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

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277 | Caddo Lake

Rated PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 43min
Written & Directed by Logan George & Celine Held
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen and Lauren Ambrose
Released on streaming October 10, 2024
RT: 76% critics / 79% audience
Synopsis
In Louisiana, near the border of Texas, the mother of a young man named Paris has a seizure and falls off a bridge while driving her car with her son. He saves himself but is not able to rescue his mother who disappears in Caddo Lake. In a house near the lake, teenager Ellie lives with her mother Celeste, her stepfather Daniel and her eight-year-old stepsister Anna. Ellie has arguments with her mother because of her father that she never knew and questions whether he really died. When Anna disappears in Caddo Lake, Sheriff Taylor organizes a search party to look for her in the lake. Meanwhile Paris is researching why his mother had seizures when the water level is low in the lake. Ellie decides to look for Anna in the lake and finds a mystery.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Bring Her Back, opening in theaters May 30.

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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276 | Repo! The Genetic Opera

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Written by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
Stars: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head and Sarah Brightman
Premiered at Fantasia FF July 18, 2008
Limited release in theaters November 7, 2008
RT: 37% critics / 73% audience
Synopsis
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Caddo Lake, currently streaming on Max and available elsewhere 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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275 | Sinners

Rated R

Runtime: 2hr 17min
Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler
Stars: Miles Caton, Saul Williams and Michael B. Jordan
Released theaters April 18, 2025
RT: 98% critics / 97% audience
Synopsis
Twin brothers return to their home town in 1930s Mississippi to open a juke joint with money stolen from the Chicago mob. Opening night festivities take a turn for the worse when vampires arrive at the juke joint to be let in.

Join us in two weeks when we review Repo: The Genetic Opera, which is currently streaming on 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/

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274 | The Dead Thing

Unrated
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Directed by Elric Kane
Written by Elric Kane and Webb Wilcoxen
Stars: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen and Katherine Hughes
Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 26, 2024
Released (limited) in US theaters February 11, 2025
RT: 83% critics / no audience score
Synopsis
A depressed young woman goes on a series of meaningless dates in Los Angeles. When she makes a connection with a man who then ghosts her, she begins to follow him and investigate his life.

Join us in two weeks when we review Sinners, which will be in theaters on April 18th.

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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273 | Red Rooms

Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 58min
Written & Directed by Pascal Plante
Stars: Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 4, 2023
Released (limited) in US theaters September 6, 2024
RT: 96% critics / 75% audience
Synopsis
A taciturn model is obsessed with the trial of a notorious murder suspect, who allegedly tortured and killed three young girls in “red rooms,” murders-for-pay that are streamed over the dark web to the highest bidder.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Dead Thing, 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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272 | MadS

Rated TV-MA
Runtime: 1hr 29min
Written & Directed by David Moreau
Stars: Lucille Guillaume, Laurie Pavy and Milton Riche
Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 21, 2024
Released on streaming in US October 18, 2024
RT: 93% critics / 71% audience
Synopsis
A guy encounters a frantic woman on the road who pulls him into a frightening series of events.

Join us in two weeks when we review Red Rooms, 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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271 | The Monkey

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Written & Directed by Osgood Perkins, based on the short story by Stephen King
Stars: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany and Christian Convery
Released in theaters February 21, 2025
RT: 78% critics / 59% audience
Synopsis
Twin brothers discover their father’s dark secret - a toy monkey whose drum playing equals a grisly death from someone nearby. They soon learn that the monkey is attached to their family, bringing destruction wherever it turns up.

Join us in two weeks when we review MADS, 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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270 | Oddity

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Director & Writer: Damian Mc Carthy
Stars: Carolyn Bracken, Johnny French, Steve Wall
Premiered at Overlook Film Festival April 5, 2024
Released in theaters July 19, 2024
RT: 96% critics / 77% audience
Synopsis
A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder at the site of the crime.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Monkey, in theaters on February 21, 2025.

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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269 | Presence

Rated: R
Runtime: 1hr 25min
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by David Koepp
Stars: Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and Callina Liang
Premiered at Sundance January 19, 2024
Released in theaters January 24, 2025
RT: 87% critics / 54% audience

Synopsis

A dysfunctional family moves into a new house and begins to suspect that it might be haunted.

Join us in three weeks when we review Oddity, currently streaming on 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/