Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
All in Thriller
This sequel to “The Shining” utilizes fine craftsmanship to blend of elements from Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick into a satisfying tale of supernatural suspense.
Julius Onah’s cinematic retelling of J.C. Lee’s play Luce is a stage-to-screen adaptation nearly on the level of Doubt and Rabbit Hole.
An overachieving opening hour gives way to cliché-filled drudgery in this supernatural thriller.
Jennifer Kent follows up The Babadook with this nasty little rape revenge tale.
Despite strong performances and occasional elite suspense, this Appalachian-set tale of religious fanatics is sadly underdeveloped.
You have to respect horror B-movie producer-director Alexandre Aja’s steadfast devotion to his absurd killer alligator story.
Ari Aster’s masterful follow-up to Hereditary wisely favors dread over cheap horror scares.
Squandering a rare lead performance by Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor’s new sorta-thriller suffers from an identity crisis.
Compelling performances by Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson are undermined by sluggish pacing and flat direction in this fact-based spy drama.
Prepare yourself for a freaky, atmospheric story with plenty of quality jump scares.
Michael Winterbottom further diversifies his directorial portfolio with this finely-crafted, India-set thriller.
Lurking within the mess of Rupert Wyatt’s follow-up to The Gambler is an exciting sci-fi short film.
Gaspar Noé’s latest risk-taker is a wonder to behold, though a bit patience-testing and possibly pointless.
Isabelle Huppert torments Chloë Grace Moretz in Neil Jordan’s surprisingly campy thriller.
Mads Mikkelsen utilizes his powerful presence in Joe Penna’s engrossing one-man survival thriller.
The sequel ably changes its genre gears with only slightly diminished returns.
Steven Knight’s new thriller is so bizarre and so far removed from logic that it demands to be seen.
Though typically unbreakable in their opinions, the Asheville Movie Guys split on M. Night Shyamalan’s storyline-blending thriller.
Keanu Reeves is painfully awkward as a scientist who bends the laws of nature to save his family.
