Category Archives: New Release

Episode 146 – The Outwaters

April 9, 2023Found Footage, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseBlue Sunshine, Phoenix Forgotten, Robbie Banfitch, Screaming Eels, Shivers, Tremors, Willow Creekshockdoctors

With his pitch-black pinhole glimpses of chaos in the desert, Robbie Banfitch clearly wants to put our imaginations to work, but he doesn’t leave us quite enough to work with.

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Episode 145 – Scream VI

March 26, 2023Horror Comedy, New Release, Sequel, Slasher, Theatrical ReleaseCourteney Cox, Demons (1985), Dermot Mulroney, Ghostface, Hayden Panettiere, Jenna Ortega, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Melissa Barrera, Radio Silence, Requel, Stage Fright (1987), Tyler Gillettshockdoctors

Reaching a new low for the franchise, Scream VI spends most of its runtime insisting that everything is different and all bets are off, only to keep rehashing the same tired tropes.

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Episode 144 – Sick (2023)

March 19, 2023Horror Comedy, New Release, Slasher, VOD ReleaseBarbarian, Bethlehem Million, Entrance, Gideon Adlon, Hush (2016), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, In the Bedroom, Jane Adams, John Hyams, Kevin Williamson, The Conversation, The Rental, The Son (2002)shockdoctors

For a sub-80-minute film, Sick feels weirdly bloated, and yet at the same time, suffers from a disappointing lack of ambition.

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Episode 143 – Knock at the Cabin

February 26, 2023New Release, Shyamalan Expanded Universe, Theatrical ReleaseAbby Quinn, Ben Aldridge, Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, M Night Shyamalan, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan, The Cabin in the Woods, The Sacrifice, Where Danger Livesshockdoctors

Featuring good performances but a slightly flabby second act, Knock at the Cabin settles comfortably into the middle tier of M. Night Shyamalan’s oeuvre. It doesn’t really work as a climate change allegory, though.

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Episode 142 – Fear (2023)

February 19, 2023New Release, Theatrical ReleaseAnnie Ilonzeh, Deon Taylor, Fugue Soup, Iddo Goldberg, Joseph Sikora, Schizophrenia COVID, Soup Witch, T.I., The Happening, The Mist, Tip Harrisshockdoctors

Drab, incoherent, and brainless from start to finish, Fear is the result of director Deon Taylor hurling a bunch of tropes at the wall and seeing what sticks – and nothing does.

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Episode 141 – Infinity Pool

February 12, 2023Body Horror, Horror Comedy, New Release, Theatrical Release, UncategorizedAlexander Skarsgard, Apocalypse Now, Brandon Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future, Heart of Darkness, Kill List, Living with Yourself, Mia Goth, Possessor, Seconds (1966), Soma, The Neon Demon, Wake in Frightshockdoctors

Brandon Cronenberg adds another strong entry to his weird and unsettling oeuvre, while Mia Goth gives her third standout horror performance in the space of ten months.

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Episode 140 – M3GAN

January 29, 2023Horror Comedy, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseAkela Cooper, Alien, Allison Williams, Child’s Play (2019), Colossus: The Forbin Project, Gerard Johnstone, Housebound, Malignantshockdoctors

A team-up of the talents behind Housebound and Malignant should have been a slam dunk, but don’t believe the hype – M3GAN is an assembly-line-style dud.

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Episode 139 – Skinamarink

January 22, 2023Haunted House, New Release, Period Piece, Shudder Original, Theatrical ReleaseHotel Monterey, Kyle Edward Ball, Last Year at Marienbad, The Shining, V/H/S, We’re All Going to the World’s Fairshockdoctors

Skinamarink is not a perfect film, but it’s so weird and singular that we might not change a thing about it.

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Episode 138 – Nanny (2022)

January 8, 2023Amazon Prime Original, New ReleaseAmerican Gods, Anna Diop, Atlantics, Black Girl (1966), Dark Water (2002), Enemy (2013), Farewell Amor, Fugue Soup, Fugue State, His House, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Spector, Nikyatu Jusu, The Wind in the Rose Bushshockdoctors

Nanny is visually gorgeous and chock-full of great performances, but eventually descends into “fugue soup,” and the overwhelming water motif spoils the ending.

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Episode 137 – Something in the Dirt

January 1, 2023Found Footage, New Release, VOD ReleaseAaron Moorhead, Dead Ringers, Justin Benson, Pishockdoctors

While intriguing and loaded with personality, Something in the Dirt would have benefited from a little more structure and stronger distinctions between John and Levi’s dialogue.

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