Plague House

Conrad (the Wonder Woman series) and Ringo winner Chisholm (Miles Davis) riff on haunted house tropes in this twisty supernatural thriller about the pervasiveness of violence. Ghost hunter and social media personality Del heads a haunted-house exorcism team comprising Jacob, a devout young minister, and Holland, a snarky, nonbinary professional debunker. Del believes that sites of violence need to be spiritually cleansed: “These places are wounded,” he warns. “They lash out.” But after the trio encounters real ghosts, a bloody pattern emerges—someone connected to each site they cleanse ends up murdered. Del becomes obsessed with cleansing California’s Salton Sea, which he believes to be particularly cursed. As the exorcists’ lives and mental states unravel, buried secrets are unearthed. Chisholm’s figures and faces are often stiff, but he excels at drawing scenes of horror, from a squirm-inducing masked serial killer to glowing ghosts and a hallucinatory image of a house coming to life. The boldly contrasting color schemes add to the sense of disorientation. This chiller offers more than enough shocks to make horror fans feel at home. (Jan.)