“You’d think they would have waited until a fifth or sixth installment before having the fish fly.”

“Diop has a quiet ferocity…”

“Appreciating Selick’s genius requires waving away an overplotted, overpopulated narrative.”

“…boasts one of the horror genre’s most unique milieus.”

“…a stunt that forces you to reconsider the act and experience of storytelling.”

“…an exquisitely imagined excretion that is revelatory, revolting, and cruel.”

“…a chilling, chuckling science-fiction Western.”

“Del Toro considers history, politics, and art through a gothically poetic lens…”

“…a sharp social satire that dilutes its potency with each gun it pulls out.”

“Tourneur’s imagery, as in Cat People, casts a spectral spell…”