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

The Bloodlust 10/14/26 The Bloodlust 10/14/26

312 | Other Mommy

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 33min
Directed by Rob Savage
Written by Nathan Elston, based on the novel “Incidents Around the House” by Josh Malerman
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass and Arabella Olivia Clark
Released in US theaters October 9, 2026
RT: 16% critics / 47% audience
Synopsis

A troubled young family is threatened when their 7-year-old’s imaginary friend turns out to be real.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing It Ends, currently available to rent.

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 8/17/26 The Bloodlust 8/17/26

308 | Mārama

Not Rated
Runtime: 1hr 29min
Written & Directed by Taratoa Stappard
Stars: Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens and Umi Myers
Premiered at TIFF September 7, 2025
Released in US theaters (limited) April 17, 2026
RT: 100% critics / 81% audience
Synopsis

Mārama journeys to England from New Zealand when she receives a letter from a mysterious man claiming to know the secrets of her past. When she arrives she quickly realizes she has been misled, but is forced to stay on at a castle surrounded by pilfered articles from her homeland and a creepy man who knows much more about her past than he’s letting on.

Corrections

While editing I realized I misspoke about two things (at least!) on this episode. I catch things while editing all the time, but usually I just beat myself up over them. This time I thought I’d issue a correction, even though I realize most listeners don’t look at the website. Sometimes my mouth says the wrong word despite my brain knowing the correct one, y’know?

It’s the Toronto International Film Festival, not Independent.
Bluebeard is the wife-murdering guy in the folktales I was talking about, not Blackbeard. Pretty sure Blackbeard is just a pirate.
Thank you for your attention to these matters.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which is 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/

The Bloodlust 7/20/26 The Bloodlust 7/20/26

306 | Buffet Infinity

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

The Bloodlust 7/6/26 The Bloodlust 7/6/26

305 | Exit 8

Rated PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 35min
Directed by Genki Kawamura
Written by Genki Kawamura and Kentaro Hirase, based on the 2023 video game by Kotake Create
Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi and Naru Asanuma
Premiered at Cannes Film Festival May 19, 2025
Released in US theaters (limited) April 10, 2026
RT: 92% critics / 86% audience
Synopsis

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

The Bloodlust 6/22/26 The Bloodlust 6/22/26

304 | Backrooms

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 50min
Directed by Kane Parsons
Written by Will Soodik
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass
Released in US theaters May 29, 2026
RT: 88% critics / 74% audience
Synopsis

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.

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

The Bloodlust 6/8/26 The Bloodlust 6/8/26

303 | Obsession

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 48min
Written & Directed by Curry Barker
Stars: Inde Navarrette, Michael Johnston and Cooper Tomlinson
Premiered at TIFF September 6, 2025
Released in US theaters May 15, 2026
RT: 96% critics / 95% audience
Synopsis

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

The Bloodlust 5/25/26 The Bloodlust 5/25/26

302 | Passenger

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Directed by André Øvredal
Written by Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess
Stars: Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell and Melissa Leo
Released in US theaters May 22, 2026
RT: 44% critics / 52% audience
Synopsis

Tyler and Maddie have just moved out of their Brooklyn apartment and into a converted van with a plan to live on the road. When they witness a deadly crash they find they’ve picked up another rider - a spooooooky one.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing buzzy new film Obsession, 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/

The Bloodlust 5/11/26 The Bloodlust 5/11/26

301 | Hokum

Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 47min
Written & Directed by Damian Mc Carthy
Stars: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan and Florence Ordesh
Premiered at SXSW March 14, 2026
Released in US theaters May 1, 2026
RT: 88% critics / 83% audience
Synopsis

Successful author but miserable human being Ohm visits the Irish hotel where his parents spent their honeymoon to spread their ashes. There he gets swept into a mystery involving a missing bartender and a witch who is allegedly locked in the hotel’s honeymoon suite.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing the newest from Trollhunter and Autopsy of Jane Doe’s Andre Ovredal, Passenger, opening in theaters May 22.

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 4/27/26 The Bloodlust 4/27/26

300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular

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