'Relic,' Natalie Erika James' feature debut as a director, is creepy and heartbreaking. Emily Mortimer, Robin Nevin and Bella Heathcote are terrific.

Natalie Erika James’s dread-filled horror stars Emily Mortimer as one of three generations of women affected by grandmother Edna’s dementia.

Horror is often the perfect vehicle to use as a metaphor for uncomfortable, controversial, or deeply personal topics. In Relic, the feature debut by Natalie...

Directed and co-written by Natalie Erika James, it’s an exemplary entry in the New Horror canon.

Family elder brings home some weirdness in a genuinely creepy thriller

The four words “It’s not her anymore” are familiar, crushing reminders to anyone with a parent or grandparent in the grip of Alzheimer’s disease or d...

★★★★☆ The slow rot of psychological decay is brought into the physical realm with creeping, insidious stealth by Natalia Erika James in her highly...

Natalie Erika James’ debut is an emotional journey not likely to be forgotten.

This gutting Australian horror movie from first-time director Natalie Erika James is as moving as it is scary.

The film is inspired by the deep-seated fear of a disease we don't fully understand.

Natalie Erika James makes her debut with a family horror starring Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Robyn Nevin. Read the Empire review.

'Relic,' starring Emily Mortimer and directed by Natalie Erika James, is a sinister, slow-blooming portrait of domestic horror.

Like Mike Flanagan before her, Natalie Erika James is a filmmaker who flawlessly blends terrifying horror with the ache of humanity.

Something wicked is at large in Natalie Erika James’s film

Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote play three generations of women whose family home is ruled by a sinister presence in Natalie Erika James' uns...

Natalie Erika James’s debut film is a knot of emotions cut through by scares that are too clever to scream for attention

Echoes of Cronenberg abound in Natalie Erika James' chilling feature debut that relies on allegory to serve up it scares.

Review: Bella Heathcote is a revelation in this nightmarish descent through dementia

Great horror movies are often built on guilt, and that’s the case with Relic.

Emily Mortimer stars in "Relic," the directorial debut of Natalie Erika James, which continues a recent run of smart horror dramas.

The spectre of dementia haunts Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote in this taut Australian Gothic.

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Following in the footsteps of “Groundhog Day,” Max Barbakow’s spirited film turns a wedding into Purgatory, with bumbling speeches and so-so canapé...

Characters' living spaces are infected with dark spirits and become inescapable prisons in two new movies. Amulet is an intensely creepy revenge thriller, wh...

Natalie Erika James’s arresting debut deftly merges a classic horror genre with an allegory of dementia.

Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote star in this haunted-house story

Natalie Erika James has created the next great horror classic.

On two Sundance films from the Midnight program, the excellent Relic and the promising Amulet.

Relic is filled with subtle detail, character depth, and a creeping mood of dread.

“Relic” may be shrouded in gloom and fog, draped in the trappings of many a haunted house thriller. But its most revealing lines of dialogue can be appre...

'Relic' fashions a ghost story around disease and a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship—it's also an auspicious debut. Our review.

An elderly woman succumbs to dementia - or demons - in Natalie Erika James' accomplished genre debut

In our Relic review, we dive into the scary and emotionally compelling directorial debut of filmmaker Natalie Erika James.

At the very core of Relic is an image of family as a myopia of terror. Perhaps more importantly, buried underneath, is compassion in the face of decay. Famil...

Intergenerational trauma and illness are explored in “Relic,” Japanese-Australian director Natalie Erika James’ haunting feature-length debut.

The supernatural horror movie starring Emily Mortimer recognizes that the natural process of aging is harrowing enough

Emily Mortimer stars in a buzzy debut—a film that falls into the same trap as several recent movies trying to serve depth as well as scares.

Natalie Erika James' striking, somber, strange horror debut shows a woman being drawn, along with her daughter, into her mother's dementia.

7 terrific new films, featuring a wide array of stars — from Tom Hanks and Charlize Theron to Andy Samberg and Walter Mercado.

The performances in writer-director Natalie Erika James’s debut film are haunting, but the movie seems hesitant to push its genre’s potential.

The possessed mom movie is having a moment right now. Between The Babadook, Hereditary and Us, the premise has evolved from a log line - mom must protect her...