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The Black Phone holds together due to the impressive performances by the two young leads as a brother and sister duo who look out for each other. It's not very scary in the traditional sense, but there's a few good suspense moments.

Martyrs is a brutal and visceral experience unlike any other and, given your mileage, you might want to wait for a more relaxing time in your life to watch it, because it's bound to leave you thinking about it for days afterwards. I'm still having trouble shaking it. Very violent, very gory, but also heartfelt and carrying some sort of message.

Dennis Christopher plays a film nerd who becomes obsessed with a Marilyn Monroe lookalike and takes revenge on everyone who's done him wrong by dressing up like his favorite film characters and killing them. It's a much more exciting concept than film, but Christopher is never less than watchable and keeps the viewer invested right until the very end.