Heart Eyes (2025)

In what has been a crowded few weeks, there’s been a bumper car run of horror fare. 1/31, 2/7, and 2/21 all have films that aim to appeal to the same audience, reducing their collective chances of breaking out. One of them is quite the odd movie, and I arguably went into it expecting a much darker and cautionary tale than I ended up seeing. You can't be both a serious slasher and a bubbly romance at the same time - Heart Eyes proves this with an intriguing concept and tension set pieces being hindered by rough plotting and a so-so central romance - presenting an ideal take on the Valentine’s Day holiday that seems to perpetuate broad spectacle over constant dependability.