297 | Scream 7

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 54min

• Directed by Kevin Williamson

• Written by Kevin Williamson, Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt

• Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Isabel May

• Released in US theaters February 27, 2026

• RT: 34% critics / 78% audience

  Synopsis

Ghostface comes to Sidney Prescott’s small town of Pine Grove, Indiana, to target her once again. This time it appears that the vanquished killer from the first film, Stu Macher, is somehow back to seek revenge, and he’s targeting not only Sidney but her daughter, Tatum.

Horror Homework

This episode:

• Man Bites Dog - 1992 - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde - HBO, Criterion

• The Night Eats the World - 2018 - Dominique Rocher - Tubi, Hoopla, $.99 rental

Next time:

• Cronos - 1992 - Guillermo de Toro - HBO, Criterion

• We Are What We Are - 2010 - Jorge Michel Grau - Kanopy or rental

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Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Bride!, opening in theaters March 6.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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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
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247 | Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Written & Directed by Stephen Cognetti

• Stars: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown and James Liddell

• Limited theatrical release October 24, 2023, premiered on Shudder October 30, 2023

• RT: 87% critics / 82% audience

Synopsis 

Faux documentary about an internet sleuth who, along with her partner and her brother, spends five nights in the notoriously haunted Carmichael Manor, the site of a brutal multiple murder in the late 1980s. Once there they find connections to the equally infamous Abaddon Hotel.

Join us next time when we'll review Stopmotion, available to rent starting March 15, 2024.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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233 | The Snowtown Murders

• Directed by Justin Kurzel

• Written by Shaun Grant, based on the book by Debi Marshall and Andrew McGarry

• Stars Lucas Pittaway and Daniel Henshall

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 59mins

• Premiered at Cannes May 16, 2011

• Released in the US March 2, 2012

• RT: 85% critics, 66% audience

  Synopsis 

  Based on the true story of John Bunting, Australia’s most prolific serial killer, who was charged with the murders of 11 people.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Cobweb, currently available to rent on Amazon Prime.

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