Horror movie reviews artfully conducted by four classy broads and one token dude.

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Profile | Soren Narnia

Amy sits down (virtually) with Soren Narnia, the creator of the Knifepoint Horror podcast & the YouTube channel Winterthurn, to discuss storytelling, the nature of horror & why taking up pipe smoking would probably be a cool look for him. Enjoy the interview, then check out the links below to find out more about him.

Soren Narnia of Knifepoint Horror

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69 | The Belko Experiment

Director: Greg McLean

Writer: James Gunn

Synopsis: Employees at Belko Enterprises arrive at work one day to discover all sorts of weird things going on: the local employees are sent home, the entire building is put on lockdown, and some mysterious voice tells them they must kill 2 people in the next two hours otherwise a larger group will be killed. Rivalries and alliances form, alpha males get a thirst for blood, and people get merked. These folks could really use a company retreat.

Director: Greg McLean

Writer: James Gunn

Synopsis: Employees at Belko Enterprises arrive at work one day to discover all sorts of weird things going on: the local employees are sent home, the entire building is put on lockdown, and a mysterious voice on the PA tells them they must kill 2 people in the next two hours otherwise a larger group will be killed. Rivalries and alliances form, alpha males get a thirst for blood, and people get merked. These folks could really use a company retreat.

Notes: We briefly talk about the Trolley Problem and the Milgram Experiment - click on either link if you'd like more info.

In case you didn't get a chance to check out the wonderful claymation teasers for The Belko Experiment:

Next we'll cover another horror offering from director Oz Perkins - we covered I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House toward the end of 2016. The Blackcoat's Daughter stars Emma Roberts and is currently available on VOD.

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68 | Raw

**Director/Writer**: Julia Ducournau

**Synopsis**: Shy & timid Justine is just starting her first year of veterinary school & is having trouble adjusting. The dorms are co-ed, the upper classmen are mean & intimidating, & their hazing rituals are pretty intense. At least Justine has her older sister, Alexia, also at school there, to help her learn the ropes. But when Justine, a lifelong vegetarian, is forced by her sister to eat meat for one of her first hazing rituals, she begins experiencing some very strange side effects.

Photo credit: courtesy of Focus World. © 2016 Petit Film, Rouge International, FraKas Productions. All Rights Reserved. © 2016 Focus Features LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Director/Writer: Julia Ducournau

Synopsis: Shy & timid Justine is just starting her first year of veterinary school & is having trouble adjusting. The dorms are co-ed, the upperclassmen are mean & intimidating, & their hazing rituals are pretty intense. At least Justine has her older sister, Alexia, also at school there, to help her learn the ropes. But when Justine, a lifelong vegetarian, is forced by her sister to eat meat for one of her first hazing rituals, she begins experiencing some very strange side effects.

Raw official website

As two of The Bloodlust crew can attest, working in an office can most certainly have it's downsides. If you have a list of office co-workers who drive you crazy, this movie may be a cathartic experience for you. If not, there's a good chance you'll still enjoy the movie being described as "Office Space meets Battle Royale." So join us next time when we review & discuss The Belko Experiment.

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67 | Get Out

Chris goes with his girlfriend Rose to meet her parents & stay with them for the weekend. Once there he realizes his initial anxiety about whether Rose’s parents would accept him was nothing compared to the fear of what the hell this weird family is actually is actually up to.

Director/Writer: Jordan Peele

Synopsis: Chris goes with his girlfriend Rose to meet her parents & stay with them for the weekend. Once there he realizes his initial anxiety about whether Rose’s parents would accept him was nothing compared to the fear of what the hell this weird family is actually is actually up to.

Next time, we'll be trying to get our hands on Raw but, in the event we can't get a copy, we'll be reviewing The Belko Experiment. Both movies look promising so either way, you're in for a treat!

