Chad Collins
Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:
Chad Collins is a staff writer for Dread Central. You can find additional bylines of his on SlashFilm, Gayly Dreadful, and Rue Morgue. You can find him online @Chadiscollins.
Locked (2025)
66%
3.5/5
“Locked is a diverting social thriller with enough blood and guts (and theatrics) to render it a ride worth taking.
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Dread Central
Mar 20, 2025
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F Marry Kill (2025)
54%
3/5
“Laura Murphy’s F Marry Kill isn’t worth marrying, but you could do a lot worse for a one night stand.
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Dread Central
Mar 8, 2025
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The Buildout (2024)
82%
4/5
“The Buildout is cosmic horror that lands among the stars.” –
Dread Central
Feb 4, 2025
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OBEX (2025)
100%
4/5
“Obex wants you to fight demons and save your dog. Albert Birney’s feature is fantastical and weird enough to convince me to do just that.
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Dread Central
Feb 3, 2025
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Zodiac Killer Project (2025)
85%
2.5/5
“Zodiac Killer Project intends to indict an entire subgenre, though by the end, this subversive exercise in true crime antics indicts only itself.
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Dread Central
Jan 29, 2025
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The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2025)
79%
4/5
“Bouts of violence and a sharp folkloric edge render The Virgin of the Quarry Lake an uncommonly frightening and tragic coming-of-age saga.
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Dread Central
Jan 29, 2025
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The Things You Kill (2025)
96%
4/5
“The Things You Kill is as much about killing off the parts of ourselves as it is about the persons in our lives who exist solely as living, breathing reminders of society’s perennial sins. You don’t need therapy – just fight your dad instead.
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Dread Central
Jan 26, 2025
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Into the Deep (2025)
24%
2.5/5
“Into the Deep’s pathos stays above water even as redundant killer shark action sinks to the depths.
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Dread Central
Jan 23, 2025
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Devils Stay (2024)
3/5
“Devils Stay is a gnarly, pulsating possession yarn that bears the weight of familiarity.
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Dread Central
Dec 6, 2024
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You Are Not Me (2023)
100%
4/5
“One of the finest queer horror movies of the year, You Are Not Me is a gift to the Christmas horror canon.
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Dread Central
Dec 4, 2024
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Hold Your Breath (2024)
40%
2.5/5
“Hold Your Breath is a swirling tempest of captivating ideas, though they never successfully congeal into anything that hasn’t been seen a dozen times before. Sarah Paulson shines, but Hold Your Breath gets lost in the storm.
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Dread Central
Oct 2, 2024
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Grave Torture (2024)
3/5
“Grave Torture isn’t a grave misfire, but for all its gruesome thrills, an overstuffed plot threatens to bury Anwar’s latest.
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Dread Central
Sep 18, 2024
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Subservience (2024)
49%
2/5
“Megan Fox is an appropriately devious synthetic, but Subservience lacks the pulpy thrills needed to charge its AI premise.
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Dread Central
Sep 5, 2024
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The Tenants (2024)
100%
4.5/5
“The Tenants is a glossy, searing anxiety attack with no hope of stopping.” –
Dread Central
Aug 20, 2024
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The Dead Thing (2024)
83%
4/5
“Cinema should be bloody and sexy. Luckily, The Dead Thing is both.
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Dread Central
Jul 30, 2024
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Sting (2024)
71%
2/5
“Sting is the cinematic equivalent of a spider bite.” –
Dread Central
Jul 4, 2024
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The Exorcism (2024)
27%
2.5/5
“The Exorcism’s metatextual spin on possession yarns eschews subversion for familiarity.” –
Dread Central
Jul 4, 2024
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Cuckoo (2024)
79%
4/5
“Incomprehensibility breeds nightmares in Tilman Singer’s bold, stylish, exquisitely fun Cuckoo.” –
Dread Central
Jul 4, 2024
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Exhuma (2024)
93%
4.5/5
“Exhuma is an inferno of sensational scares grounded in tragic history.
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Dread Central
Jun 11, 2024
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The Seeding (2023)
56%
4/5
“The Seeding is a terrifying primal scream across scorched earth and one of the year’s most confident debuts.” –
Dread Central
Apr 1, 2024
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Somewhere Quiet (2023)
93%
3/5
“Somewhere Quiet is a promising debut from Olivia West Lloyd even if it’s regularly constrained by the horror convention of today.” –
Dread Central
Apr 1, 2024
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Laced (2023)
2/5
“Laced has some solid ideas, but uneven performances and nebulous tension keep it trapped in the memory of better domestic thrillers.” –
Dread Central
Apr 1, 2024
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Black Mold (2023)
3/5
“Black Mold might be familiar, but writer director John Pata has an undeniable flair for horror convention.” –
Dread Central
Apr 1, 2024
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Devils (2023)
3.5/5
“Devils is propulsive and violent even as it succumbs to convention.” –
Dread Central
Apr 1, 2024
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#Manhole (2023)
95%
4.5/5
“#Manhole is uncompromising in its twisted, violent aspirations. Brazenly unpredictable, it’s one of the best survival thrillers in years.” –
Dread Central
Apr 1, 2024
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