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

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242 | Saw X

Directed by Kevin Greutert
Written by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 58min
Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Synnøve Macody Lund
Released September 29, 2023 in theaters
RT: 80% critics / 89% audience
Synopsis
John Kramer returns, and he still has cancer! This time, John is swindled by a group pretending to provide a miracle cure, and he takes his revenge in the usual ways.

Join us next time when we'll review Birth/Rebirth, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

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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241 | Thanksgiving

Directed by Eli Roth
Written by Jeff Rendell
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 46min
Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon and Ty Olsson
Released November 17, 2023 in theaters
RT: 84% critics / 79% audience
Synopsis
One year after a Black Friday riot killed multiple people, a masked killer starts picking off those involved in gruesome ways.

Join us next time when we'll review Saw X, currently available to rent.

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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240 | Rare Exports

Director: Jalmari Helander

Writers: Jalmari Helander, Juuso Helander

Stars: Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila

Synopsis: On the border of Finland and Russia, 486 meters deep within the Korvatunturi mountains, lies a long-buried secret of Christmas. After a group of excavators unearth this secret, the nearby village learns that some secrets should remain buried. With so few Christmas-themed horror movies to choose from, Rare Exports is a wonderful holiday treat!

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

$17.99

Starring Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila

Buy on Amazon

We're back next time with our review of Eli Roth's Thanksgiving

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239 | Dark Harvest

Directed by David Slade
Written by Michael Gilio, based on the novel by Norman Partridge
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 36min
Stars: Casey Likes, Emyri Crutchfield and Jeremy Davies
Released October 13, 2023 on VOD
RT: 71% critics / 48% audience
Synopsis
The teenage boys in a small town compete in a macabre contest each Halloween to hunt down and devour a monster called Sawtooth Jack before he can make it to the local church. Fortune and fame come to the winning boy and his family. This year, the angsty brother of the last winner badly wants to compete and win his ticket out of town, despite his entry being against the rules.

Join us next time when we'll review Thanksgiving, currently playing 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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238 | When Evil Lurks

Written & Directed by Demián Rugna
Unrated
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Stars: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Luis Ziembrowski and Demián Salomón
Premiered at TIFF September 13, 2023
Released in limited theaters October 6, 2023 and on Shudder October 27, 2023
RT: 99% critics / 57% audience
Synopsis
Two brothers in a small village discover a possessed man on their neighbor’s property who is infecting the nearby livestock. When they attempt to move him they unleash the demon on everyone around them.

Join us next time when we'll review Dark Harvest, currently available for rent.

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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237 | Appendage

Written & Directed by Anna Zlokovic
Rated TV-MA
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Stars: Hadley Robinson, Emily Hampshire and Kausar Mohammed
Premiered at South by Southwest March 11, 2023
Released on Hulu October 2, 2023
RT: 52% critics / 62% audience
Synopsis
A stressed-out young woman finds that her anxieties are manifesting themselves in strange ways, as a growth begins to appear on her stomach and soon dislodges itself and develops a mind of its own.

Join us next time when we'll review Argentinian import When Evil Lurks, currently in theaters and coming to streaming October 27.

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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236 | V/H/S 85

Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 50min
Stars: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone and Jordan Belfi
Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 22, 2023
Released on Shudder October 6, 2023
RT: 73%/71%
Synopsis
Total Copy (frame story): Directed by David Bruckner
No Wake (Segment 1): Directed by Mike P. Nelson
God of Death (Segment 2): Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero
TKNOGD (Segment 3): Directed by Natasha Kermani
Ambrosia (Segment 4): Directed by Mike P. Nelson
Dreamkill (Segment 5): Directed by Scott Derrickson

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Appendage, streaming on Hulu starting October 6.

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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235 | Perpetrator

Written & Directed by Jennifer Reeder
Stars Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Lowell
Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 41mins
Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival February 17, 2023
Released September 1, 2023
RT: 80% critics, 32% audience
Synopsis
Teenage outcast Jonny is sent to live with her strange aunt in a town where girls have been going missing. As her aunt introduces Jonny to her burgeoning new powers, she decides to utilize them to find her missing classmates.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing V/H/S 85, streaming on Shudder starting October 6.

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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234 | Cobweb

Directed by Samuel Bodin
Written by Chris Thomas Devlin
Stars Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr and Cleopatra Coleman
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 28mins
Released in the July 21, 2023
RT: 59% critics, 71% audience
Synopsis
A lonely little boy with overprotective parents is kept up at night by a tapping on his bedroom walls.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Perpetrator, 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/