Lex Briscuso

Lex is an entertainment and culture critic and radio host living in Brooklyn. She is a staff writer on the /Film news desk and head of social media at Dread Central, its film studio Dread Presents, and their sister studio, Epic Pictures Group. She also contributes film criticism at Film School Rejects, The Playlist, and Paste Magazine, with more bylines at The Guardian, Vulture, Fangoria, Roger Ebert, i-D, and elsewhere.

Retrospective

Ashton Kutcher, Of All People, Made a Hugely Underrated Time-Travel Thriller

Are you brave enough to revisit the horrors of... 2004?

ByLex Briscuso
Review

'The Beast' is Sci-Fi Romance at Its Boldest and Most Uniquely Human

Léa Seydoux and George MacKay sizzle in a doomed cosmic romance.

ByLex Briscuso
Review

'Insidious: The Red Door' Takes Its Classic Horror Trope Even Further

What's that behind you?

ByLex Briscuso
The Inverse Interview

Paapa Essiedu Can’t Stop

The breakout star of Black Mirror Season 6 talks sci-fi, horror, and more.

ByLex Briscuso
Review

'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' Lights a Fire Under the Eco-Thriller

A heist movie becomes a call to action.

ByLex Briscuso
Review

'The Five Devils' Casts a Bewitching and Sensual Spell Over a Queer Romance

The French fantasy film will leave you spellbound.

ByLex Briscuso
Review

'Tetris' Turns a Video Game Biopic Into a Nail-Biting Thriller

When the war over Tetris becomes a Cold War movie.

ByLex Briscuso
Review

'Shatter Belt' is a Mind-Bending Anthology Series That Will Puzzle and Excite You

James Ward Byrkit’s follow-up to his breakout sci-fi Coherence is a heartfelt headscratcher.

ByLex Briscuso
Review

'If You Were the Last' is Emotional Sci-Fi at Its Finest

In space, no one can hear you fall in love.

ByLex Briscuso
The Inverse Interview

The Second Coming of Jena Malone

Jena Malone unpacks the “rewilding” of a Biblical myth in Consecration.

ByLex Briscuso
The Inverse Review

'Consecration' Worships at the Altar of Jena Malone

Jena Malone is a standout in Christopher Smith’s muddled religious horror movie.

ByLex Briscuso
The Inverse Review

Sharper is a Sleek and Seductive Thriller That Keeps You Guessing

Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan burn up the screen in the neo-noir thriller that plays the long con.

ByLex Briscuso
The Inverse Interview

Skinamarink director Kyle Edward Ball knows what haunts our nightmares

How the most terrifying viral horror movie went from festival sensation to piracy cautionary tale.

ByLex Briscuso
The Inverse Review

Skinamarink will keep you awake for the rest of your life

This may just be one of the best horror movies ever made.

ByLex Briscuso