Patrick Bromley
Tomatometer-approved critic
I have been reviewing films since 2004, when I started as a critic with DVD Verdict. I launched my own site, fthismovie.com, in 2010, which publishes reviews, retrospective pieces, and a weekly podcast all in the service of a love of film despite its irreverent name. In addition to writing for Blumhouse.com (when that was a thing), I am a regular contributor to genre sites Daily Dead and Bloody Disgusting, where I have covered film festivals and champion a love of horror movies. Watching movies, writing about movies, and hopefully spreading a passion and knowledge of film is my love. I am a member of both the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society as well.
Movies reviews only
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Poor Agnes (2017) |
Burke’s performance and the bizarrely evolving relationship between her and her captive make Poor Agnes a fascinating take on the serial killer drama. - Bloody Disgusting
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| Posted Feb 06, 2023
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Terrifier 2 (2022) |
The graphic kills and insane practical gore effects (created by Leone himself) are what gave the first film its reputation, and while I can't say that mean-spirited violence is why I watch horror, there's also no denying Leone's gift for creating carnage. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 29, 2022
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The Sadness (2021) |
A well-made movie I kind of hope to never see again. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Aug 30, 2021
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Death Rider in the House of Vampires (2021) |
Has all the charm of Verotika, and nearly all of its flaws, too. - Bloody Disgusting
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| Posted Aug 29, 2021
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King Knight (2021) |
A sweet and gentle movie about makeshift families and people trying to do their best. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Aug 11, 2021
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Wrath of Man (2021) |
Guy Ritchie's new best movie. - F This Movie!
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| Posted May 10, 2021
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Jakob's Wife (2021) |
This is a horror comedy that says so many things about so many things about relationships, marriage, and gender politics, but it's also a blood-soaked blast of fun. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Apr 05, 2021
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Offseason (2021) |
Those of us who are able to dial into its wavelength and who can dig a good supernatural seaside tale are going to be rewarded. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Mar 22, 2021
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Introducing, Selma Blair (2021) |
Powerful, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Mar 22, 2021
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Jiu Jitsu (2020) |
Entertainingly insane and insanely entertaining, Jiu Jitsu is bonkers action cinema of the highest order. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Nov 18, 2020
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Lucky (2020) |
Kermani and Grant have made a movie that demands to be seen and deserves to be examined and discussed. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 21, 2020
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The Dark and the Wicked (2020) |
What The Strangers is to home invasion horror, this movie is to supernatural horror: an intense and relentless exercise that never ignores the characters or emotional elements in the telling of its story. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Sep 09, 2020
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Alone (2020) |
A very straightforward survival thriller, but done with such skill and confidence that it stands above its contemporaries - F This Movie!
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| Posted Sep 04, 2020
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The Owners (2020) |
Once you figure out what The Owners has in store, it's just a waiting game to watch it play out. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Sep 04, 2020
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For fans of the company's output, Shakespeare's Shitstorm is another Tromasterpiece. Everyone else may want to steer clear. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Sep 04, 2020
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12 Hour Shift (2020) |
This is a terrific movie about bad people doing worse things. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Aug 28, 2020
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The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020) |
Gorgeously photographed, quietly acted, haunting in its cumulative effect. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Aug 28, 2020
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The Mortuary Collection (2019) |
A horror anthology that gets it right. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Aug 24, 2020
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The Columnist (2020) |
This is a movie that's very well directed and very well acted (particularly by Herbers in the lead) and so of the moment that I have to give it a ton of credit even if it didn't come together all the way for me. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Aug 24, 2020
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The Pale Door (2020) |
Koontz's film is an honest, sincere, and affectionate tribute to both genres, further proof that the world could use more horror westerns - especially when they're as good as this. - Daily Dead
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| Posted Aug 24, 2020
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The Beach House (2019) |
The Beach House isn't what I wanted. - Daily Dead
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| Posted Jun 18, 2020
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Fulci for Fake (2019) |
For fans of Fulci, it's essential viewing. - Daily Dead
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| Posted May 28, 2020
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S.W.A.T. (2003) |
About as straightforward as action movies of this period get. I mean that in a good way. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Apr 23, 2020
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Exit Wounds (2001) |
This might be the last time a Steven Seagal movie felt like a real movie. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Apr 23, 2020
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On Deadly Ground (1994) |
This is more than just a vanity project for Seagal. It's also his first real stinker. It would not be his last. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Apr 23, 2020
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China O'Brien (1988) |
The movie is just ok, but Rothrock is awesome. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Apr 23, 2020
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The Mercenary (2019) |
It's not one of my favorite Jesse V. Johnson joints, but it's still really badass when it wants to be and an action movie I'd recommend to any hardcore #HeavyAction fans. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Apr 23, 2020
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Color Out of Space (2019) |
Richard Stanley is back, and he's brought the best Lovecraft adaptation in 30 years with him. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Jan 25, 2020
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Carrie (2002) |
Carson is essentially remaking De Palma's movie, and badly at that. - Daily Dead
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| Posted Jan 15, 2020
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Begin Again (2013) |
Plays like a studio remake of Once, retaining some of the ideas and the heart but bogging them down with clumsy filmmaking and bad choices. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Bad Words (2014) |
It is capable of being funny, sure, but it's a movie that works way better in its dramatic moments. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015) |
Sweet and winning and makes us all feel a little better about the world in which we live - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Beyond the Gates (2016) |
A movie exploding with affection for the kinds of movies that inspired it. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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The Belko Experiment (2016) |
One of the bloodiest, most savage wide releases I've seen in a long, long time. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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American Sniper (2014) |
This is a story that requires more than basic competence. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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The Babadook (2014) |
Is to parenting what The Shining is to alcoholism. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Animals (2014) |
A deeply human and heartbreaking love story. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) |
The scares aren't really there, the gore is mostly uninteresting and the characters are difficult to care about. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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10 Years (2011) |
It is a movie of small truths, usually well observed. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Aftershock (2012) |
Doggedly determined to prove that the world is awful, but shows no interest in taking responsibility for its own awfulness. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Almost Human (2013) |
It's fun in the way that '80s horror was fun, particularly when it begins to let it rip with the gore effects, which it finally does during its bloody climax. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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All Cheerleaders Die (2013) |
The movie has a sassy sense of humor, attitude to spare and plenty of playful energy -- all good stuff. But it's basically a mess. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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24 Exposures (2013) |
This is Joe Swanberg's De Palma movie, simultaneously laying bare and indulging in his obsessions. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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31 (2016) |
It's what you might expect a Rob Zombie movie to be if he had never made another movie, much less some of the most interesting and distinctive horror films of the last 10-15 years. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) |
Even if there are some storytelling choices that don't land quite as well for me as some of the earlier beats, I cannot say enough about the filmmaking technique on display. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Satanic Panic (2019) |
It's everything you might expect from a Fangoria production and everything a horror kid could want out of a horror movie. - Daily Dead
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| Posted Oct 21, 2019
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The Furies (2019) |
A gory blast from start to finish. - Daily Dead
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| Posted Oct 07, 2019
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Haunt (2019) |
This is a slick, well-directed exercise, one that knows how to build tension and generate a scare. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Sep 13, 2019
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Tone-Deaf (2019) |
Taught, nightmarish, and totally bold, Tone-Deaf is a singular horror film that works as both a quasi-slasher and as satire. - F This Movie!
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| Posted Aug 25, 2019
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Verotika (2019) |
The movie played like a comedy (and not on purpose). - Bloody Disgusting
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| Posted Jun 18, 2019
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