The New Mutants
The New Mutants, the horror film based on the X-Men, went under the radar for most people. Part of it that’s because it opened during the early months of the covid-19 pandemic, and thus bombed at the box office. Even with big names like Game of Thrones actor Maise Williams, Furiosa lead Anya Taylor-Joy, and Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton, The New Mutants failed to draw in the same audience of even the worst X-Men movies. But the often-forgotten film starring a group of mutants kept in a hospital and tormented by their worst fears had some compelling ideas. It’s not a great or even good merging of the superhero and horror genres, but it at the very least stands out above the sludge ranked below it. — Kenneth Shepard
