Passenger Review

Passenger Review

From Horror Movie Talk by Horror Movie Talk: Horror Movie Review

May 27, 2026 · 1h 21m

About this episode

The episode reviews the horror movie 'Passenger', critiquing its low stakes and reliance on jump scares.

Synopsis Passenger is a road trip movie about two love birds who leave the city life for a chance at van living. Already sounds horrifying to me, but to each their own. After witnessing a brutal crash in the middle of nowhere, the couple begin to experience paranormal phenomena that keeps them on their tires. See what I did there? Through utilizing their resources of old van ladies, gym parking lots, and gas station info books they may just survive…the PASSENGER. Review of Passenger Coming into this movie right off the back of obsession was a bad look for passenger. I would have loved to judge this movie based on its own merits, but unfortunately I had just watched one of the best horror movies ever made a week prior. But anyways, passenger was truly boring to watch. The stakes of this movie just felt so low. Like, get off the road you two. The monster or demon of the movie just didnt scare me. I think so many horror movies are doing too much with their monsters these days. It is plenty scary to have an old man stare at you in the middle of the night in a parking lot, why are we also making his face look like an ancient demon? Why does he need to have weird glowing eyes and sharp…

People in this episode

Host: Horror Movie Talk

Topics covered

  • horror movie review
  • paranormal phenomena
  • road trip
  • jump scares
  • van living

Keywords

  • Passenger
  • horror movie
  • review
  • paranormal
  • jump scares
  • road trip
  • van living

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