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

The Bloodlust 6/22/26 The Bloodlust 6/22/26

304 | Backrooms

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 50min
Directed by Kane Parsons
Written by Will Soodik
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass
Released in US theaters May 29, 2026
RT: 88% critics / 74% audience
Synopsis

Struggling furniture store owner and divorcee Clark discovers a portal in the basement of his store that leads to the backrooms, a strange space that seems to remake itself using the memories of those who enter it. His dubious therapist goes looking for him at the furniture store after his disappearance and finds out the portal is real.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Exit 8, an adaptation of the video game of the same name. been a while since we’ve had a foreign film, or a PG-13 one. I’m more excited about that first bit than the second. Exit 8 is 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/

The Bloodlust 6/8/26 The Bloodlust 6/8/26

303 | Obsession

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 48min
Written & Directed by Curry Barker
Stars: Inde Navarrette, Michael Johnston and Cooper Tomlinson
Premiered at TIFF September 6, 2025
Released in US theaters May 15, 2026
RT: 96% critics / 95% audience
Synopsis

Bear is in love with his friend, Nikki, but is afraid to confess his feelings for her. Instead, he buys a novelty toy called One-Wish Willow and wishes that Nikki would love him more than anyone else in the world. Unfortunately, this is a horror movie, so they do not live happily ever after.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing a movie made by a guy even younger than Curry Barker - Backrooms, 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/

The Bloodlust 5/25/26 The Bloodlust 5/25/26

302 | Passenger

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Directed by André Øvredal
Written by Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess
Stars: Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell and Melissa Leo
Released in US theaters May 22, 2026
RT: 44% critics / 52% audience
Synopsis

Tyler and Maddie have just moved out of their Brooklyn apartment and into a converted van with a plan to live on the road. When they witness a deadly crash they find they’ve picked up another rider - a spooooooky one.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing buzzy new film Obsession, 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/

The Bloodlust 5/11/26 The Bloodlust 5/11/26

301 | Hokum

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 47min
Written & Directed by Damian Mc Carthy
Stars: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan and Florence Ordesh
Premiered at SXSW March 14, 2026
Released in US theaters May 1, 2026
RT: 88% critics / 83% audience
Synopsis

Successful author but miserable human being Ohm visits the Irish hotel where his parents spent their honeymoon to spread their ashes. There he gets swept into a mystery involving a missing bartender and a witch who is allegedly locked in the hotel’s honeymoon suite.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing the newest from Trollhunter and Autopsy of Jane Doe’s Andre Ovredal, Passenger, opening in theaters May 22.

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/

The Bloodlust 4/27/26 The Bloodlust 4/27/26

300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular

Look, it’s our faces! Can you believe it??

This Episode’s Movies

Prevenge

Rated TV-MA
Runtime: 1hr 28min
Written & Directed by Alice Lowe
Stars: Alice Lowe, Dan Renton Skinner and Jo Hartley
Premiered at Venice Film Festival September 1, 2016
Released in US (streaming) March 24, 2017
RT: 92% critics / 53% audience
Synopsis

Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant and is being persuaded by her unborn child to exact revenge on the people she deems responsible for her husband’s death.

The Stylist

Unrated

Runtime: 1hr 45min
Directed by Jill Gevargizian
Written by Jill Gevargizian, Eric Havens and Eric Stolze
Stars: Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant and Jennifer Seward
Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2020
Released in US (streaming) March 1, 2021
RT: 93% critics / 42% audience
Synopsis
Claire is a lonely, awkward hair stylist who occasionally scalps her clients and has a dungeon dressing room full of her grisly wigs. When a bride-to-be invites her into her circle of friends, Claire is thrilled. Unfortunately, she’s just too weird to not screw it up.

Huesera: The Bone Woman

Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 37min
Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera
Written by Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo
Stars: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal and Mayra Batalla
Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 9, 2022
Released in US (limited) February 10, 2023
RT: 97% critics / 65% audience
Synopsis
Valeria and her husband Raul have been trying to conceive and are delighted to find that they have succeeded. However, Valeria soon begins having second thoughts. She used to be a riot grrrl with a girlfriend, how did she let herself become so square? Oh yeah, and some kind of evil spirit with bad joints is stalking her.

