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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

289 | Cloud

• Unrated

• Runtime: 2hr 4min

• Written & Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

• Stars: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa and Daiken Okudaira

• Premiered at Venice International Film Festival August 30, 2024

• Released in US (limited) July 18, 2025

• RT: 93% critics / 61% audience 

• Currently streaming on Criterion or available to rent

  Synopsis

  Yoshii lives in Tokyo and resells goods on the internet as a side hustle while working in a factory. When Yoshii takes his reselling gig to the next level and quits his day job, he and his girlfriend leave the city for a house in the country. There it seems that Yoshii is being targeted by an unknown assailant. But with a profession that traffics in pissing a lot of people off, which of his enemies has it out for him?

Horror Homework

This episode:

• The Innocents  - 1961 - Jack Clayton - rental

• Wait Until Dark - 1967 - Terence Young - rental

Next time:

• The Legend of Hell House  - 1973 - John Hough - rental only

• The Changeling - 1980 - Peter Medak - Tubi

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Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing the quarterly release from Oz Perkins, Keeper, opening in theaters November 14.

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/

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/