…the kind of disturbed precision that joins her with Naomi Scott in Smile 2 and Nell Tiger Free in The First Omen on a very short list of recent horror leads who threw themselves entirely into a role.
…the inflation of this theme obscures the film’s vampirism and falls squarely alongside the more popular kind of contagion, as seen already in several 2024 releases (Longlegs, Immaculate, The First Omen, Late Night with the Devil).
Indies like V/H/S/Beyond (7th entry) to backtracks like The First Omen (6th entry, remake included) are healing the stigma of a Jason Goes to Hell or Texas Chainsaw 3D.