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294 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
294 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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293 | Influencer & Influencers
293 | Influencer & Influencers
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292 | Man Finds Tape
292 | Man Finds Tape
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291 | Queens of the Dead
291 | Queens of the Dead
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290 | Keeper
290 | Keeper

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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

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Influencer and its sequel, Influencers, 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
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288 | Shelby Oaks

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 31min

  • Written & Directed by Chris Stuckmann

  • Stars: Sarah Durn, Mason Heidger and Brendan Sexton III

  • Premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival July 20, 2024

  • Released in US October 24, 2025

  • RT: 59% critics / 60% audience 

  • Currently in theaters

    Synopsis

    Riley Brennan and her friends are paranormal investigators who disappear while exploring the abandoned town of Shelby Oaks, Ohio. The bodies of the other investigators are later found, along with one of the video tapes containing their footage. Riley and the other tape remain missing. 12 years later, a film crew is making a documentary about the murders and disappearance focusing on Riley's sister, Mia, and her efforts to locate Riley, when a strange man appears at her door with the missing tape. This plunges Mia further into her search for Riley.

 

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers  - 1956 - Don Siegel - rental

  • Village of the Damned - 1960 - Wolf Rilla - rental

Next time:

  • The Innocents  - 1961 - Jack Clayton - rental

  • Wait Until Dark - 1967 - Terence Young - rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s newest, Cloud, currently streaming on the Criterion Channel and available to rent elsewhere.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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251 | Late Night with the Devil

Synopsis 

A late-night talk show attempts to grab big ratings during sweeps week with a paranormal-themed Halloween episode, which ends up taking a sinister turn

 

Join us next time when we'll review Double Blind, now streaming on Prime.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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247 | Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

Synopsis 

Faux documentary about an internet sleuth who, along with her partner and her brother, spends five nights in the notoriously haunted Carmichael Manor, the site of a brutal multiple murder in the late 1980s. Once there they find connections to the equally infamous Abaddon Hotel.

 

Join us next time when we'll review Stopmotion, available to rent starting March 15, 2024.

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

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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203 | Dashcam

An obnoxious internet personality live streams her wild night in London, which goes from merely chaotic to supernatural and life-threatening after she agrees to drive a mute passenger to a second location.

Next time you hear from us, we’ll be reviewing the recently released movie, The Black Phone, currently in theaters.

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

 

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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187 | Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

  • Directed by William Eubank

  • Written by Christopher Landon

  • Stars Emily Bader, Roland Buck III and Dan Lippert

  • Released October 29, 2021

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 38min

  • Available on Paramount+

  • RT: 28% critics 39% audience

    Synopsis: College student Margot was abandoned by her mother as a baby. When she is contacted by a long lost relative she and her film student friend Chris venture to the family farm to meet Margot’s family for the first time and film a documentary about the process. What they find is an isolated Amish community with more secrets than answers. Can Margot discover what really became of her mother without upsetting her weird new family?

Paranormal Activity gave us the itch for more found footage therefore, next up, we’ll be covering the newest V/H/S installment, V/H/S 94 (currently streaming on Shudder). We’re ready for some much needed anthology action, how bout you??

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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156 | Host

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Directed by Rob Savage

Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage & Jed Shepherd

Stars Haley Bishop, Gemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb

Premiered July 30, 2020 (Shudder exclusive)

Rated NR

Runtime: 57 min

RT: 100% critics, 79% audience (finally over 50%!)

A group of college friends quarantining in their respectives homes participate in a seance over Zoom and it somehow works.

For next time we’re leaving it up to you - which of these four movies should we review next? Clicking the posters will take you to each trailer. We’ll tally your votes here and across our various social accounts and let you know the winner on Friday, 8/28.

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