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

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289 | Cloud

  • Unrated

  • Runtime: 2hr 4min

  • Written & Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

  • Stars: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa and Daiken Okudaira

  • Premiered at Venice International Film Festival August 30, 2024

  • Released in US (limited) July 18, 2025

  • RT: 93% critics / 61% audience 

  • Currently streaming on Criterion or available to rent

    Synopsis

    Yoshii lives in Tokyo and resells goods on the internet as a side hustle while working in a factory. When Yoshii takes his reselling gig to the next level and quits his day job, he and his girlfriend leave the city for a house in the country. There it seems that Yoshii is being targeted by an unknown assailant. But with a profession that traffics in pissing a lot of people off, which of his enemies has it out for him?

 

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • The Innocents  - 1961 - Jack Clayton - rental

  • Wait Until Dark - 1967 - Terence Young - rental

Next time:

  • The Legend of Hell House  - 1973 - John Hough - rental only

  • The Changeling - 1980 - Peter Medak - Tubi

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing the quarterly release from Oz Perkins, Keeper, opening in theaters November 14.

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/

285 | The Long Walk

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 48min

  • Directed by Francis Lawrence

  • Written by JT Mollner, based on the novel by Stephen King

  • Stars: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill

  • Released in US September 12, 2025

  • RT: 90% critics / 85% audience 

  • Currently in theaters

    Synopsis

    In the United States of an undetermined year, 50 boys are chosen from a lottery - one from each state - to walk as long as they possibly can. They may not drop below 3mph. The last boy standing wins.

 

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Cuckoo, currently streaming on Hulu and Kanopy.

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/

282 | The Rule of Jenny Pen

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 44min

  • Directed by James Ashcroft

  • Written by Eli Kent and James Ashcroft, based on a short story by Owen Marshall

  • Stars: Geoffrey Rush, John Lithgow and George Henare

  • Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 19, 2024

  • Released in US March 7, 2025

  • RT: 71% critics / 54% audience

  • Currently Streaming on Shudder and AMC+

    Synopsis

    An elderly judge suffers a stroke on the bench and finds himself in a nursing home that is ruled by an unhinged resident and his creepy puppet. 

 

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Weapons, opening in theaters on August 8th

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/

273 | Red Rooms

  • Not Rated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 58min

  • Written & Directed by Pascal Plante

  • Stars: Juliette Gariépy, Laurie Babin and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

  • Premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 4, 2023

  • Released (limited) in US theaters September 6, 2024

  • RT: 96% critics / 75% audience

    Synopsis

    A taciturn model is obsessed with the trial of a notorious murder suspect, who allegedly tortured and killed three young girls in “red rooms,” murders-for-pay that are streamed over the dark web to the highest bidder.

 

Join us in two weeks when we review The Dead Thing, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

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/

222 | Piggy

  • Written & Directed by Carlota Pereda

  • Stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes and Carmen Machi

  • Not Rated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 39mins 

  • Premiered at Sundance January 25, 2022

  • Released October 7, 2022 streaming

  • RT: 92% critics, 57% audience 

  • Available on Hulu and AMC+

    Synopsis 

    An overweight bullied teen girl finds sympathy from an unexpected source and soon finds herself at the center of a town mystery.

As promised, here is the video intro to the Twister “ride” that used to be in Universal Studios. It’s really just Bill Paxton striking a sexy pose whilst talking about the sexiness of tornados.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Scream 6, 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/

221 | Near Dark

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Piggy, 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/

220 | Knock at the Cabin

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Near Dark, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

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/

219 | The People Under the Stairs

  • Written & Directed by Wes Craven

  • Stars Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill and Wendy Robie

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 42mins 

  • Released November 1, 1991

  • RT: 70% critics, 59% audience 

  • Available to rent

    Synopsis 

    Facing eviction, a young boy agrees to help two men break into their weirdo landlord’s home to find gold coins. Once inside, however, they find that there is seemingly no way out.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing A Knock at the Cabin, 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/

218 | M3GAN

A robotics engineer creates an extremely lifelike child robot and allows it to bond with her recently orphaned niece, with disastrous results.

Next up, we’re going back in time to review a lil Wes Craven film that we’ve mentioned more than a few times, The People Under the Stairs. So dust off your VHS copy, or head to your local video store and then join us for our next episode.

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/