291 | Queens of the Dead

• Unrated

• Runtime: 1hr 41min

• Directed by Tina Romero

• Written by Tina Romero and Erin Judge

• Stars: Jaquel Spivey, Katy O'Brian and Quincy Dunn-Baker

• Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 7, 2025

• Released in US October 24, 2025 (limited)

• RT: 88% critics / 71% audience 

• Currently available to rent

  Synopsis

  The drag night Yum is preparing for their Easter show in a converted warehouse in Brooklyn when a zombie outbreak occurs. Now the performers and a few outsiders are sheltering in place and trying to figure out their escape. 

Horror Homework

This episode:

• The Fly  - 1986 - David Cronenberg - Hulu

• Bram Stoker’s Dracula - 1992 - Francis Ford Coppola - Netflix

Next time:

• Bride of Frankenstein  - 1935 - James Whale - HBO

• 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 Man Finds Tape, currently available to rent.

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

Director: Joachim Trier
Writers: Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt

Synopsis: The movie opens with a little girl (Thelma) & her father in the woods hunting deer. After setting his sights on a doe, the father aims for the little girl’s head. Cut to ten or so years later - Thelma is a college freshman living away from her very religious helicopter parents for the first time. An attraction to a fellow student seems to lead to violent seizures, during which Thelma evens seems to be affecting the environment around her. Is this why young Thelma's father pointed his gun at her? Was he afraid of what Thelma might become?

Intro/Outro music courtesy Peter Perfect. Check him out on Instagram | Soundcloud

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Somehow, The Bloodlust managed to miss the opportunity to review Mark Duplass' unsettling and uncomfortable thriller, Creep (though, it did make it onto a couple of our "EOY top ten" lists. So to make up for missing the first one, next time you hear from us, we'll be joined by our dear friend, Sandra, as we review and discuss the aptly named Creep sequel, Creep 2.