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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246 | The Others

• Rated PG-13 

• Runtime: 1hr 44min

• Written & Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

• Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan and Christopher Eccleston

• Premiered August 2, 2001

• RT: 84% critics / 77% audience

Synopsis 

A woman who lives with her photosensitive children in the countryside and waits for her husband to return from WWII becomes convinced that their house is haunted.

Join us next time when we'll review Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, currently available on Shudder and AMC+.

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231 | Talk to Me

• Directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou

• Written by Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman and Daley Pearson

• Stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto and Alexandra Jensen

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 35mins

• Premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival October 30, 2022 

• Released July 28, 2023

• RT: 94% critics, 83% audience

  Synopsis 

  A teenager grieving the loss of her mother attempts to communicate with her spirit through the use of a magical hand that her friends have been using for party tricks.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Last Voyage of the Demeter, in theaters August 11.

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205 | Last Shift

• Directed by Anthony DiBlasi

• Written by Anthony DiBlasi and Scott Poiley

• Stars Juliana Harkavy 

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 28min

• Debuted at Frightfest in London October 24, 2014

• Released October 5, 2015

• RT: 100% critics (9 reviews), 51% audience

  Synopsis 

A rookie cop is tasked with patrolling a closing precinct where a horrific massacre once took place.

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Next time you hear from us, we’ll be reviewing the most recent Jordan Peele number, Nope, currently playing in theaters all over the place.

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184 | No One Gets Out Alive

• Directed by Santiago Menghini

• Written by Jon Croker (story by) and Fernanda Coppel (novel by Adam Nevill)

• Stars Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca, David Figlioli

• Premiered on Netflix 9/29/2021

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 25min

• RT: 71% critics 63% audience (fewer than 50 audience reviews)
  

  Synopsis 

  A young woman rents a room in a creepy old house. The landlord said there was only one other tenant besides himself, yet she keeps hearing crying coming from supposedly empty rooms and running into strange people in the halls. And then there are the strange nightmares she’s been having since moving in...

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Next up, the long awaited sequel to the rebooted sequel to Halloween, Halloween Kills. That’s right, it’s time for more Jamie Lee Curtis and her distinguished natural grey hair kicking ass and taking names, along with her daughter, Judy Greer. I just love that those two are the leads again. Assuming the trailer hasn’t misled us. Guess we’ll finally find out.

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183 | Martyr's Lane

• Written & Directed by Ruth Platt

• Stars Kiera Thompson, Denise Gough and Sienna Sayer

• Premiered at Fantasia International FF August 19, 2021

• Released September 9, 2021

• Available on Shudder

• Unrated

• Runtime: 1hr 36min

• RT: 93% critics 62% audience (less than 50 audience reviews)

  Synopsis: Leah lives with her family in a large old vicarage. In the daytime she is mostly overlooked by her busy family but at night she has a new friend - a little girl who has started to come visit her. At her window. On the second floor.

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Next up, something new from Netflix. No One Gets Out Alive is based on a novel by favorite of the podcast Adam Nevill.

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177 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Directed by Michael Chaves

Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson

Released June 4, 2021

Available in theaters & on HBO Max

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 52mins

RT: 56% critics, 84% audience 

Synopsis 

The Warrens are back at it, investigating the demonic possession of a young boy. When things don’t go exactly as planned, the Warrens find themselves pursuing the demon once again, only this time it’s taken over the body of Arne Johnson. When Arne finds himself at the center of a brutal murder, his attorney looks to the Warrens to help with their client’s defense of “The Devil Made Me Do It.”

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Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Saint Maud, now streaming on Hulu.

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169 | La Llorona

Directed by Jayro Bustamante

Written by Jayro Bustamante and Lisandro Sanchez

Stars María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic 

Premiered at Venice Film Festival August 30, 2019

Released exclusively on Shudder August 6, 2020 

Not Rated

Runtime: 1hr 37mins 

RT: 97% critics, 61% audience 

Synopsis: A retired army general on trial for war crimes holes up with his family in their mansion while protestors gather outside. Inside the mansion the general is being haunted by the ghost of one of the many people he killed.

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We decided it would probably be best if we watched something a little lighter next. With this in mind, our next movie will be Psycho Goreman, the newest feature from one half of the team that brought you The Void. If you’ve seen that one then you know we’re in store for something visually striking at the least. So check this one out and we’ll see you in two weeks.

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163 | The Deeper You Dig

Written & Directed by John Adams & Toby Poser

Stars John Adams, Toby Poser & Zelda Adams

Released online June 5 of this year

Unrated

Runtime: 1hr 35mins

RT: 94% critics, 64% audience (avg. of 30 critic reviews & audience)

Synopsis: Ivy is a psychic who used to be legit but now scams old ladies out of their money. She and her daughter Echo live in an isolated area in rural New York. They’re content with their lonely existence until Echo goes missing. Ivy turns to the paranormal abilities she rejected to find her daughter, and signs seem to be pointing her to a new neighbor; one who is acting very suspicious...

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Our next movie is kind of a wild card. I don’t know a thing about it except that I think the name is stupid. People seem to be liking it tho, and my cohosts were intrigued that it was described as ‘disturbing,’ so here we are. Join us next time to discuss The Dark and the Wicked, which is available to rent now. Here’s a trailer for ya, see what you think. I’m going in blind, myself. Might as well take advantage of not knowing a thing.

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