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66 | The Lure

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska Writer: Robert Bolesto

Synopsis: Beautiful mermaid sisters, Silver & Golden, are seduced by the trappings of 80s Poland and decide to come ashore to work in a nightclub. They join the nightclub’s house band & become a huge success, until one of the sisters falls in love with the cute bass player, & the other starts eating people's’ hearts. This is the Little Mermaid musical you never knew you needed to see.

Up next, it's Jordan Peele's horror debut, Get Out. If you aren't already a fan of Key & Peele, you don't need to be to enjoy this movie. You'll just have to check it out and then come back and join us for our next episode!

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Bloodlust Bites: 2nd Watch - Split

Our token dude is joined by Jorge DeLaRosa (Slow Mutants) to follow our main podcast epidose up with their take on M. Night Shyamalan's newest film, Split. You may or may not find out what caused Eddie to tear up multiple times during the movie...doesn't seem right.

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65 | Beware the Slenderman

Director/Writer: Irene Taylor Brodsky

Synopsis: On May 31, 2014 in the woods of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-yr-old girls, Morgan Geyser & Anissa Weier, stabbed their friend Bella Leutner 19 times & left her to die. Bella managed to crawl to the road & get help; she told her rescuers that ‘her best friend’ was the one who stabbed her. Morgan & Anissa were picked up not long after by police, & it was then they confessed to stabbing Bella in an effort to please Slenderman.
The doc focuses not on the victim & her family, who declined to participate, but on the perpetrators & their families, as well as touching on the origin of Slenderman & the effect of internet culture on today's youth.

Director/Writer: Irene Taylor Brodsky

Synopsis: On May 31, 2014 in the woods of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-yr-old girls, Morgan Geyser & Anissa Weier, stabbed their friend Bella Leutner 19 times & left her to die. Bella managed to crawl to the road & get help; she told her rescuers that ‘her best friend’ was the one who stabbed her. Morgan & Anissa were picked up not long after by police, & it was then they confessed to stabbing Bella in an effort to please Slenderman. The doc focuses not on the victim & her family, who declined to participate, but on the perpetrators & their families, as well as touching on the origin of Slenderman & the effect of internet culture on today's youth.

A cannibal mermaid horror-musical-comedy?! It's like writer Robert Bolesto picked all the perfect pieces and put them together to create The Lure. This film got a very limited release on 2/1/2017 but, if you're one of the lucky few who is able to see it at a local theater, go check it out! That way, when you tune in for our next episode, you won't have to worry about spoilers. Plus, why wouldn't you want to watch this? It sounds amazing!

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64 | Split

Director/Writer: M. Night Shyamalan

Stars: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley

Synopsis: Three teenage girls are kidnapped by a deeply disturbed man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. As the girls try to figure a way out of their predicament, we learn there is a new, seriously more dangerous identity that has yet to reveal itself.

Next up, we veer off the beaten trail a tad as we review the recently released HBO documentary, Beware the Slenderman. It's a perfect blend of our two loves: horror and true crime. So go and convince someone to share their HBO Now passwork with you and check out this movie before our next episode.

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63 | The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Tommy & Austin Tilden are father & son coroners who have the body of a Jane Doe delivered to their home-morgue after the police discover it half-buried in the cellar at the scene of an already gruesome & very confusing crime scene. The pair realize there are some serious abnormalities with their corpse before they even cut her open. Her wrists & ankles appear to be broken, but there are no marks on her body. And it just gets weirder from there.

Director/Writer: André Øvredal

Stars: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond

Synopsis: Tommy & Austin Tilden are father & son coroners who have the body of a Jane Doe delivered to their home-morgue after the police discover it half-buried in the cellar at the scene of an already gruesome & very confusing crime scene. The pair realize there are some serious abnormalities with their corpse before they even cut her open. Her wrists & ankles appear to be broken, but there are no marks on her body. And it just gets weirder from there.

We've been looking forward to this one for a while. Join us for our next episode, when we'll discuss M. Night's new one, Split.