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

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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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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253 | I Saw the TV Glow

Rated PG-13
Runtime: 1hr 40min
Written & Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
Stars: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Ian Foreman
Premiered at Sundance Film Festival January 18, 2024
Released in theaters May 17, 2024
RT: 84% critics / 68% audience

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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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211 | My Best Friend's Exorcism

Directed by Damon Thomas
Written by Jenna Lamia, based on the novel by Grady Hendrix
Stars Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller and Christopher Lowell
Rated R
Runtime: 1hr 37min
Released September 30, 2022
RT: 52% critics, 38% audience
Synopsis

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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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206 | Nope

Written & Directed by Jordan Peele
Stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun
Rated R
Runtime: 2hr 10min
Released July 22, 2022
RT: 82% critics, 69% audience
Synopsis

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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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The Bloodlust 10/31/21 The Bloodlust 10/31/21

186 | The Empty Man

Directed by David Prior
Written by David Prior, based on the graphic novel by Cullen Bunn
Stars James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Sasha Frolova
Released October 23, 2020
Rated R
Runtime: 2hr 17min
Available in the US on HBO
RT: 76% critics 39% audience

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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