Join us in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Hokum, opening in theaters May 1.

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/

The Bloodlust 3/30/26 The Bloodlust 3/30/26

299 | undertone

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Written & Directed by Ian Tuason
Stars: Nina Kiri, Michèle Duquet and Adam DiMarco
Released in US theaters March 6, 2026
RT: 59% critics / 73% audience
Synopsis

Evy is the skeptical host of a paranormal podcast who moves back into her childhood home to care for her dying mother. When a listener sends in a collection of audio recordings made by a pregnant couple experiencing possible paranormal activity, she begins to suspect that they were not sent to her merely because of her podcast but because she is somehow tied into the events.

Horror Homework

This episode:

Ganja & Hess - 1973 - Bill Gunn - Kanopy, Criterion, Hoopla
Tales from the Hood - 1995 - Rusty Cundieff - Starz or rental

Next time:

Prevenge - 2016 - Alice Lowe - Netflix, Hoopla, Shudder
The Stylist - 2020 - Jill Gevargizian - rental
Huesera: The Bone Woman - 2022 - Michelle Garza Cervera - Shudder

Join us again in two weeks for a special video edition of our 300th episode! We’ll be discussing the three Horror Homework movies above and answering listener questions, so if you have a burning question for us, let us know!

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/

The Bloodlust 3/16/26 The Bloodlust 3/16/26

298 | The Bride!

Rated R
Runtime: 2hr 6min
Written & Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale and Annette Bening
Released in US theaters March 6, 2026
RT: 59% critics / 73% audience
Synopsis

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein’s Monster is still around and still lonely, so he seeks out Dr. Euphronious to make him a mate. The lucky lady is Ida, who has coincidentally also just been possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley into making a scene in front of the mobsters she was partying with, which gets her thrown down some stairs.

Horror Homework

This episode:

Cronos - 1992 - Guillermo de Toro - HBO, Criterion
We Are What We Are - 2010 - Jorge Michel Grau - Kanopy or rental

Next time:

Ganja & Hess - 1973 - Bill Gunn - Kanopy, Criterion, Hoopla
Tales from the Hood - 1995 - Rusty Cundieff - Starz or rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing undertone, 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/

The Bloodlust 3/2/26 The Bloodlust 3/2/26

297 | Scream 7

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 54min
Directed by Kevin Williamson
Written by Kevin Williamson, Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt
Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Isabel May
Released in US theaters February 27, 2026
RT: 34% critics / 78% audience
Synopsis

Ghostface comes to Sidney Prescott’s small town of Pine Grove, Indiana, to target her once again. This time it appears that the vanquished killer from the first film, Stu Macher, is somehow back to seek revenge, and he’s targeting not only Sidney but her daughter, Tatum.

Horror Homework

This episode:

Man Bites Dog - 1992 - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde - HBO, Criterion
The Night Eats the World - 2018 - Dominique Rocher - Tubi, Hoopla, $.99 rental

Next time:

Cronos - 1992 - Guillermo de Toro - HBO, Criterion
We Are What We Are - 2010 - Jorge Michel Grau - Kanopy or rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Bride!, opening in theaters March 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/

The Bloodlust 2/16/26 The Bloodlust 2/16/26

296 | Together

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 42min
Written & Directed by Michael Shanks
Stars: Dave Franco, Alison Brie and Damon Herriman
Premiered at Sundance January 25, 2025
Released in US July 30, 2025
RT: 89% critics / 76% audience
Currently streaming on Hulu
Synopsis

Tim and Millie are a long-time couple who move to the country for a change of pace. Before long the expected resentments and arguments start to arise, but it’s the strange cave they’re forced to spend the night in that really causes the rift between the couple. After drinking some water from a hole in the cave, Tim begins to feel powerfully physically connected to Millie, and any time their skin is touching they seem to merge together. Can they get to the bottom of this mystery before two become one?

Horror Homework

This episode:

Dead Calm - 1989 - Philip Noyce - Kanopy, Tubi
The Loved Ones - 2009 - Sean Byrne - $3.99 rental

Next time:

Man Bites Dog - 1992 - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde - HBO, Criterion
The Night Eats the World - 2018 - Dominique Rocher - Tubi, Hoopla, $.99 rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Scream 7, opening in theaters February 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/