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

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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/

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

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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/