293 | Influencer & Influencers

Influencer

• Unrated

• Runtime: 1hr 32min

• Directed by Kurtis David Harder

• Written by Kurtis David Harder and Tesh Guttikonda

• Stars: Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant and Rory J Saper

• Premiered at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival October 16, 2022

• Released in US May 26, 2023 (internet)

• RT: 91% critics / 68% audience 

• Currently streaming on Shudder/AMC+

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

• Unrated

• Runtime: 1hr 50min

• Directed by Kurtis David Harder

• Written by Kurtis David Harder 

• Stars: Cassandra Naud, Veronica Long and Paulo Saraiva

• Premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival July 26, 2025

• Released in US December 12, 2025 (internet)

• RT: 96% critics / 68% audience 

• Currently streaming on Shudder/AMC+

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

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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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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292 | Man Finds Tape

• 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

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

228 | Skinamarink

• 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

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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209 | Glorious

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• Directed by Rebekah McKendry

• Written by Joshua Hull, David Ian McKendry and Todd Rigney

• Stars Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons

• Unrated

• Runtime: 1hr 19min

• Released June 18, 2022

• RT: 87% critics, 53% audience

  Synopsis 

A man wakes up to find himself trapped inside a rest stop bathroom with a Lovecraftian hell god voiced by character actor J.K. Simmons.

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Next up, we’ll be heading back into Ti West’s sick mind with Pearl, currently in theaters. Join us, won’t you??

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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/

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.

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Next time you hear from us, we’ll be reviewing the recently released movie, The Black Phone, currently in theaters.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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143 | Terrifier

Directed by Damien Leone

Written by Damien Leone

Stars: Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton, Catherine Corcoran

Rated: TV-MA; Runtime: 1hr 22min

Released 3/15/18; Available US Netflix

Synopsis: Following a Halloween party, two friends decide to sober up at a local pizza place before heading home. Unfortunately for them, an interaction with Art the clown derails their plans and soon the friends find themselves trying to escape from Art and his bag o’ horrors.

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Next up - an adaptation of H.P Lovecraft’s The Color Out of Space, helmed by cult director Richard Stanley. Oh, and did we mention it stars Nic Cage? Guy’s becoming a regular horror icon lately.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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