Category Archives: Body Horror

Episode 114 – Fresh

April 24, 2022Body Horror, Hulu Original, New ReleaseBone Tomahawk, Dahmer, Daisy Edgar Jones, Hannibal, Manhunter, Michael Manncave, Mimi Cave, Raw, Red Dragon, Sebastian Stan, The Texas Chain Saw Massacreshockdoctors

Buoyed by a pair of strong lead performances and a beguiling opening act, tonal issues nonetheless cause the film to stumble a bit as it builds toward and reaches its climax.

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Episode 112 – X

April 3, 2022Body Horror, New Release, Period Piece, Theatrical ReleaseBrittany Snow, Crazy Fat Ethel, Criminally Insane, In Flagrante Delicto, Jenna Ortega, Kid Cudi, Martin Henderson, Mia Goth, Owen Campbell, Porn, Scott Mescudi, The Innkeepers, Ti Westshockdoctors

After nearly a decade away from the genre, Ti West still builds tension as well as anyone in the business, but old people having sex isn’t quite as repulsive as he wants it to be.

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Episode 111 – The Cursed

March 20, 2022Body Horror, Creature Feature, New Release, Period Piece, Theatrical ReleaseAlistair Petrie, Boyd Holbrook, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Fugue State, Kelly Reilly, Mickey Liddell, Sean Ellis, Sleepy Hollow, The Haunting of Molly Hartley, The Innocents, The Others, The Wolfman (2010), Werewolfshockdoctors

Period creature-feature goodness and an interesting twist on the mechanics of lycanthropy are diminshed by pacing issues, a sometimes-drab color palette, and some questionable choices about the film’s Roma pseudo-antagonists.

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Episode 107 – V/H/S/94

January 16, 2022Anthology, Body Horror, Creature Feature, Found Footage, New Release, Sequel, Shudder Original, ZombiesChloe Okuno, Creepshow, It Happened, Jennifer Reeder, Lights Out, Marble Hornets, Ryan Prows, Simon Barrett, Steven Kostanski, Tales From the Hood, The Tunnel, Timo Tjahjanto, Two Evil Eyes, WNUF Halloween Specialshockdoctors

V/H/S/94 is a vast improvement over its immediate predecessor, but lags behind the first two films, providing a goofy, grindhouse atmosphere but forgetting to be frightening.

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Episode 102 – Antlers

November 7, 2021Body Horror, Creature Feature, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseGraham Greene, Guillermo del Toro, It Comes At Night, Jesse Plemons, Keri Russell, Scott Cooper, Shame, The Kindergarten Teacher, Wendigoshockdoctors

Antlers is a creepy and effective creature feature that’s sometimes hampered by certain lighting and backstory choices.

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Episode 99 – Malignant

October 3, 2021Body Horror, Creature Feature, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseAnnabelle Wallis, Blade, Blade II, Covetous, Imprint, James Wan, Kekoashaw, The Fury, Underworldshockdoctors

With a heaping helping of early-aughts action-horror goodness and some unexpected tricks up its sleeve, Malignant is a pleasant surprise – perhaps the biggest in Shock Doctors history.

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Episode 98 – Candyman (2021)

September 19, 2021Body Horror, New Release, Sequel, Theatrical Release8MM, Colman Domingo, Fugue State, Jordan Peele, New Nightmare, Nia DaCosta, Teyonah Parris, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), Tony Todd, Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIshockdoctors

While it’s hampered by a muddled climax, strong direction and performances make Nia DaCosta’s film a worthy heir to the Candyman mantle.

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Episode 95 – Old

August 22, 2021Body Horror, New Release, Shyamalan Expanded Universe, Theatrical ReleaseGael Garcia Bernal, Gas Leak Cinema, M Night Shyamalan, Midsommar, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Rufus Sewell, Sweetheart, Vicky Kriepsshockdoctors

A beach what makes you old. One of us liked this movie, and one did not. Can you guess which is which?

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Episode 91 – False Positive

July 11, 2021Body Horror, Hulu Original, New ReleaseDanny Elfman, Ilana Glazer, Inside, John Lee, Justin Theroux, Lyle, Peter Pan, Pierce Brosnan, Rosemary's Baby, The Ghost Writershockdoctors

This Ilana Glazer vehicle grapples with some serious real-life issues, and elements of the film have a great deal of merit, but it also has a lot of problems – none more glaring than its WWE-inflected climax that makes a few tone-deaf choices.

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Episode 85 – Assimilate

May 23, 2021Body Horror, Found Footage, VOD ReleaseAndi Matichak, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Joel Courtney, Pod People, The Crazies (2010), The Vast of Nightshockdoctors

This blatant Body Snatchers knockoff has nothing to contribute to the formula, except an unnecessarily convoluted life cycle for the pod people.

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