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

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224 | Evil Dead Rise

Written & Directed by Lee Cronin
Stars Mirabai Pease, Anna-Maree Thomas and Alyssa Sutherland
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 37mins
Premiered at SXSW March 15, 2023
Released April 21, 2023
RT: 85% critics, 80% audience
Synopsis
New book, same old story - this time the evil book is discovered by a young family and possesses their mother. Will her estranged sister be able to save the children and get them out of the apartment building before it’s too late?

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing the very fluid-filled movie, Infinity Pool, currently available for rent on various platforms.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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223 | Scream 6

Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
Written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick
Stars Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega
Rated R
Runtime: 2hr 2mins
Released March 10, 2023
RT: 77% critics, 91% audience
Available in theaters
Synopsis
The fucks are at it again! This time several different people want to be the next Ghostface, and they’re all going after our survivors.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Ari Aster’s newest, Beau is Afraid, opening in theaters April 21.

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/

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222 | Piggy

Written & Directed by Carlota Pereda
Stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes and Carmen Machi
Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 39mins
Premiered at Sundance January 25, 2022
Released October 7, 2022 streaming
RT: 92% critics, 57% audience
Available on Hulu and AMC+
Synopsis
An overweight bullied teen girl finds sympathy from an unexpected source and soon finds herself at the center of a town mystery.

As promised, here is the video intro to the Twister “ride” that used to be in Universal Studios. It’s really just Bill Paxton striking a sexy pose whilst talking about the sexiness of tornados.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Scream 6, currently in theaters.

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/

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221 | Near Dark

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Written by Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow
Stars Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 34mins
Released October 3, 1987
RT: 83% critics, 74% audience
Available on Shudder and AMC+
Synopsis
A young man is bitten by a pretty girl who turns out to be a vampire and is taken with her and her gang on a deadly road trip.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Piggy, currently streaming on Hulu

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/

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220 | Knock at the Cabin

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Written by M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman, Based on the novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 40mins
Released February 3, 2023
RT: 67% critics, 64% audience
Available in theaters
Synopsis
A family’s vacation rental is invaded by four strangers who ask them to sacrifice one of their number in order to save the world.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Near Dark, currently streaming on AMC+ and 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/

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219 | The People Under the Stairs

Written & Directed by Wes Craven
Stars Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill and Wendy Robie
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 42mins
Released November 1, 1991
RT: 70% critics, 59% audience
Available to rent
Synopsis
Facing eviction, a young boy agrees to help two men break into their weirdo landlord’s home to find gold coins. Once inside, however, they find that there is seemingly no way out.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing A Knock at the Cabin, currently in theaters.

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/

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218 | M3GAN

Directed by Gerard Johnstone
Written by Akela Cooper, Story by Akela Cooper and James Wan
Stars Allison Williams, Violet McGraw and Amie Donald
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 42mins
Released January 6, 2023
RT: 94% critics, 78% audience
Synopsis

A robotics engineer creates an extremely lifelike child robot and allows it to bond with her recently orphaned niece, with disastrous results.

Next up, we’re going back in time to review a lil Wes Craven film that we’ve mentioned more than a few times, The People Under the Stairs. So dust off your VHS copy, or head to your local video store and then join us for our next episode.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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217 | The Menu

Directed by Mark Mylod
Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy
Stars Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult and Janet McTeer
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 47mins
Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2022
Released November 18, 2022
RT: 89% critics, 76% audience
Available in the US on HBO
Synopsis

A group of 12 high-brow foodies attend a once-in-a-lifetime fine dining experience at the famous Hawthorne restaurant, which is conveniently situation on its own private island. The guests soon learn, however, that they may have bitten off more than they can chew with this particular experience.

Next up (hopefully), we’ll be covering the fever dream that is M3GAN, which is currently in theaters. On the off chance we don’t make it to the theater in time, we will be reviewing The Harbinger, currently available to rent. Either way, you won’t want to miss it!

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/

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216 | Eve's Bayou

Written & Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 55mins (Director’s Cut)
Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 7, 1997
Released November 7, 1997
RT: 84% critics, 89% audience
Synopsis

“The summer I killed my father I was 10 years old.” So begins the story of Eve and her powerful family in 1962 Louisiana. Through Eve’s eyes we meet her gorgeous, long-suffering mother, philandering doctor father, and eccentric Aunt Mozelle, who is a fortune teller. When Aunt Mozelle has a premonition of tragedy befalling the family, Eve and her siblings are confined to the safety of their stately home. But keeping them locked up isn’t going to keep the family safe from tragedy.

Out of theaters and into your streaming boxes, The Menu is next up for us. This film had a pretty good theatrical run, but now it’s available to watch from the comfort of our respective homes. So join us next time as we serve up the first entree of the new year.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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