247 | Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Written & Directed by Stephen Cognetti

• Stars: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown and James Liddell

• Limited theatrical release October 24, 2023, premiered on Shudder October 30, 2023

• RT: 87% critics / 82% audience

Synopsis 

Faux documentary about an internet sleuth who, along with her partner and her brother, spends five nights in the notoriously haunted Carmichael Manor, the site of a brutal multiple murder in the late 1980s. Once there they find connections to the equally infamous Abaddon Hotel.

Join us next time when we'll review Stopmotion, available to rent starting March 15, 2024.

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213 | V/H/S/99

• Shredding

  • Written & Directed by Maggie Levin 

  • A band plays a gig in an abandoned club where a now infamous punk band was killed

• Suicide Bid

  • Written & Directed by Johannes Roberts 

  • A sorority pledge spends the night in a coffin as part of a hazing ritual

• Ozzy’s Dungeon

  • Directed by Flying Lotus, Written by Flying Lotus and Zoe Cooper

  • When a young contestant is injured in a Double Dare-style game show, her family seeks revenge on the smarmy host

• The Gawkers

  • Written & Directed by ​​Tyler MacIntyre

  • A nerdy computer whiz agrees to help his creep brother hack their hot neighbor’s webcam

• To Hell and Back

  • Written & Directed by Joseph Winter and Vanessa Winter 

  • A couple guys agree to film a Y2K cult and accidentally wind up transported to hell

• Not Rated

• Runtime: 1hr 49mins

• Premiered at TIFF September 14, 2022

• Released October 20, 2022

• RT: 76% critics, 38% audience 

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Time to see what our old pal Art the Clown has been up to. Judging by the run time, he's been up to quite a bit. Join us next episode as we review Terrifier 2.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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203 | Dashcam

• Directed by Rob Savage

• Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage and Jed Shepherd

• Stars Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel and Angela Enahoro

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 17min

• Premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival September 11, 2021

• Released June 3, 2022, currently in select theaters and on demand

• RT: 51% critics, 38% audience (in contrast, Host has 100% critics, 72% audience)

  Synopsis 

An obnoxious internet personality live streams her wild night in London, which goes from merely chaotic to supernatural and life-threatening after she agrees to drive a mute passenger to a second location.

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Next time you hear from us, we’ll be reviewing the recently released movie, The Black Phone, currently in theaters.

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188 | V/H/S/94

• Written & Directed by Simon Barrett, Steven Kostanski, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Jennifer Reeder, Timo Tjahjanto

• Released October 6, 2021

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 43min

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2021

• Available on Shudder

• RT: 93% critics 50% audience

  Holy Hell: Jennifer Reeder

  The Storm Drain: Chloe Okuno

  The Empty Wake: Simon Barrett

  The Veggie Masher: Steven Kostanski

  The Subject: Timo Tjahjanto

  Terror: Ryan Prows

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Amy’s V/H/S Wishlist

Coralie Fargeat (Revenge)

The only director I can think of who could rival Timo Tjahjanto’s level of blood.

Chad Crawford Kinkle (Dementer)

Because I would really like more people to know about this guy.

Sophia Takal (Always Shine)

You’ll notice I put Always Shine there and not the Black Christmas remake, and that’s because Always Shine shows how good Sophia Takal can be. She’s already acted in a V/H/S segment, let’s let her redeem herself by directing a really scary one.

David Amito & Michael Laicini (Antrum)

Let’s see what else these two can do

Wraparound: Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cocina (The Wolf House)

We all know the frame stories in the V/H/S series are garbage, so let’s really change it up and make it animated.

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Join us next time when we will be covering Censor - currently streaming on Hulu.

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187 | Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

• Directed by William Eubank

• Written by Christopher Landon

• Stars Emily Bader, Roland Buck III and Dan Lippert

• Released October 29, 2021

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Available on Paramount+

• RT: 28% critics 39% audience
  

  Synopsis: College student Margot was abandoned by her mother as a baby. When she is contacted by a long lost relative she and her film student friend Chris venture to the family farm to meet Margot’s family for the first time and film a documentary about the process. What they find is an isolated Amish community with more secrets than answers. Can Margot discover what really became of her mother without upsetting her weird new family?
  

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Paranormal Activity gave us the itch for more found footage therefore, next up, we’ll be covering the newest V/H/S installment, V/H/S 94 (currently streaming on Shudder). We’re ready for some much needed anthology action, how bout you??

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156 | Host

Directed by Rob Savage

Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage & Jed Shepherd

Stars Haley Bishop, Gemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb

Premiered July 30, 2020 (Shudder exclusive)

Rated NR

Runtime: 57 min

RT: 100% critics, 79% audience (finally over 50%!)

A group of college friends quarantining in their respectives homes participate in a seance over Zoom and it somehow works.

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For next time we’re leaving it up to you - which of these four movies should we review next? Clicking the posters will take you to each trailer. We’ll tally your votes here and across our various social accounts and let you know the winner on Friday, 8/28.

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102 | The Poughkeepsie Tapes

Writer: Drew & John Erick Dowdle

Director: John Erick Dowdle

Synopsis: When police discover a trove of video tapes in an abandoned house they learn that a serial killer has been living in their town, & is responsible for dozens of what they had thought to be unrelated murders. The killer is an expert at throwing investigators off his scent, constantly varying his MO to baffle profilers. It is only through the killer’s meticulously catalogued tape library that authorities are finally able to connect the pieces, but by this time the mysterious figure is long gone.

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Next movie will be Icelandic horror flick, I Remember You (currently streaming on US Netflix).

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