286 | Cuckoo

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 42min

• Written & Directed by Tilman Singer

• Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Marton Csokas

• Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival February 16, 2024

• Released in US August 9, 2024

• RT: 78% critics / 58% audience 

• Currently in theaters

  Synopsis

  17yr old Gretchen is sent to live with her father and his new family in Germany after the death of her mother. Her father and step mother work for the mysterious Herr Konig, who has sent for them to stay near the resort they designed for him, and who takes a strange interest in Gretchen and her mute half-sister, Alma. When Gretchen gets a job working at the hotel, she notices that some of the female guests are exhibiting strange behaviors.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Good Boy, opening in theaters October 3.

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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?

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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.

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152 | The Wretched

Written/Directed by Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce

Stars John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda & Jamison Jones

Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 19, 2019, opened in limited drive-ins and on demand May 1 2020,

Not rated

Runtime: 1hr 35 min

16yr old Ben is spending the summer with his father, his parents having recently divorced. He begins to suspect that something sinister is going on at the house next door, but because he’d gotten in trouble recently his dad doesn’t believe him. Will he be able to get to the bottom of the mystery before it’s too late? 

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Next up, the alleged cursed film that’s been sneaking into Amazon Prime viewers’ nightmares, Antrum. Fans of found footage will want to check this one out, as well as lovers of occult horror.

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