Oct. 17, 2026
House of Scream Magazine - Fall '26
Mike Flanagan’s Carrie: Not Quite but Almost In-Name-Only
By C. Rommial Butler The problem with Mike Flanagan’s Carrie isn’t that it’s poorly made. It’s very well done. Production quality, acting, and for the most part, story development, are top notch. The problem is: This is in no way, shape, or …
Insidious: Out of the Further… Into the Plot Device
by C. Rommial Butler The thing I love most about the Insidious films is Lin Shaye as Elise, along with her two ghost hunter sidekicks, Specs and Tucker. The sidekicks got kicked to the curb (or more likely didn’t want to participate) and Elise,…
