Category Archives: Sequel

Episode 209 – The Strangers: Chapter 2

September 30, 2025New Release, Remake, Sequel, Slasher, Theatrical ReleaseBryan Bertino, Carnival of Souls, Die Hard 2, Entrance, Gabriel Basso, Halloween II, High Tension, House of the Devil, Madelaine Petsch, Razorback, Renny Harlin, Requel, The Texas Chain Saw Massacreshockdoctors

The saggy midsection of a trilogy that should only have been one movie – or none at all – this latest installment is shapeless, bottom-of-the-barrel stuff. Just woeful.

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Episode 208 – The Conjuring: Last Rites

September 21, 2025Cursed Object Movie, Exorcism, Haunted House, New Release, Period Piece, Possession, Sequel, The Conjuring Universe, Theatrical ReleaseBlack Ichor, Insidious, James Wan, Knights of the Round Table (1953), Michael Chaves, Noroi: The Curse, Patrick Wilson, Steve Coulter, The Crooked Man, The Exorcist III, The Nun, Vera Farmigashockdoctors

Not as much of a trainwreck as The Devil Made Me Do It, the final(?) installment in The Conjuring series still suffers from the same storytelling pitfalls and overall churchiness as the rest. The first remains really the only one worth watching.

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Episode 205 – I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

August 10, 2025New Release, Remake, Sequel, Slasher, Theatrical ReleaseChase Sui Wonders, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ghost Story (1981), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Madelyn Cline, Reboot, Requel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sarah Pidgeon, Scream V, Scream VI, The Burning (1981)shockdoctors

This latest lifeless rehash of a 90s slasher is a little less self-serious than Screams V and VI, but probably also dumber.

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Episode 204 – M3GAN 2.0

July 20, 2025Horror Comedy, New Release, SequelAllison Williams, Blumhouse, Gerard Johnstone, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Sci-Fi Horror, Shaun of the Dead, Terminator 2, Terminator 3shockdoctors

The Shock Doctors were already the farthest thing from M3GAN stans, but this needlessly convoluted sequel seals the deal. It’s given up on horror, and it’s an action comedy with no action and bad jokes.

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Episode 203 – 28 Years Later

July 9, 2025New Release, Sequel, Theatrical Release, Zombies28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alex Garland, Danny Boyle, Day of the Dead, Jodie Comer, Land of the Dead, Ralph Fiennes, Shallow Graveshockdoctors

Despite being kind of an odd mash-up of two movies in one, neither of which strongly resembles the series’ standout first entry, 28 Years Later is another win for Danny Boyle and Alex Garland.

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Episode 200 – Matt and Jim’s Best and Worst

June 1, 2025Aliens, Anthology, Body Horror, Creature Feature, Creepypasta, Crime Procedural, Cursed Object Movie, Exorcism, Folk Horror, Foreign Film, Found Footage, Halloween, Haunted House, Horror Comedy, Period Piece, Possession, Prequel, Remake, Sequel, Serial Killer, Slasher, Slender Man, The Conjuring Universe, Universal Monsters, Vampires, Video Game Adaptation, Zombiesshockdoctors

After 200 podcasts, we’ve watched some great movies and a whole lot of crap. Give a listen as we pick out our favorite and least favorite subjects of past episodes.

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Episode 187 – Smile 2

October 27, 2024Body Horror, New Release, Possession, Sequel, Theatrical ReleaseAll That Jazz, Apocalypse Trilogy, Black Swan, Cat’s Eye, Firestarter (1984), In the Mouth of Madness, Naomi Scott, Parker Finn, Peter Jacobson, Prince of Darkness, Ray Nicholson, The Thing (1982), Vox Luxshockdoctors

Bigger and dumber than its predecessor, Smile 2 trudges through an interminable series of foregone conclusions while screaming its themes at the audience as loudly as possible.

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Episode 181 – Alien: Romulus

September 1, 2024Aliens, Body Horror, Creature Feature, New Release, Sequel, Theatrical ReleaseAlien, Alien 3, Aliens, Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Dead Space, Evil Dead (2013), Fede Alvarez, Ian Holm, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Prometheus, Resident Evilshockdoctors

Alien: Romulus is not without its merits – set design and visual style in particular – but it suffers from an excess of fanservice callbacks, and the AI revenant of Ian Holm was a serious misstep.

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Episode 177 – MaXXXine

July 14, 2024New Release, Period Piece, Sequel, Theatrical ReleaseBad Influence, Blow Out, Bobby Cannavale, Dressed to Kill, Elizabeth Debicki, Giancarlo Esposito, Halsey, Kevin Bacon, Lily Collins, Mia Goth, Michelle Monaghan, Satanic Panic, Spring Breakers, Starry Eyes, The Bedroom Window, Ti West, X Franchiseshockdoctors

Marred by the superficiality of its sleazy 80s atmosphere, and the bizarre absence of heft in its central character, Ti West’s third X entry ends this franchise with a whimper.

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Episode 174 – The Strangers: Chapter 1

June 9, 2024New Release, Remake, Sequel, Slasher, Theatrical ReleaseDevil’s Pass (2013), Madelaine Petsch, Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Renny Harlin, The Butcher (1970), Vacancy (2007)shockdoctors

This disposable, drab, tension-free nothing of a requel is only the first entry in a trilogy that’s already been shot. God help us.

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