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290 | Keeper
290 | Keeper
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289 | Cloud
289 | Cloud
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288 | Shelby Oaks
288 | Shelby Oaks
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287 | Good Boy
287 | Good Boy
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286 | Cuckoo
286 | Cuckoo

supernatural horror

275 | Sinners

  • Rated R 

  • Runtime: 2hr 17min

  • Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler

  • Stars: Miles Caton, Saul Williams and Michael B. Jordan

  • Released theaters April 18, 2025

  • RT: 98% critics / 97%  audience

    Synopsis

    Twin brothers return to their home town in 1930s Mississippi to open a juke joint with money stolen from the Chicago mob. Opening night festivities take a turn for the worse when vampires arrive at the juke joint to be let in.

 

Join us in two weeks when we review Repo: The Genetic Opera, which is currently streaming on Prime.

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

  • Unrated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 34min

  • Directed by Elric Kane

  • Written by Elric Kane and Webb Wilcoxen

  • Stars: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen and Katherine Hughes

  • Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 26, 2024

  • Released (limited) in US theaters February 11, 2025

  • RT: 83% critics / no audience score

    Synopsis

    A depressed young woman goes on a series of meaningless dates in Los Angeles. When she makes a connection with a man who then ghosts her, she begins to follow him and investigate his life.

 

Join us in two weeks when we review Sinners, which will be in theaters on April 18th.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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253 | I Saw the TV Glow

Synopsis 

Shy teenager Owen is intrigued by a supernatural teen TV show and an older classmate named Maddy who is obsessed with the show. When they begin watching the show together, the lines between reality and television begin to blur.

 

Join us next time when we'll review In a Violent Nature, now playing in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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211 | My Best Friend's Exorcism

Gretchen and Abby are best friends navigating high school in 1988 suburbia. After a night of taking LSD at a lake house goes terribly wrong and Gretchen starts behaving strangely, Abby sets to work trying to figure out what’s wrong with her friend. Is it just PMS, or could she be possessed by a demon?

Next up, we’ll be taking yet another trip back to Haddonfield, IL to see what Michael Myers is up to. Will we finally be done with Mr. Myers and his stabby shenanigans? Our guess is no, we won’t. If you haven't figured it out, we're reviewing Halloween Ends next.

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

OJ and Emerald Haywood are siblings trying to keep their family’s horse training ranch in business after the unusual death of their father. Once the strange, supernatural events start up again, however, they soon realize that trying to capitalize on it in order to save the ranch may be more work than they originally thought.

Next up, join us as we’ll be reviewing the newest A24 flick, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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205 | Last Shift

  • Directed by Anthony DiBlasi

  • Written by Anthony DiBlasi and Scott Poiley

  • Stars Juliana Harkavy 

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 28min

  • Debuted at Frightfest in London October 24, 2014

  • Released October 5, 2015

  • RT: 100% critics (9 reviews), 51% audience

    Synopsis 

A rookie cop is tasked with patrolling a closing precinct where a horrific massacre once took place.

Next time you hear from us, we’ll be reviewing the most recent Jordan Peele number, Nope, currently playing in theaters all over the place.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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188 | V/H/S/94

  • Written & Directed by Simon Barrett, Steven Kostanski, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Jennifer Reeder, Timo Tjahjanto

  • Released October 6, 2021

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 43min

  • Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2021

  • Available on Shudder

  • RT: 93% critics 50% audience


    Holy Hell: Jennifer Reeder

    The Storm Drain: Chloe Okuno

    The Empty Wake: Simon Barrett

    The Veggie Masher: Steven Kostanski

    The Subject: Timo Tjahjanto

    Terror: Ryan Prows

 

Amy’s V/H/S Wishlist

Coralie Fargeat (Revenge)

The only director I can think of who could rival Timo Tjahjanto’s level of blood.

Chad Crawford Kinkle (Dementer)

Because I would really like more people to know about this guy.

Sophia Takal (Always Shine)

You’ll notice I put Always Shine there and not the Black Christmas remake, and that’s because Always Shine shows how good Sophia Takal can be. She’s already acted in a V/H/S segment, let’s let her redeem herself by directing a really scary one.

David Amito & Michael Laicini (Antrum)

Let’s see what else these two can do

Wraparound: Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cocina (The Wolf House)

We all know the frame stories in the V/H/S series are garbage, so let’s really change it up and make it animated.

Join us next time when we will be covering Censor - currently streaming on Hulu.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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187 | Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

  • Directed by William Eubank

  • Written by Christopher Landon

  • Stars Emily Bader, Roland Buck III and Dan Lippert

  • Released October 29, 2021

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 38min

  • Available on Paramount+

  • RT: 28% critics 39% audience

    Synopsis: College student Margot was abandoned by her mother as a baby. When she is contacted by a long lost relative she and her film student friend Chris venture to the family farm to meet Margot’s family for the first time and film a documentary about the process. What they find is an isolated Amish community with more secrets than answers. Can Margot discover what really became of her mother without upsetting her weird new family?

Paranormal Activity gave us the itch for more found footage therefore, next up, we’ll be covering the newest V/H/S installment, V/H/S 94 (currently streaming on Shudder). We’re ready for some much needed anthology action, how bout you??

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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186 | The Empty Man

Synopsis: James LaSombra is a former cop mourning the loss of his wife and son. When a young friend of the family goes missing James is drawn into a mystery involving an urban legend about The Empty Man, a shadowy figure who can be summoned by blowing in an empty bottle on a bridge. But there is more to the disappearance than he first suspects, and more to the legend of the empty man than he realizes.

Since there’s apparently no way a franchise could have too many sequels, we’ll be checking out the newest addition to the Paranormal Activity family, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. The movie is currently streaming on Peacock so if you haven’t already, sign up for that free trial and then join us next time!

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