Desolate Horror Movie Reviews

Looking for a new Desolate horror movie to watch, but don't want to waste your time sitting through a movie you'll hate? You're in luck! We built AllHorror specifically to help you find the horror movies you're most likely to love. Check out our spoiler-free "Worth Watching" reviews below. All reviews are short and written to give you an idea of what kind of Desolate movie it is and what other Desolate movies it's similar to, just so you know what to expect. And nearly all Desolate movie reviews include videos from other reviewers, so you get multiple opinions from the horror community.

The Ghost Lights (2022) Review

It's about a journalist who returns home after the death of her father and discovers a cassette tape describing mysterious lights appearing in the skies of West Texas. She sets out on a cross-state road trip to discover the truth. The Ghost Li...

September 22nd, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , , ,

The Outwaters (2022) Review

It's about a group of friends who camp out in the Mojave Desert before a terrifying entity beyond human comprehension annihilates them. The Outwaters was directed by Robbie Banfitch and stars Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis, Scott Schamel...

Coming Home in the Dark Ending Explained (Spoilers)

A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip. Coming Home in the Dark: Spoilers Below Alan 'Hoaggie' Hoaganraad is a school teache...

March 21st, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

Howl (2015) Review

When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning. Howl was directed by Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House and The Convent) and stars Ed Speleers, Shauna Macdonald (from The Descent and T...

March 21st, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

After the Pandemic (2022) Review

It's about a young woman named Ellie who, after a pandemic that only spares the young, teams up with the cagey Quinn to evade capture by The Stalkers. After the Pandemic was directed by Richard Lowry and stars Lelyn Mac, Eve James and Kannon ...

March 14th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Deep Rising (1998) Review

It’s about a group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first. Deep Rising w...

March 04th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord (2021) Review

It’s about a couple on their first romantic weekend away together – and one of them is not imself. The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord was co-directed by Jared Jay Mason (who previously wrote The Old Fashioned Way) and Clark Runciman (who p...

January 10th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

A House on the Bayou (2021) Review

In an effort to reconnect and mend their relationship, a troubled couple and their preteen daughter seek an idyllic getaway to a remote mansion in rural Louisiana. But when unexpected visitors arrive, their facade of family unity starts to unravel, a...

January 04th, 2022 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Coming Home In The Dark (2021) Review

It’s about a family who, while on a camping trip, are accosted by two violent drifters and the father has to confront the demons from his past. Coming Home In The Dark was directed by James Ashcroft, from a screenplay by Ashcroft and Eli Kent wh...

December 21st, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Sweetie, You Won't Believe It (2021) Review

It’s about 3 idiot friends who go on a fishing trip before one of them becomes a father and witness a gangland killing; while trying to survive, a vengeful, disfigured psycho killer may be either their only salvation or their ultimate demise. A ...

November 25th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

Lamb (2021) Review

A couple discover a mysterious half-lamb/half-human newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them. If you love foreign horror, quirky folk tales, or both, then the ...

November 03rd, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

Treehouse (2014) Review

It’s about goblins (or hillbillies) in the woods. Treehouse was directed by Michael G. Bartlett (who also directed The Zombie Diaries) and stars Dana Melaine (from Wild Nights with Emily), J. Michael Trautmann (96 Minutes), and Clint James (The ...

October 24th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Great White (2021) Review

Flight to a remote atoll turns into a nightmare for five passengers when their seaplane is destroyed in a freak accident and they are trapped on a raft, 100 miles from shore with man-eating sharks lurking beneath the surface. Great White is brough...

August 23rd, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

The Thing (2011) Review

It’s about a team of Nowergian and American researchers who have to try and survive after discovering a shape-shifting alien alive in the ice. The film is a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter film of the same name. The Thing is a 2011 horror fil...

August 15th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

The Thing (1982) Review

It’s about a group of researchers being hunted and assimilated by a shapeshifting alien at a research facility in Antarctica. Few films have made as big a comeback or amassed as big a cult following as John Carpenter’s 1982 ‘The Thing’. B...

August 14th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Creep (2014) Review

It’s about a young freelance videographer called Aaron who takes a one day job to film the last messages of a dying man for his unborn son. As the day goes on Aaron notices the man’s increasingly weird and disturbing behaviour and begins to quest...

July 26th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Scream (1981) Review

A group of travelers spend the night in a ghost town, where they are picked off by an unknown assailant, one by one. Scream was directed by Byron Quisenberry and stars Pepper Martin, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne and Woody Strode (from Kingdom Of The S...

January 08th, 2021 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell (2018) Review

It's about Graboids in Canada. Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell was directed by Don Michael Paul (who also directed Lake Placid: The Final Chapter) and stars Tanya Van Graan (from The Empty Man), Michael Gross (from Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell a...

September 17th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) Review

It's about Graboids in Africa. Tremors 5: Bloodlines was directed by Don Michael Paul (who also directed Lake Placid: The Final Chapter) and stars : Michael Gross (from Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell and Sometimes They Come Back... Again), Jami...

