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

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299 | undertone

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Written & Directed by Ian Tuason
Stars: Nina Kiri, Michèle Duquet and Adam DiMarco
Released in US theaters March 6, 2026
RT: 59% critics / 73% audience
Synopsis

Evy is the skeptical host of a paranormal podcast who moves back into her childhood home to care for her dying mother. When a listener sends in a collection of audio recordings made by a pregnant couple experiencing possible paranormal activity, she begins to suspect that they were not sent to her merely because of her podcast but because she is somehow tied into the events.

Horror Homework

This episode:

Ganja & Hess - 1973 - Bill Gunn - Kanopy, Criterion, Hoopla
Tales from the Hood - 1995 - Rusty Cundieff - Starz or rental

Next time:

Prevenge - 2016 - Alice Lowe - Netflix, Hoopla, Shudder
The Stylist - 2020 - Jill Gevargizian - rental
Huesera: The Bone Woman - 2022 - Michelle Garza Cervera - Shudder

Join us again in two weeks for a special video edition of our 300th episode! We’ll be discussing the three Horror Homework movies above and answering listener questions, so if you have a burning question for us, let us know!

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/

The Bloodlust 3/16/26 The Bloodlust 3/16/26

298 | The Bride!

Rated R
Runtime: 2hr 6min
Written & Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale and Annette Bening
Released in US theaters March 6, 2026
RT: 59% critics / 73% audience
Synopsis

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein’s Monster is still around and still lonely, so he seeks out Dr. Euphronious to make him a mate. The lucky lady is Ida, who has coincidentally also just been possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley into making a scene in front of the mobsters she was partying with, which gets her thrown down some stairs.

Horror Homework

This episode:

Cronos - 1992 - Guillermo de Toro - HBO, Criterion
We Are What We Are - 2010 - Jorge Michel Grau - Kanopy or rental

Next time:

Ganja & Hess - 1973 - Bill Gunn - Kanopy, Criterion, Hoopla
Tales from the Hood - 1995 - Rusty Cundieff - Starz or rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing undertone, currently in theaters.

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/

The Bloodlust 3/2/26 The Bloodlust 3/2/26

297 | Scream 7

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 54min
Directed by Kevin Williamson
Written by Kevin Williamson, Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt
Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Isabel May
Released in US theaters February 27, 2026
RT: 34% critics / 78% audience
Synopsis

Ghostface comes to Sidney Prescott’s small town of Pine Grove, Indiana, to target her once again. This time it appears that the vanquished killer from the first film, Stu Macher, is somehow back to seek revenge, and he’s targeting not only Sidney but her daughter, Tatum.

Horror Homework

This episode:

Man Bites Dog - 1992 - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde - HBO, Criterion
The Night Eats the World - 2018 - Dominique Rocher - Tubi, Hoopla, $.99 rental

Next time:

Cronos - 1992 - Guillermo de Toro - HBO, Criterion
We Are What We Are - 2010 - Jorge Michel Grau - Kanopy or rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Bride!, opening in theaters March 6.

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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294 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 49min
Directed by Nia DaCosta
Written by Alex Garland
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell and Alfie Williams
Released in US January 16, 2026
RT: 93% critics / 89% audience
Currently in theaters
Synopsis

We rejoin Spike as he is initiated into Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal’s gang. Meanwhile, Dr. Kelson bonds with one of the alpha zombies and attempts to treat the virus.

Horror Homework

This episode:

Audition - 1999 - Takashi Miike - Kanopy
Battle Royale - 2000 - Kinji Fukasaku - Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi

Next time:

The Host - 2006 - Bong Joon Ho - Hulu, Hoopla, Tubi
The Wailing - 2016 - Na Hong-jin - Prime, Hulu, Kanopy, Tubi

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Send Help, opening in theaters January 30, 2026.

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/

The Bloodlust 9/1/25 The Bloodlust 9/1/25

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/

The Bloodlust 7/7/25 The Bloodlust 7/7/25

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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Bloodlust 10/28/24 The Bloodlust 10/28/24

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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/