292 | Man Finds Tape

• Unrated

• Runtime: 1hr 24min

• Written & Directed by Paul Gandersman and Peter S. Hall

• Stars: Kelsey Pribilski, William Magnuson and John Gholson

• Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 8, 2025

• Released in US December 5, 2025 (limited)

• RT: 86% critics / No audience score 

• Currently available to rent

  Synopsis

  Lucas finds a video tape containing footage of a man coming into his bedroom at night when he was a child. This discovery leads him into a mystery that seemingly involves his whole town. Overwhelmed, he enlists the help of his estranged sister, Lynn. Can the two uncover who is behind the sinister tapes before it’s too late?

Horror Homework

This episode:

• Bride of Frankenstein  - 1935 - James Whale - HBO

Next time:

• House of Wax - 1953 - Andre de Toth

• Carnival of Souls - 1962 - Herk Harvey - HBO, Prime, basically everywhere

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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167 | Synchronic

Directed by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead

Written by Justin Benson

Stars Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan & Katie Aselton

Released 10/23/2020

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 36mins

RT: 82% critics, 76% audience

Synopsis: Steve and Dennis are paramedics dealing with the fallout from a new synthetic drug. When someone close to them takes the drug and disappears Steve begins to experiment with the drug in an attempt to find her.

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Join us next time when we’ll be coving His House, now currently available on US Netflix.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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