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

The Bloodlust 2/12/24 The Bloodlust 2/12/24

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
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The Bloodlust 10/9/23 The Bloodlust 10/9/23

236 | V/H/S 85

Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 50min
Stars: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone and Jordan Belfi
Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 22, 2023
Released on Shudder October 6, 2023
RT: 73%/71%
Synopsis
Total Copy (frame story): Directed by David Bruckner
No Wake (Segment 1): Directed by Mike P. Nelson
God of Death (Segment 2): Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero
TKNOGD (Segment 3): Directed by Natasha Kermani
Ambrosia (Segment 4): Directed by Mike P. Nelson
Dreamkill (Segment 5): Directed by Scott Derrickson

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Appendage, streaming on Hulu starting October 6.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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The Bloodlust 11/21/22 The Bloodlust 11/21/22

213 | V/H/S/99

Shredding
- Written & Directed by Maggie Levin
- A band plays a gig in an abandoned club where a now infamous punk band was killed
Suicide Bid
- Written & Directed by Johannes Roberts
- A sorority pledge spends the night in a coffin as part of a hazing ritual
Ozzy’s Dungeon
- Directed by Flying Lotus, Written by Flying Lotus and Zoe Cooper
- When a young contestant is injured in a Double Dare-style game show, her family seeks revenge on the smarmy host
The Gawkers
- Written & Directed by Tyler MacIntyre
- A nerdy computer whiz agrees to help his creep brother hack their hot neighbor’s webcam
To Hell and Back
- Written & Directed by Joseph Winter and Vanessa Winter
- A couple guys agree to film a Y2K cult and accidentally wind up transported to hell
Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 49mins
Premiered at TIFF September 14, 2022
Released October 20, 2022
RT: 76% critics, 38% audience

Time to see what our old pal Art the Clown has been up to. Judging by the run time, he's been up to quite a bit. Join us next episode as we review Terrifier 2.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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The Bloodlust 11/28/21 The Bloodlust 11/28/21

188 | V/H/S/94

Written & Directed by Simon Barrett, Steven Kostanski, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Jennifer Reeder, Timo Tjahjanto
Released October 6, 2021
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 43min
Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2021
Available on Shudder
RT: 93% critics 50% audience

Holy Hell: Jennifer Reeder
The Storm Drain: Chloe Okuno
The Empty Wake: Simon Barrett
The Veggie Masher: Steven Kostanski
The Subject: Timo Tjahjanto
Terror: Ryan Prows

Amy’s V/H/S Wishlist

Coralie Fargeat (Revenge)

The only director I can think of who could rival Timo Tjahjanto’s level of blood.

Chad Crawford Kinkle (Dementer)

Because I would really like more people to know about this guy.

Sophia Takal (Always Shine)

You’ll notice I put Always Shine there and not the Black Christmas remake, and that’s because Always Shine shows how good Sophia Takal can be. She’s already acted in a V/H/S segment, let’s let her redeem herself by directing a really scary one.

David Amito & Michael Laicini (Antrum)

Let’s see what else these two can do

Wraparound: Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cocina (The Wolf House)

We all know the frame stories in the V/H/S series are garbage, so let’s really change it up and make it animated.

Join us next time when we will be covering Censor - currently streaming on Hulu.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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The Bloodlust 5/5/19 The Bloodlust 5/5/19

124 | The Field Guide to Evil

Eight international filmmakers create shorts based on dark folklore from their homelands.

Directors: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala (Austria), Can Evrenol (Turkey), Agnieszka Smoczinska (Poland), Calvin Reeder (US), Yannis Veslemes (Greece), Ashim Ahluwalia (India), Katrin Gebbe (Germany), Peter Strickland (Hungary)

Here’s a link for the website I mention at the end of the episode: The Unseen. Thank you again to our lovely listener/commenters for the tip. The list is very handy, as it’s pretty much every good horror movie that has come out in recent years, plus some serviceable & meh ones. As far as movies we haven’t mentioned on the show, I would recommend Jug Face, Coherence, Honeymoon & Cropsey. Any not mentioned that we should run out & see immediately? Let us know.

Imagine you take a job at a state park and one day, while you’re going about your business through the woods, you stumble across a probable crime scene. Not exactly the start of an awesome summer vacation. Next up, we’ll be watching Body at Brighton Rock, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (Southbound, XX). Join us in a week for our review.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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The Bloodlust 3/13/16 The Bloodlust 3/13/16

43 | Southbound

Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, Radio Silence

Writer: Roxanne Benjamin, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Susan Burke

Stars: Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Kristina Pesic

Synopsis: An anthology of five connected tales of terror, following the stories of various travelers on a remote stretch of desert highway.

Next up, we'll be taking a visit to 10 Cloverfield Lane to see what John Goodman has been up to. So join us, won't you, as we discuss the J.J. Abrams produced, 10 Cloverfield Lane.