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About Chris Sawin

Chris Sawin is a Tomatometer-approved film critic who has been writing about film for over a decade. Chris has an unabashed admiration for weird and eccentric cinema, the nastiest of horror films, and particularly loves animation when it's done right. Check him out on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/chris-sawin/movies

'Bring Her Back' Review -- Spellbinding Horror That Consumes Its Audience
May 27, 2025
From Australian twin filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk to Me), Bring Her Back follows brother and sister Andy (Billy…
Herbert (Jeffrey Combs) experiments with discovery in Re-Animator (1985), Empire International
May 19, 2025
40 years after its theatrical debut, Ignite Films' 4K restoration has breathed new life into Stuart Gordon's horror classic, 'Re-Animator'.
'Holy Night: Demon Hunters' Review -- A Punchier Version Of 'Constantine'
May 13, 2025
Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Lim Dae-hee, Holy Night: Demon Hunters follows three underground demon hunters who operate like…
'Clown in a Cornfield' Review -- The Kids Who Cried Circus
May 6, 2025
Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare, Clown in a Cornfield follows 17-year-old Quinn Maybrook…
Team does their best Scooby-Doo impression in Thunderbolts (2025), Marvel Entertainment
April 30, 2025
Loaded with ass-kicking awesomeness and the coolest new character in a long while, Marvel's 'Thunderbolts*' makes anti-heroes fun again.
'Havoc' Review -- A War Of Blood And Mangled Corpses
April 29, 2025
In 2021, Gareth Evans (The Raid films, Apostle) finished filming the action thriller, Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, for Netflix. But
'The Legend of Ochi' Review -- Don QuiOchi of Carpathia
April 22, 2025
An animal species known as the ochi have been attacking people, destroying crops, and causing general destruction to a remote
Sinners06
April 17, 2025
Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' is a blacker blues-driven version of 'From Dusk Til Dawn' with Michael B. Jordan in two roles.
'Zero' Review -- A Deflated Soufflé of Rigmarole
April 15, 2025
In Zero, an American man referred to as #1 (Hus Miller) wakes up on a bus in Dakar, Senegal, with…
'Drop' Review -- Fine Whining
April 10, 2025
From director Christopher Landon (the Happy Death Day films, Freaky) and screenwriters Jillian Jacobs (Fantasy Island) and Chris Roach (Non-Stop),…