Cold in July

...just when audiences will presumably be settling into the groove ... the film makes a hard sideways swerve.

A character-driven thriller with more twists than an off-the-map dirt road, awards-quality performances from the three leads, a rare sensitivity to the after-effects of horror and a sure directorial hand.

Nick Damici and Jim Mickle are back with a shape-shifting romp that veers from gory to goofy, harking back to a more macho age.

...a confusing vortex of guilt, revenge, corruption, and vice.