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

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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

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)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Bloodlust 3/31/25 The Bloodlust 3/31/25

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/

The Bloodlust 3/11/24 The Bloodlust 3/11/24

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.

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/

The Bloodlust 8/28/23 The Bloodlust 8/28/23

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.

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/