Katie Rife

Katie Rife is a writer and critic specializing in genre cinema. She was on staff at The A.V. Club from 2014 to 2022, and currently covers film and TV for Inverse as well as outlets like Indiewire, Vulture, Rolling Stone, Letterboxd Journal, and RogerEbert.com.

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'The Blair Witch Project’s Heather Donahue Confirms: She’s Sitting Out the Reboot

“I genuinely wish everyone involved well. But preserving my autonomy mattered more to me,” Donahue writes on Facebook.

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Blu-rays

When It Comes to Shock, 'Audition' Still Stands Alone

Twenty-seven years after it first horrified festival audiences, Audition is still razor-sharp — or should that be needle-sharp?

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News

George Miller Wants to Take 'Mad Max' for One Last Glorious Ride

A franchise lives. It dies. It lives again.

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Trailers

Pixar’s 'Gatto' Teaser Is Not Kitten Around

The director of Luca returns to the iconic animation studio for a new film about Mafioso cats.

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Spoilers

The Ending of 'Disclosure Day' Has a Message for Humanity

What lies ahead now that the truth has been revealed?

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Review

'Stop! That! Train!' Is a Deeply Unserious Movie — And It Knows It

Self-aware and terminally silly, the first Drag Race feature film isn’t a total trainwreck.

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Review

'The Furious' Is Action-Movie Excess at Its Most Exhilarating

Kenji Tanigaki’s pan-Asian action spectacle is an audacious, over-the-top celebration of the human body and its potential for violence.

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Rewind

35 Years Ago, 'Twin Peaks' First Closed the Door to the Black Lodge

It would open again in Fire Walk With Me, and again 25 years later with The Return.

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Rewind

30 Years Later, 'The Rock' Is Still Michael Bay’s Best Movie

It’s a Goldilocks movie: Not too smart, but not too silly either.

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Blu-rays

'Escape from LA' Is A Ridiculous Movie. That’s What’s Great About It

30 years later, you can finally see Snake Plissken surf (and paraglide, and play basketball) in 4K UHD.

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Trailers

The 'Fall 2: Deadpoint' Trailer Raises the Stakes with Even More Absurd Thrill-Seeking

I mean, if that’s how you want to die...

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Review

'The Vampire Lestat' Is Sublime Camp — Except When It Isn’t

Rock 'n' roll excess and unresolved trauma make uneasy coffin-mates in the third season of AMC's Interview with the Vampire series.

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Inverse Recommends

The Artistic Integrity of 'Jackass: The Series' Has Been Restored

That is kind of what happened, though.

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Blu-rays

'The Warriors' Is the Most Epic Journey You Can Take Without Leaving the Subway

Can you dig it?

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Blu-rays

The Most Notorious Shockumentary of All Time Is Now in 4K UHD

Watch Faces of Death on 4K UHD—if you dare!

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News

The Uncut Version of Christopher Lee’s 'Dracula' is Rising from the Grave

The OG Hammer Horror vampire movie is coming back to theaters this October, with three minutes of censored footage restored.

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Exclusive

The Director of 'Backrooms' Reveals What You Need — And Don’t Need — To Know

Backrooms is designed to work whether you’ve seen the web series or not, but details do enrich the experience. Here are three to know.

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Review

The Delirious 'Victorian Psycho' Gives Maika Monroe Her Best Role Yet

The Longlegs star is an unhinged treat in the film adaptation of Virginia Feito’s hit novel.

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Review

'Backrooms' Is A Visionary Setting In Search Of A Great Story

Kane Parsons’ debut film brings liminal horror to the big screen — with mixed results.

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Review

'Passenger' Is A Van-Life Horror Movie Running on Empty

Director André Øvredal tries his best, but this van-life horror story is as underwhelming as gas-station nachos.

By Katie Rife