'Come Play,' Jacob Chase's horror film starring Azhy Robertson and Gillian Jacobs, is clever and has plenty of scares. But the story takes shortcuts.

Filmmaker Jacob Chase caught notice with the 2017 short film Larry, a creepypasta-like tale that saw a man in a parking lot booth terrorized by an entity su...

Autistic Oliver, a loner and ‘SpongeBob’ fan, has the power to pull the monster from his phone into the real world

Pokey and generic as it is, “Come Play” does OK when it comes to depicting terrified kids.

Horror tale introduces Larry, a tech-dwelling monster you don't want to meet

Makinov's low-budget horror film concerns an American couple fighting off gangs of murderous children.

The little kid from "Marriage Story" is tempted to befriend an iPad demon named Larry in this silly jump-scare factory of a Halloween movie.

“Come Play,” written and directed by Jacob Chase, based on his 2017 thriller shortr, stars Azhy Robertson, Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr.

Also worth seeing: ‘Craft: Legacy,’ and, yes, ‘Holidate,’ which is like an R-rated Hallmark Channel rom-com.

Hate surprises? Have I got the movie for you! Jacob Chase’s second-rate but watchable horror film “Come Play.”

In Jacob Chase’s film, a monster from another realm invades ours through phone screens and tablets.

Sometimes, the lure of generic horror tropes can be toostrong for even the most high-minded films to avoid. Come Play is anexample. The premise intrigues wit...

With the exception of a few strong sequences in the scare department, it’s an inconsistent, flat film that is too often reliant on jump scares instead of ...

One of the many things broken by the COVID pandemic was the covenant between horror movie makers and their audience. Horror movies just aren’t the same on ...

'Come Play': A nice calling card for director Jacob Chase and a showcase for its young star—but you can safely skip the title's invitation.

John Chase’s horror film has been released in cinemas.

Come Play riffs on the 1982 Spielberg classic.

Halloween film works better as family drama than horror.

In Jacob Chase’s new horror film, the killer’s call isn’t coming from inside the house but from inside the iPad

A top-flight cast struggles to bring heft to this creature-feature

A young autistic boy is menaced by a 10-foot-tall monster in this horror flick where the supernatural frights are less than super.