143 | Terrifier

Directed by Damien Leone

Written by Damien Leone

Stars: Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton, Catherine Corcoran

Rated: TV-MA; Runtime: 1hr 22min

Released 3/15/18; Available US Netflix

Synopsis: Following a Halloween party, two friends decide to sober up at a local pizza place before heading home. Unfortunately for them, an interaction with Art the clown derails their plans and soon the friends find themselves trying to escape from Art and his bag o’ horrors.

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Next up - an adaptation of H.P Lovecraft’s The Color Out of Space, helmed by cult director Richard Stanley. Oh, and did we mention it stars Nic Cage? Guy’s becoming a regular horror icon lately.

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142 | Sweetheart

Directed by J.D. Dillard

Written by J.D. Dillard, Alex Hyner and Alex Theurer

Stars: Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 1hr 22min

Released 10/15/2019; Available US Netflix

Synopsis: Jenn is washed ashore and has to figure out how to survive not only the harsh elements of a deserted island, but also a bloodthirsty monster who comes from beneath the ocean to stalk the island at night.

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Thanks to a helpful listener making a movie suggestion/recommendation at juust the right time, our next episode will be reviewing Terrifier. A lovely Netflix tale about a friendly clown. At least that’s what I think it’s about.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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141 | Black Christmas

Directed by Sophia Takal

Written by Sophia Takal and April Wolfe

Stars: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Cary Elwes

Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 1hr 32min

Released 12/14/2019; Available in theaters

Synopsis: A group of sorority sisters are being stalked and killed off, one by one, by some mysterious, cloaked, madMAN/MEN. A new take on an old classic.

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New year, new remake. Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Nicolas Pesce’s horror remake, The Grudge. Here’s hoping the guy who brought us The Eyes of My Mother can start the new year off with a worthy remake.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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140 | Under the Skin

Directed by Johnathan Glazer

Written by Johnathan Glazer & Walter Campbell, based on the novel by Michel Faber

Stars: Scar-jo

Rated: R; Runtime: 1hr 48min

Released April 4, 2014; Available on Netflix & Kanopy currently

Synopsis: An alien comes to Earth & takes the form of Scarlett Johansson so that she can pick up men & lure them into a pool of black water where their insides are harvested & sent back to her home planet, until she starts feeling bad about it & decides to try being a human for a bit.

Kitty’s personal notes about the film:

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Next up we’ll be rounding out the year with yet another remake. They’ve been pretty hit or miss and it’s certainly hard to compete with original films this year, like Midsommar and The Lighthouse. Here’s hoping this will be one of the hits! Join us for our next episode where we’ll be covering the remake of Black Christmas.

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139 | You're Next

Directed by Adam Wingard

Written by Simon Barrett

Stars: Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen & Joe Swanberg

Rated: R; Runtime: 1hr 35min

Released August 23, 2013; Available on IMDB TV (via Amazon Prime), Hoopla

Synopsis: A wealthy family meets at their lavish vacation home to celebrate the parents’ 35th wedding anniversary. We meet all the family members: mom, dad, three brothers, one sister & the siblings’ respective partners. When a squabble between brothers during dinner is interrupted by a sudden barrage of arrows from outside, the family is forced to set aside their petty differences & work together to survive. Or not.

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Our next episode has yet to be determined - we’re leaving it up to you, the listeners. We’ll be putting a poll out on our various social medias so you can vote for what we watch next. So head over to our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and vote on what our next movie should be.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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138 | Doctor Sleep

Directed by Mike Flanagan

Adapted by Mike Flanagan, Story by Stephen King

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson and Kylie Curran

Rated: R; Runtime: 2hr 32min

Released November 8, 2019; Available in theaters

Synopsis: Grown up Danny Torrence, now just Dan, has become a drifter struggling with the same issues of alcoholism & foul temper as his father. After hitting rock bottom he stumbles into a nice little town in New Hampshire & ends up staying there for the next eight years. From time to time he has received psychic messages from a little girl with a very strong “shine.” When the girl becomes the target of a group of traveling vampires who feed off psychic ability she reaches out to her pen pal for help. Thus Dan finds himself again facing down a supernatural foe.

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We’ve only mentioned our next movie about a thousand times and now we’re finally going to review it. Will it continue to live up to all the hype we’ve given it over the years? Methinks it will. So queue up "Looking for the Magic” on your music playlist and join us next time when we’ll be reviewing You’re Next!

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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137 | The Lighthouse

Directed by Robert Eggers

Written by Max Eggers & Robert Eggers

Stars: Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson

Rated: R (for mermaid vag); Runtime: 1hr 49min

Released October 18, 2019; Available in limited theaters

Synopsis: Two men, the older one a grizzled former sailor & the younger a quiet & secretive newcomer, are charged with tending to a lighthouse on a small rocky island off the coast of New England in the late 1800s. When a storm keeps their replacements away & makes leaving impossible, it puts a serious strain on their sanity.

Episode extras:

The story of Small’s Lighthouse and its keepers.

The movie’s beautiful Fresnel lens.

“Should pale death with arrow dread
Make the ocean caves our bed,
Though no eye of love might see
Where that shrouded grave shall be,
Thou ! who hear’st the surges roll,
Deign to save the suppliant soul.”

— Sailor’s Hymn 107 from “Poems for the Sea” by Lydia Sigourney

Sascha Schneider, Hypnose, 1904

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Next up, we’ll finally be watching and reviewing the 100th Stephen King movie to be released this year, Dr. Sleep. Will it be a spook-fest or a snooze-fest?? Join us next time and find out.

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135 | Tigers are Not Afraid

Director/Writer: Issa López

Stars: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Hanssel Casillas

Rated: NR; Runtime: 1hr 23min

Released September 13, 2019; Available on Shudder

Synopsis: The film takes place in a Mexican city ravaged by warring drug cartels. When 10yr old Estrella’s mother disappears, she makes a wish to get her back. Her wish comes true, but not in the way she meant it to. Forced to flee in terror, Estrella joins a group of orphans who steal & scavenge to survive. When the children run afoul of Caco, the well-connected local sociopath, it’s clear that Estrella will need her other two wishes to survive. If only the wishes wouldn’t backfire in strange ways.

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Next up, we’ll be checking out the Netflix original, In the Tall Grass. That’s right, the Summer of Stevie rolls on. Meet us back here in two weeks to discuss.

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