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)
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280 | 28 Years Later

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 55min

• Directed by Danny Boyle

• Written by Alex Garland

• Stars: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

• Release in US theaters June 20, 2025

• RT: 88% critics / 63% audience

  Synopsis

  12yr old Spike lives with his domineering father and mysteriously ill mother on a small island less than a mile away from mainland northern England. While safe there from the infected, the citizens uphold a tradition that sees their young people escorted to the mainland to kill infected as a rite of passage. Disillusioned after his outing and determined to locate the rumored doctor there, Spike sneaks out of the compound with his mother in tow in an attempt to cure her illness.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Damned, currently streaming on Hulu

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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268 | Smile & Smile 2

Smile

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 55min

• Written & Directed by Parker Finn

• Stars: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner and Kal Penn

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 22, 2022

• Released in theaters September 30, 2022

• RT: 79% critics / 77% audience

Synopsis 

Psychiatrist Rose witnesses a disturbing event at work which leads her to believe that a demonic entity has malicious designs on her.

Smile 2

• Rated R

• Runtime: 2hr 7min

• Written & Directed by Parker Finn

• Stars: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt and Lukas Gage

• Released in theaters October 18, 2024

• RT: 86% critics / 81% audience

Synopsis 

A global pop star is next in line to be terrorized by the insidious Smile entity. However, her increasingly erratic behavior is seen as a drug relapse and career meltdown instead of the desperate cry for help that it is.

Join us in two weeks when we review Presence, which will be released in theaters on January 24th.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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263 | Terrifier 3

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 2hr 5min

• Written & Directed (and edited) by Damien Leone

• Stars: Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton and Antonella Rose

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 19, 2024

• Released in theaters October 11, 2024

• RT: 76% critics / 86% audience

Synopsis 

Five years after the events of Terrifier 2, Art the Clown is back and has plans to eliminate the only person that can stop him - Sienna. But first, to kill anyone and everyone he comes across on the way. That’s not Santa coming down the chimney, kiddies.

Join us in two weeks when we review Strange Darling, currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

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