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..

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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.

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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 

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.