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

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286 | Cuckoo

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 42min
Written & Directed by Tilman Singer
Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Marton Csokas
Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival February 16, 2024
Released in US August 9, 2024
RT: 78% critics / 58% audience
Currently in theaters
Synopsis
17yr old Gretchen is sent to live with her father and his new family in Germany after the death of her mother. Her father and step mother work for the mysterious Herr Konig, who has sent for them to stay near the resort they designed for him, and who takes a strange interest in Gretchen and her mute half-sister, Alma. When Gretchen gets a job working at the hotel, she notices that some of the female guests are exhibiting strange behaviors.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Good Boy, opening in theaters October 3.

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/

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285 | The Long Walk

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 48min
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Written by JT Mollner, based on the novel by Stephen King
Stars: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill
Released in US September 12, 2025
RT: 90% critics / 85% audience
Currently in theaters
Synopsis
In the United States of an undetermined year, 50 boys are chosen from a lottery - one from each state - to walk as long as they possibly can. They may not drop below 3mph. The last boy standing wins.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Cuckoo, currently streaming on Hulu and Kanopy.

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/

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284 | Final Destination: Bloodlines

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 50min
Directed by Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein
Written by Guy Busick & Lori Evans Taylor
Stars: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones and Tony Todd
Released in US May 16, 2025
RT: 92% critics / 87% audience
Currently streaming on HBO
Synopsis
Tragedy is averted in the 1960s when a woman has a premonition of a tower collapse and alerts revellers in time to get everyone out safely. Unfortunately, Death can hold a grudge for a loooong time, because in the present day, that woman’s granddaughter is plagued by dreams of the same tower collapse and returns home from college to get to the bottom of why. Soon she learns that Death has been taking all the survivors of the near-tragedy one by one, as well as all the children they shouldn’t have been able to have, and she will soon be next.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Long Walk, opening in theaters September 12.

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/

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283 | Weapons

Rated R
Runtime: 2hr 8min
Written & Directed by Zach Cregger
Stars: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Benedict Wong
Released in US August 8, 2025
RT: 94% critics / 86% audience
Currently in theaters
Synopsis
Early one morning every child but one from teacher Justine’s elementary school class runs outside and disappears. Angry parents demand answers from the teacher, but the remaining child, Alex, is who they should be asking.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Final Destination: Bloodlines, currently streaming on HBO

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/

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278 | Bring Her Back

Rated PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 43min
Written & Directed by Logan George & Celine Held
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen and Lauren Ambrose
Released on streaming October 10, 2024
RT: 76% critics / 79% audience
Synopsis
Siblings Andy and Piper, who have just lost their father, are placed in foster care with a mysterious and seemingly unstable woman named Laura who is also grieving a loss. They also meet their new foster brother, Oliver, a mute and extremely creepy little boy.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Ugly Stepsister, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

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/

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243 | Birth/Rebirth

Directed by Laura Moss
Written by Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'Brien
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 41min
Stars: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes and A.J. Lister
Premiered at Sundance January 20, 2023
Limited release August 18, 2023
RT: 96% critics / 75% audience
Synopsis
A morgue technician has developed a method to reanimate the dead using embryonic tissue. When she tests it on the recently deceased daughter of a delivery room nurse and the nurse catches wise, they work together to keep the child alive at all costs.

Join us next time when we'll review Society of the Snow, currently streaming on Netflix.

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/