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

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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/

The Bloodlust 7/31/23 The Bloodlust 7/31/23

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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203 | Dashcam

Directed by Rob Savage
Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage and Jed Shepherd
Stars Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel and Angela Enahoro
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 17min
Premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival September 11, 2021
Released June 3, 2022, currently in select theaters and on demand
RT: 51% critics, 38% audience (in contrast, Host has 100% critics, 72% audience)
Synopsis

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

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194 | 1BR

Written & Directed by David Marmor
Stars Nicole Brydon Bloom, Taylor Nichols and Naomi Grossman
Rated TV-MA
Runtime: 1hr 30min
Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 18, 2019
Released in US April 24, 2020 (Netflix)
RT: 88% critics, 53% audience
Synopsis
A young woman named Sara moves to LA in the hopes of distancing herself from her controlling father. She rents an apartment in what seems like the perfect apartment complex - a large, diverse group of friendly people who socialize and help out their neighbors. However, she soon finds out the place may be too good to be true.

Join us next time when we will be covering the newest installment to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Is it a remake? Is it a prequel? A requel? Jk, we still don’t like that term. Whatever it is, we’ll be reviewing it next. Join us, wont you? *Currently streaming on Netflix (as of the date of this post)

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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193 | Shapeless

Directed by Samantha Aldana
Written by Kelly Murtagh & Bryce Parsons-Twesten
Stars Kelly Murtagh, Bobby Gilchrist and Jamie Neumann
Unrated
Runtime: 1hr 29min
Premiered at Tribeca June 10, 2021
Released on Tubi February 10, 2022 and theaters the following day
RT: 67% (only 15 reviews)
Synopsis
Ivy, a struggling singer in New Orleans trapped in the hidden underworld of her eating disorder, must face her addiction - or risk becoming a monster.

Join us next time when we will be covering 1BR, 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/

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Episode 62: The Eyes of My Mother

Director/Writer: Nicolas Pesce

Stars: Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Olivia Bond

Synopsis: Little Francisca lives on a remote farm with her Portuguese-transplant mother & taciturn father. She idolizes her mother, a former surgeon who is seen teaching her about her namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, & giving her anatomy lessons using the local cows. An act of violence is the catalyst which influences Francisca’s psychologically damaged development into very lonely adulthood. The movie progresses towards an inevitable conclusion as Francisca becomes increasingly desperate for companionship in addition to becoming more & more unhinged.

Our dear pal Becky (@bexbz) joins us for this review.

Join us next time as we review The Autopsy of Jane Doe. This was a late additon to the 2016 horror club but was totally worth the wait. It's available for rent so check it out and listen in for our review.

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52 | Nina Forever

Still upset at the tragic death of his girlfriend, Nina, Rob finds new love with his co-worker, Holly. As things with Holly start to heat up and he starts to move past his grief, dearly departed Nina decides to come back (at the most inopportune of times, mind you) to let him know that she's not quite ready for him to move on.

Did you miss us? Sorry about skipping a week, folks. We recorded several episodes - including this one - quite a while ago, in anticipation of being far too busy actually getting to hang out with each other for once. Yay!!!

We're back to our regular recording schedule (& our boring old lives) now, so we promise no more delays, & no more discussions about very old news. Like how we talk about The Woods at the beginning of this episode as if we hadn't already found out it's a new Blair Witch movie. Ugh. Surry.

Directors: Ben & Chris Blaine

Writers: Ben & Chris Blaine

Stars: Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, Mandeep Dhillon

Synopsis: A young man, still upset at the tragic death of his girlfriend, Nina, finds new love with his co-worker, Holly. As things start to get serious with Holly and he starts to move past his grief, Nina decides to come back during the couples' sexy times to let him know that she's not quite ready for him to move on.

Want to skip the small talk? We start our review at 00:16:25

We'll be reviewing the 2016 indie film, Darling, for our next episode. For all you lovers of horror films that fall outside of the Conjuring/Insidious/et al realm, chances are you've checked out The Woman and/or Jugface (or you've at least thought about it). Therefore, you will recognize Darling's leading lady, Lauren Ashley Carter. She is becoming a familiar face in indie horror flicks and tbh, we couldn't be more pleased about that. Darling is currently streaming on Netflix so give it a watch and then join us for our review!