September 16th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) Review

It's about a small wild west mining community who have to fight off a gang of Graboids. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins was directed by S. S. Wilson (who also directed Tremors 4: The Legend Begins) and stars Michael Gross (from Tremors: A Cold Da...

September 13th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) Review

It's about an all new spawn of Graboids, high flying"Ass Blasters", that Burt and his Perfection posse have to purge. Tremors 3: Back to Perfection was directed by Brent Maddock and stars Michael Gross (from Tremors 4: The Legend Begins and ...

September 10th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) Review

It's about Earl, now with a new sidekick, fighting more Graboids and their trio of evil offspring: Shriekers. Tremors 2: Aftershocks was directed by S. S. Wilson (who also directed Tremors 4: The Legend Begins) and stars Fred Ward (from Tremor...

September 07th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) Review

It's about a group of the most poorly trained National Guard troops you'll ever see tasked with hunting down the most experienced of cannibal killers. The Hills Have Eyes 2 was directed by Martin Weisz, his only horror movie ever, and star...

July 21st, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) Review

It's about a family on a road trip who take the wrong turn into the wrong abandoned nuclear testing site. The Hills Have Eyes was directed by Alexandre Aja (who also directed Mirrors, High Tension, Crawl and Horns) and stars Aaron Stanford (f...

July 19th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

The Farm (2018) Review

It's about a cannibalistic commune of masked mutes who treat and eat people like farm animals. The Farm was directed by Hans Stjernsward and stars Nora Yessayan, Alec Gaylord and Ken Volok. In this place you're the main dish The ...

June 23rd, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Sam Was Here (2016) Review

It's about a down and out traveling salesman stuck working a rural desert community that's essentially void of all life. Sam Was Here was directed by Christophe Deroo and stars Rusty Joiner (from Dragonfyre), Sigrid La Chapelle and Rhoda ...

May 24th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Body at Brighton Rock (2019) Review

It’s about a green park ranger that loses her way in the forest, and is forced to bare the woods overnight while she waits for help. Body at Brighton Rock was directed by Roxanne Benjamin (who also directed Southbound and XX) and stars Karin...

March 19th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

The Lodge (2019) Review

It's about two siblings spending the night alone with their new stepmother. Stuck in a remote mountain cabin, the trio are terrorized by a seemingly supernatural force. The Lodge was directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (who also dire...

February 27th, 2020 | , | Horror Genre: , ,

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (1990) Review

It's about a couple who run into Leatherface and his cannibalistic clan in the middle of nowhere Texas. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 was directed by Jeff Burr (who also directed Devil's Den and Spoiler) and stars Ken Foree (from The Rift,...

The Maus (2017) Review

It's about a couple who get lost in the deep woods of Bosnia and may or may not have to fight for survival against some opportunistic Serbian criminals. It's hard to tell because the Bosnian girlfriend is craaaazyyyyy. The Maus was directe...

July 31st, 2019 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

The Oregonian (2011) Review

It's about a woman who wakes up in some kind of psychedelic fever dream after getting into a car accident in rural Oregon. The Oregonian was directed by Calvin Lee Reeder (who also directed The Field Guide to Evil) and stars Lindsay Pulsipher ...

June 24th, 2019 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

The Burrowers (2008) Review

It's a western horror movie about a group of guys on a rescue mission who come face to face with a tribe of subterranean mutant people eaters. The Burrowers was directed by J.T. Petty (who also directed Hellbenders, Blood Red Earth and Soft F...

May 24th, 2019 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Between The Trees (2019) Review

It's about a group of guys who go on a hunting trip only to find themselves being hunted by a deranged mutant redneck. Between the Trees was directed by Brad Douglas  and stars Greg James, Michael Draper and Jonny Lee. There are no fri...

February 14th, 2019 | , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

It Comes At Night Review (2017)

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge. It Comes At Ni...

November 19th, 2018 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

47 Meters Down Review (2017)

It’s about a couple of friends who get trapped with sharks while cage-diving. 47 Meters Down was directed by Johannes Roberts (who also directed The Strangers: Prey At Night and The Other Side of the Door) and stars Claire Holt (from The Messeng...

September 12th, 2018 | , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

Maximum Overdrive Review (1986)

It’s about the machines of the world unexpectedly rebelling, and the struggle of the humans to fight back. Maximum Overdrive was directed by Stephen King and stars Emilio Estevez (from Nightmares), Pat Hingle (from Not Of This World) and Laura ...

September 11th, 2018 | , | Horror Genre: , , ,

Demon Knight (1995) Review

It’s about a protector of a key to the gates of hell who holds up in an old church overnight as a demonic collector and his army of demons fight to claim the key. Demon Knight was directed by Ernest Dickerson (who also directed the black horro...

September 10th, 2018 | , , | Horror Genre: , , , ,

ClownTown (2016) Review

It’s about a group of friends who get stranded in a seemingly abandoned town, which just so happens to be crawling with a gang of colorful psychotic clowns. ClownTown was directed by (and stars)  Tom Nagel,   Brian Nagel, Andrew Staton  and ...

July 21st, 2018 | , , | Horror Genre: , , , , ,

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