Category Archives: Theatrical Release

Episode 124 – Bodies Bodies Bodies

August 21, 2022Horror Comedy, New Release, Slasher, Theatrical ReleaseA24 Horror, Amandla Stenberg, Brick, Climax, Gosford Park, Lee Pace, Maria Bakalova, Pete Davidson, Rachel Sennott, The Old Dark Houseshockdoctors

Some promising early sequences are quickly undone by a melange of poorly-differentiated characters and a distinct underuse of the “dark and stormy night” atmosphere.

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Episode 122 – Nope

August 3, 2022Creature Feature, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseBrandon Perea, Daniel Kaluuya, Jaws, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, M Night Shyamalan, Michael Wincott, Monkey Shines, Signs, Steven Spielberg, Steven Yeun, The Watermelon Woman, Under the Skinshockdoctors

Jordan Peele has done it again, building terrific popcorn entertainment around stunning, already iconic new horror imagery, impeccable pacing, and note-perfect performances from Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Steven Yeun, and Michael Wincott.

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Episode 120 – The Black Phone

July 3, 2022New Release, Period Piece, Theatrical ReleaseEthan Hawke, It, Joe Hill, Madeleine McGraw, Mason Thames, Mr. Brooks, NOS4A2, Scott Derrickson, Silence of the Lambs, Sinister, Stephen King, Summer of '84, The Clovehitch Killer, The Tinglershockdoctors

Based on a Joe Hill story, The Black Phone nails a trifecta – strong performances from Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, and Mason Thames, assured direction by Scott Derrickson, and a smart script from Derrickson and writing partner C. Robert Cargill. It’s a blast.

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Episode 119 – Crimes of the Future

June 19, 2022Body Horror, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseAlphaville, Crash (1996), David Cronenberg, Don McKellar, ExistenZ, Kristen Stewart, Lea Seydoux, Looper, Never Let Me Go, New Rose Hotel, Scott Speedman, Until the End of the World, Videodrome, Viggo Mortensenshockdoctors

Meet the new sex… very much NOT the same as the old sex. Crimes of the Future isn’t quite vintage Cronenberg, but it’s still plenty good.

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Episode 118 – Men (2022)

June 12, 2022Body Horror, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseA24 Horror, Alex Garland, Annihilation, Anomalisa, Carnival of Souls, Ex Machina, Jessie Buckley, Mother!, Rory Kinnear, Stalkershockdoctors

Strong performances by Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear (in his case, several), as well as some interesting ideas, at least make this film deeply watchable, if utterly confounding.

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Episode 117 – Firestarter (2022)

May 29, 2022New Release, Remake, Theatrical ReleaseCapeshit, Carrie, Firestarter ‘84, Keith Thomas, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Greyeyes, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, The Shining, Thelma, X2, Zac Efronshockdoctors

A flawed but entertaining Stephen King property from the ’80s is turned into dimly lit, poorly written CGI capeshit.

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Episode 113 – Umma

April 10, 2022New Release, Theatrical ReleaseDermot Mulroney, Fivel Stewart, Goodnight Mommy, Hereditary, Iris K. Shim, Ninetails, Run, Sandra Oh, The Babadook, The Terror: Infamyshockdoctors

While the film tries to grapple with important themes – the cyclical nature of violence and the hardships of the immigrant experience – an utter lack of suspense and a script allergic to subtext leave the whole endeavor dead on arrival.

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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 109 – In the Earth

February 20, 2022Theatrical ReleaseA Field in England, Alien, Aliens, Altered States, Annihilation, Apostle, Ben Wheatley, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Joel Fry, Kill List, Mother!, Reece Shearsmith, Stalker, The Twelve Months of the Summer. Folk Horrorshockdoctors

Ben Wheatley’s best film since Kill List is a trippy folk horror nightmare, with strong performances all around.

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