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306 | Buffet Infinity
306 | Buffet Infinity
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305 | Exit 8
305 | Exit 8
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304 | Backrooms
304 | Backrooms
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303 | Obsession
303 | Obsession
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302 | Passenger
302 | Passenger

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306 | Buffet Infinity

306 | Buffet Infinity
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  • Not Rated

  • Runtime: 1hr 33min

  • Written & Directed by Simon Glassman

  • Stars: Kevin Singh, Ahmed Ahmed and Allison Bench

  • Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 28, 2025

  • Released in US theaters (limited) April 24, 2026

  • RT: 100% critics / Not enough info for audience score

    Synopsis

Local TV advertising tells the story of a battle between competing restaurants in a strip mall that evolves into a supernatural showdown between an all-powerful deity and a new age cult.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Redux Redux, which is currently streaming on Hulu.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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305 | Exit 8

305 | Exit 8
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Three people are trapped in a physics-defying maze of a subway station, where they need to follow a particular pattern to escape.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Buffet Infinity, which is currently available to rent. Looks wacky, right??

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

304 | Backrooms
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Struggling furniture store owner and divorcee Clark discovers a portal in the basement of his store that leads to the backrooms, a strange space that seems to remake itself using the memories of those who enter it. His dubious therapist goes looking for him at the furniture store after his disappearance and finds out the portal is real.

I’m sorry, this guy was terrifying

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Exit 8, an adaptation of the video game of the same name. been a while since we’ve had a foreign film, or a PG-13 one. I’m more excited about that first bit than the second. Exit 8 is currently available to rent.

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

303 | Obsession
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Bear is in love with his friend, Nikki, but is afraid to confess his feelings for her. Instead, he buys a novelty toy called One-Wish Willow and wishes that Nikki would love him more than anyone else in the world. Unfortunately, this is a horror movie, so they do not live happily ever after.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing a movie made by a guy even younger than Curry Barker - Backrooms, currently in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular

300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular
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Look, it’s our faces! Can you believe it??

This Episode’s Movies

Prevenge

  • Rated TV-MA

  • Runtime: 1hr 28min

  • Written & Directed by Alice Lowe

  • Stars: Alice Lowe, Dan Renton Skinner and Jo Hartley

  • Premiered at Venice Film Festival September 1, 2016

  • Released in US (streaming) March 24, 2017

  • RT: 92% critics / 53% audience

    Synopsis

Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant and is being persuaded by her unborn child to exact revenge on the people she deems responsible for her husband’s death.

The Stylist

  • Unrated

  • Runtime: 1hr 45min

  • Directed by Jill Gevargizian

  • Written by Jill Gevargizian, Eric Havens and Eric Stolze

  • Stars: Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant and Jennifer Seward

  • Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2020

  • Released in US (streaming) March 1, 2021

  • RT: 93% critics / 42% audience

    Synopsis

    Claire is a lonely, awkward hair stylist who occasionally scalps her clients and has a dungeon dressing room full of her grisly wigs. When a bride-to-be invites her into her circle of friends, Claire is thrilled. Unfortunately, she’s just too weird to not screw it up.

Huesera: The Bone Woman

  • Not Rated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 37min

  • Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera

  • Written by Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo

  • Stars: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal and Mayra Batalla

  • Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 9, 2022

  • Released in US (limited) February 10, 2023

  • RT: 97% critics / 65% audience

    Synopsis

    Valeria and her husband Raul have been trying to conceive and are delighted to find that they have succeeded. However, Valeria soon begins having second thoughts. She used to be a riot grrrl with a girlfriend, how did she let herself become so square? Oh yeah, and some kind of evil spirit with bad joints is stalking her.

Join us in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Hokum, opening in theaters May 1.

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

299 | undertone
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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)
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293 | Influencer & Influencers

293 | Influencer & Influencers
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Influencer

Synopsis

Influencer Madison is moping around Thailand because her boyfriend dropped out of the trip at the last minute. She meets the mysterious CW, who takes her under her wing. But is CW who she seems to be?

Influencers

Synopsis

CW has somehow gotten off the island and is now living in France with a girlfriend. When an influencer disrupts her plans for a romantic getaway, she just can’t resist going back to her old ways.

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Carnival of Souls - 1962 - Herk Harvey - HBO, Prime, basically everywhere

Next time:

  • Audition - 1999 - Takashi Miike - Kanopy

  • Battle Royale - 2000 - Kinji Fukasaku - Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, opening in theaters January 16, 2026.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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292 | Man Finds Tape

292 | Man Finds Tape
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  • 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)
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228 | Skinamarink

228 | Skinamarink
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  • Written & Directed by Kyle Edward Ball

  • Stars Lucas Paul, Ross Paul and Dali Rose Tetreault  

  • Unrated

  • Runtime: 1hr 40mins 

  • Premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival July 25, 2022

  • Released January 13, 2023

  • RT: 71% critics, 44% audience 

    Synopsis 

    A brother and sister awake to find that all the doors and windows have vanished from their house, and their father has disappeared.

 

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing The Blackening, in theaters now

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