find out what they’re up to.
By Will Lasley2 years ago in Geeks
‘Wrong Turn’ (2021) Movie Review
In this revamp of the 2003 fan favorite, original screenwriter Alan McElroy returns to tell an all-new story about a different group of twentysomethings (Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Emma Dumont, Dylan McTee, Vardaan Arora, Adrien Favela) who venture into the Appalachian backwoods and encounter an independent tribal society deep in the forest. After they disappear, one of the women’s fathers (Matthew Modine) decides to come looking for them.
By Will Lasley2 years ago in Horror
‘Willy’s Wonderland’ Movie Review
Willy’s Wonderland, yet another horror film clearly inspired by the hit video game series Five Nights at Freddy’s, is about a nameless drifter (Nicolas Cage) whose car breaks down in a small town with a dark secret. In order to pay for the repairs, he gets a job working as a janitor for a rundown restaurant and arcade called Willy’s Wonderland. But it turns out the animatronic characters are alive, and they want blood.
By Will Lasley2 years ago in Horror
‘Freaky’ Movie Review
Freaky is a slasher movie parody about a high school nobody named Millie (Kathryn Newton) who is stabbed by a legendary serial killer known as the Blissfield Butcher (Vince Vaughn). But, unbeknownst to both of them, the knife he uses is an ancient Aztec dagger used in blood rituals, and the enchanted blade causes them to switch bodies. Now, Millie (in the Butcher’s body) has just 24 hours to reclaim her own body and stop the Butcher from killing more people in his new disguise.
By Will Lasley3 years ago in Horror
'Come Play' Movie Review
Come Play, based on the viral short film “Larry” (link at the bottom), is about a nonverbal autistic boy named Oliver (Azhy Robertson). When Oliver reads a mysterious picture book that randomly pops up on his iPad, he learns about Larry, a tall, pale, otherworldly being who just wants a friend. But when Larry starts to wreak havoc in the real world, Oliver’s already struggling mother (Gillian Jacobs) finds herself helpless to protect her son.
By Will Lasley3 years ago in Horror
'Vampires vs. the Bronx' Movie Review
In this horror-comedy from SNL's Oz Rodriguez, three inner-city kids, Miguel (Jaden Michael), Bobby (Gerald W. Jones III), and Luis (Gregory Diaz IV), find out that a beloved bodega in their neighborhood is being forced to close, thanks to increasing gentrification. In order to save it, they organize a block party to raise money. But it turns out that the development company that's been "infecting" their neighborhood is run by vampires, and it's up to them to save it.
By Will Lasley3 years ago in Horror
'Shortcut' Movie Review
Shortcut is about a group of students: Nolan (Jack Kane), Reggie (Zak Sutcliffe), Bess (Sophie Jane Oliver), Karl (Zander Emlano), and Queenie (Molly Dew). They are all going on a field trip to watch a total solar eclipse. When a fallen tree blocks the road, they bus takes an alternate route through a backroad, only for a serial killer (David Keyes) to hijack their bus. But the serial killer becomes the least of their worries when they encounter a mysterious creature in a tunnel.
By Will Lasley3 years ago in Horror
‘The New Mutants’ Movie Review
The New Mutants is a spinoff of Fox’s X-Men film franchise about some of the younger and lesser known mutants within that universe. A teenage girl named Danielle (Blu Hunt) is the sole survivor of a mysterious freak disaster and is brought to a special institute run by Dr. Reyes (Alice Braga), who informs Danielle that she is actually a mutant. At her institute, Reyes studies the behavior of young, struggling mutants and helps them control their abilities. But when the other patients (Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga) begin to experience nightmarish hallucinations, they start to realize that Reyes’ facility isn’t exactly what it seems.
By Will Lasley3 years ago in Horror
