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

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301 | Hokum

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 47min
Written & Directed by Damian Mc Carthy
Stars: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan and Florence Ordesh
Premiered at SXSW March 14, 2026
Released in US theaters May 1, 2026
RT: 88% critics / 83% audience
Synopsis

Successful author but miserable human being Ohm visits the Irish hotel where his parents spent their honeymoon to spread their ashes. There he gets swept into a mystery involving a missing bartender and a witch who is allegedly locked in the hotel’s honeymoon suite.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing the newest from Trollhunter and Autopsy of Jane Doe’s Andre Ovredal, Passenger, opening in theaters May 22.

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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274 | The Dead Thing

Unrated
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Directed by Elric Kane
Written by Elric Kane and Webb Wilcoxen
Stars: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen and Katherine Hughes
Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 26, 2024
Released (limited) in US theaters February 11, 2025
RT: 83% critics / no audience score
Synopsis
A depressed young woman goes on a series of meaningless dates in Los Angeles. When she makes a connection with a man who then ghosts her, she begins to follow him and investigate his life.

Join us in two weeks when we review Sinners, which will be in theaters on April 18th.

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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270 | Oddity

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Director & Writer: Damian Mc Carthy
Stars: Carolyn Bracken, Johnny French, Steve Wall
Premiered at Overlook Film Festival April 5, 2024
Released in theaters July 19, 2024
RT: 96% critics / 77% audience
Synopsis
A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder at the site of the crime.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Monkey, in theaters on February 21, 2025.

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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269 | Presence

Rated: R
Runtime: 1hr 25min
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by David Koepp
Stars: Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and Callina Liang
Premiered at Sundance January 19, 2024
Released in theaters January 24, 2025
RT: 87% critics / 54% audience

Synopsis

A dysfunctional family moves into a new house and begins to suspect that it might be haunted.

Join us in three weeks when we review Oddity, currently streaming on 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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Repeat | Lake Mungo

Director/Writer: Joel Anderson
Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe
Synopsis: Who killed Alice Palmer? Just kidding...sort of...
This is a Fauxdoc-style film, covering the events surrounding the death of 16-year old Alice Palmer. After going missing (we presume she drowned) during a family trip, Alice's body is eventually discovered floating in the water. Once this happens, the movie jumps from one subplot to the next as it attempts to discover what happened to her. The ending may not be exactly what you'd expect.

What'd we think of Lake Mungo?
(Out of 5 stars)

Join us next time for an all-new episode, in which we’ll be reviewing Ti West’s newest, MaXXXine, now in theaters.

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247 | Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Written & Directed by Stephen Cognetti
Stars: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown and James Liddell
Limited theatrical release October 24, 2023, premiered on Shudder October 30, 2023
RT: 87% critics / 82% audience

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
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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246 | The Others

Rated PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 44min
Written & Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan and Christopher Eccleston
Premiered August 2, 2001
RT: 84% critics / 77% audience

Synopsis

A woman who lives with her photosensitive children in the countryside and waits for her husband to return from WWII becomes convinced that their house is haunted.

Join us next time when we'll review Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, currently available 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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231 | Talk to Me

Directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou
Written by Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman and Daley Pearson
Stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto and Alexandra Jensen
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 35mins
Premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival October 30, 2022
Released July 28, 2023
RT: 94% critics, 83% audience
Synopsis
A teenager grieving the loss of her mother attempts to communicate with her spirit through the use of a magical hand that her friends have been using for party tricks.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Last Voyage of the Demeter, in theaters August 11.

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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205 | Last Shift

Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
Written by Anthony DiBlasi and Scott Poiley
Stars Juliana Harkavy
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 28min
Debuted at Frightfest in London October 24, 2014
Released October 5, 2015
RT: 100% critics (9 reviews), 51% audience
Synopsis

A rookie cop is tasked with patrolling a closing precinct where a horrific massacre once took place.

Next time you hear from us, we’ll be reviewing the most recent Jordan Peele number, Nope, currently playing in theaters all over the place.

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/