168 | His House

Directed by Remi Weekes

Written by Remi Weekes, based on a story by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables

Stars Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba (also Javier Botet)

Released 10/30/2020

Rated TV-14

Runtime: 1hr 33mins

RT: 100% critics, 76% audience

Synopsis: Bol & Rial are two refugees from war-torn Sudan, who are trying to start new lives in England. However, it isn’t long before they realize that the horrors and traumas they’ve experienced may have followed them to their new home.

---

Join us next time when we’ll be coving La Llorona, currently available on Shudder.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

167 | Synchronic

Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead

Written by Justin Benson

Stars Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan & Katie Aselton

Released 10/23/2020

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 36mins

RT: 82% critics, 76% audience

Synopsis: Steve and Dennis are paramedics dealing with the fallout from a new synthetic drug. When someone close to them takes the drug and disappears Steve begins to experiment with the drug in an attempt to find her.

---

Join us next time when we’ll be coving His House, now currently available on US Netflix.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

166 | Possessor

Written & Directed by Brandon Cronenberg

Stars Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott & Jennifer Jason Leigh

Released 10/2/2020

Unrated

Runtime: 1hr 43mins

RT: 93% critics, 59% audience

Synopsis: In the near future (or an alternate present) a shadowy company performs hits on high-profile targets by infiltrating the brain of random people close to the target and forcing them to commit the murder and then kill themselves, thus destroying the evidence. Tasya Vos, their top assassin, is becoming increasingly violent and is struggling with keeping her secret identity a secret from her family. Though badly in need of a break, Vos agrees to a new assignment, but this just may be the one that pushes her over the edge.

---

At least 3 out of 4 of us have been anxiously awaiting this movie and now that it’s supposed to finally be available to rent on 1/26, we’re finally going to get the opportunity. Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing the latest from Benson and Moorhead, Synchronic.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

165 | Scare Me

Written & Directed by Josh Reuben

Stars Josh Ruben, Aya Cash & Chris Redd

Released 10/1/2020

Unrated

Runtime: 1hr 44mins

RT: 83% critics, 73% audience

Synopsis: Two authors on separate vacations pass the time during a power outage by telling each other scary stories.

---

The next movie we’ll be covering has been getting a lot of buzz and we’re pumped to finally be reviewing it. Join us next time when we review Possessor, which is currently available for rent on Amazon Prime.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

164 | The Dark and the Wicked

Written & Directed by Bryan Bertino

Stars Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Julie Oliver-Touchstone

Released 11/6/2020

Unrated

Runtime: 1hr 35mins

RT: 90% critics, 63% audience

Synopsis: Siblings Louise and Michael return to the family farm after years of estrangement to help their beleaguered mother care for their dying father. Once there they find that there’s a lot more wrong than just their father’s illness.

---

Next up will be our first review of the new year - we’ll be covering Scare Me, which is currently streaming on Shudder.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

160 | Session 9

Directed by Brad Anderson

Written by Brad Anderson & Stephen Gevedon

Stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan & Josh Lucas

Released August 10, 2001

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 37min

RT: 64% critics, 63% audience

Gordon and his crew clean hazardous materials out of old buildings and this time they scored a hell of a contract to clean out the abandoned Danvers State Mental Hospital. The catch is, they’ll have to complete the project in a fraction of the time it would normally take. With tensions already high, Gordon and crew start to become affected by their surroundings. And by affected I don’t mean lung cancer.

This part is like someone walked onto the set and was like ‘you know what would be really cool here? How about you zoom in on Caruso like he’s Bruce Willis in Die hard’ and then left.

---

It’s back into the vault next time, when we review the Spanish zombie thriller [Rec]. ay dios mio!

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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.

---

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.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

155 | The Rental

Directed by Dave Franco

Written by Dave Franco & Joe Swanberg

Stars Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Jeremy Allen White, Sheila Vand & Toby Huss

Premiered July 24, 2020

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 28 min

RT: 73% critics, 44% audience 

Two brothers and their respective partners rent a gorgeous vacation home with some extra audio/visual features they don’t discover until it’s too late. Who has the incriminating footage and how far will they need to go to get it back? 

---

Next up, the quarantine-filmed Host, about a seance conducted over Zoom. Yes, I agree that it sounds preposterous, but it’s currently sitting at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s also 56 minutes long, so if you hate it you’re not out too much time.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

154 | Relic

Written by Natalie Erika James & Christian White

Directed by Natalie Erika James

Stars Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote

Premiered at Sundance January 25, 2020; available to rent

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 29 min

When family matriarch Edna goes missing her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam come back to the crumbling family home to look for her. When Edna shows back up she seems different somehow. Could this be the start of dementia or something more supernatural?

---

From the episode: Our answers to the round-table question, “who was/is your horror movie crush?” (in order from left to right: Eddie’s, Karen’s, Jamie’s and Amy’s).

---

Next up, a film featuring two of the above celebrity crushes. I swear it was a coincidence. The Rental is available to rent meow.

---

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/