294 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 49min

• Directed by Nia DaCosta

• Written by Alex Garland

• Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell and Alfie Williams

• Released in US January 16, 2026

• RT: 93% critics / 89% audience 

• Currently in theaters

  Synopsis

We rejoin Spike as he is initiated into Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal’s gang. Meanwhile, Dr. Kelson bonds with one of the alpha zombies and attempts to treat the virus.

Horror Homework

This episode:

• Audition - 1999 - Takashi Miike - Kanopy

• Battle Royale - 2000 - Kinji Fukasaku - Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi

Next time:

• The Host - 2006 - Bong Joon Ho - Hulu, Hoopla, Tubi

• The Wailing - 2016 - Na Hong-jin - Prime, Hulu, Kanopy, Tubi

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Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Send Help, opening in theaters January 30, 2026.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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161 | [REC]

Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza 

Written by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza & Luiso Berdejo

Stars Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano

Premiered at the Venice Film Festival August 29, 2007

Released November 23, 2007; released in US October 17, 2008

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 18mins

RT: 89% critics, 82% audience

Synopsis: Television reporter Angela and her cameraman Pablo are on a ride-along with members of the fire department when they’re called to help a sick woman in an apartment building. Not long after their arrival on the scene the building is quarantined and they are trapped inside. They soon learn the reason for the quarantine - the sick woman in the building is a zombie, and she’s not the only one.

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We find ourselves in a hairy situation for our next movie. We don’t want you to wig out but you just won’t beweave what this one’s about. Ok, I’m done…our next movie is Bad Hair, currently streaming on Hulu.

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

Director: Johnathan Milott, Cary Murnion

Writers: Leigh Whannell, Ian Brennan

Stars: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill

Synopsis: A terrifying virus sweeps through an elementary school, turning all the sweet, little children into blood-hungry monsters. A group of the school's misfit teachers work together to find a way to escape the school and the murderous kids.

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We've talked about the trailer for our next movie before on the podcast, but now we are finally able to watch and review the actual movie. As much as we love Halloween and October, it feels good to move away from bigger, more "mass-market" horror films and get back into lesser-known horror. So join us next time when we'll be covering Goodnight Mommy.