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

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251 | Late Night with the Devil

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 33min
Written & Directed by Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes
Stars: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon and Ian Bliss
Premiered at South by Southwest March 10, 2023
Released in theaters March 22, 2024
RT: 97% critics / 81% audience

Synopsis

A late-night talk show attempts to grab big ratings during sweeps week with a paranormal-themed Halloween episode, which ends up taking a sinister turn

Join us next time when we'll review Double Blind, now streaming on Prime.

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

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 59min
Directed by Arkasha Stevenson
Written by Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith and Keith Thomas
Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson and Sonia Braga
Released in theaters April 5, 2024
RT: 81% critics / 70% audience

Synopsis

Another young novitiate from the U.S. arrives at her new home in an Italian convent and soon realizes that things are not as they seem

We mentioned Canadian comic, Mayce Galoni. Please check him out - he’s hilarious and delightful. @maycegaloni on Instagram.

Join us next time when we'll review Late Night with the Devil, now 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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249 | Immaculate

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 29min
Directed by Michael Mohan
Written by Andrew Lobel
Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte and Simona Tabasco
Premiered at South by Southwest March 12, 2024
Released in theaters March 22, 2024
RT: 71% critics / 59% audience

Synopsis

A young novitiate arrives at her new home in a remote Italian convent and soon realizes that things are not as they seem

Join us next time when we'll review The First Omen, now 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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248 | Stopmotion

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 33min
Directed by Robert Morgan
Written by Robert Morgan and Robin King
Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Stella Gonet and Tom York
Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 24, 2023
Available on streaming starting March 15, 2024
RT: 89% critics / 52% audience

Synopsis

An animator who works under her overbearing mother starts to come unglued when her mother has a stroke

Here is a selection of other shorts by director Robert Morgan for your enjoyment

Join us next time when we'll review Immaculate, now 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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247 | Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Written & Directed by Stephen Cognetti
Stars: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown and James Liddell
Limited theatrical release October 24, 2023, premiered on Shudder October 30, 2023
RT: 87% critics / 82% audience

Synopsis

Faux documentary about an internet sleuth who, along with her partner and her brother, spends five nights in the notoriously haunted Carmichael Manor, the site of a brutal multiple murder in the late 1980s. Once there they find connections to the equally infamous Abaddon Hotel.

Join us next time when we'll review Stopmotion, available to rent starting March 15, 2024.

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

Rated PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 44min
Written & Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan and Christopher Eccleston
Premiered August 2, 2001
RT: 84% critics / 77% audience

Synopsis

A woman who lives with her photosensitive children in the countryside and waits for her husband to return from WWII becomes convinced that their house is haunted.

Join us next time when we'll review Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, currently available 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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245 | Satanic Hispanics

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 52min
Stars: Efren Ramirez, Greg Grunberg and Sonya Eddy
Premiered at the Fantastic Fest September 25, 2022
Released on VOD September 14, 2023
RT: 91% critics / 45% audience

Synopsis

Wraparound segment - “The Traveler”

Directed by Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider! Tales of Halloween)
The sole survivor of a massacre is interrogated by police and confounds them with amazing stories of the supernatural

“Tambien Lo Vi”

Directed by Demián Rugna (When Evil Lurks, Terrified)
A math genius discovers a pattern that allows him to see and interact with the dead

“El Vampiro”

Directed by Eduardo Sánchez (Blair Witch, V/H/S/2)
A vampire goes out to enjoy himself in public on Halloween, only to be reminded by his exasperated wife about daylight savings time

“Nahaules”

Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero (V/H/S/85, ABCs of Death 2.5)
A CIA informant falls prey to a murderous indigenous force

“The Hammer of Zanzibar”

Directed by Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead, ABCs of Death 2)
A group of friends record a sacred ceremony on vacation, marking them for possession and death

Join us next time when we'll review The Others, available on Shudder starting February 15th..

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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244 | Society of the Snow

Directed by J.A. Bayona

Written by J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, Nicolas Casariego (based on book by Pablo Vierci)
Rated R
Runtime: 2hr 24min
Stars: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustin Pardella, Matias Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi
Premiered at the Venice Film Festival September 9, 2023
Released in limited theater December 23, 2023 and on Netflix January 4, 2024
RT: 91% critics / 85% audience

Synopsis

The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments to survive.

Join us next time when we'll review Satanic Hispanics, 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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243 | Birth/Rebirth

Directed by Laura Moss
Written by Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'Brien
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 41min
Stars: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes and A.J. Lister
Premiered at Sundance January 20, 2023
Limited release August 18, 2023
RT: 96% critics / 75% audience
Synopsis
A morgue technician has developed a method to reanimate the dead using embryonic tissue. When she tests it on the recently deceased daughter of a delivery room nurse and the nurse catches wise, they work together to keep the child alive at all costs.

Join us next time when we'll review Society of the Snow, currently streaming on 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/