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 186 – Never Let Go (2024)

October 20, 2024New Release, Theatrical Release10 Cloverfield Lane, Alexandre Aja, Arcadian, Bird Box, Crawl (2019), Frailty, Halle Berry, Run, The Hills Have Eyes (2006), The Villageshockdoctors

Alexandre Aja’s latest film fails to maintain enough ambiguity to sustain its middle hour, and the ending raises more questions than the audience, after 101 minutes, will really feel motivated to answer.

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Episode 185 – The Substance

October 6, 2024Body Horror, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseAltered States, Angst (1983), Antiviral, Black Swan, Braindead, Coralie Fargeat, Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid, Giallo Murder Gnome, Margaret Qualley, Requiem for a Dream, Seconds (1966), Society (1989), The Double (2013)shockdoctors

The Substance is a movie with three standout performances and a lot of panache that is weighted down by its own excesses, and a habit of repeating itself.

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Episode 184 – Speak No Evil (2024)

September 30, 2024New Release, Remake, Serial Killer, Theatrical ReleaseAisling Franciosi, Eden Lake, James McAvoy, James Watkins, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, The Ring (2002), The Vanishing (1988), The Vanishing (1993), The Woman in Black (2012)shockdoctors

This remake of the 2022 Danish film suffers from a stultifying fidelity to the original – except in two major respects, where there has been a decided downgrade. A waste of a very strong cast.

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Episode 183 – The Front Room

September 22, 2024Body Horror, Horror Comedy, New Release, Theatrical Release“Gramma”, A24 Horror, Beau is Afraid, Brandy Norwood, Dogma, Kathryn Hunter, Max Eggers, Robert Eggers, Salo, Sam Eggers, The House of the Devil, The Woman in Black (1989)shockdoctors

The directorial debut of Robert Eggers’ younger brothers Max and Sam is an uneasy mishmash of influences, on top of being a tedious scatological assault on the senses.

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Episode 182 – AfrAId

September 15, 2024New Release, Theatrical Release2001: A Space Odyssey, Chris Weitz, Colossus: The Forbin Project, David Dastmalchian, I Robot, John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Keith Carradine, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Terminatorshockdoctors

While the Shock Doctors share most of Chris Weitz’s feelings about AI and other facets of modernity, the actual film he’s assembled is a muddled hodgepodge of grievances that never coheres.

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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 180 – Trap (2024)

August 25, 2024New Release, Serial Killer, Shyamalan Expanded Universe, Theatrical ReleaseAllison Pill, American Psycho, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Dexter, Hayley Mills, Josh Harnett, Kid Cudi, M Night Shyamalan, Mr. Brooks, Opera, Psycho, Rear Window, Saleka, Scarlet Street, Snake Eyes, Stage Fright (1987)shockdoctors

Buoyed by a committed, charismatic lead performance from Josh Harnett, Trap nonetheless suffers from a lack of commitment to its initial single-location conceit.

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Episode 179 – The Exorcism (2024)

August 4, 2024Exorcism, New Release, Possession, Theatrical ReleaseAdam Goldberg, Berberian Sound Studio, David Hyde Pierce, Inland Empire, Jason Miller, Joshua John Miller, Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington, The Exorcist, The Pope’s Exorcistshockdoctors

Given the background of the material and the people involved, The Exorcism qualifies as a serious disappointment. Turgid, incoherent, and riddled with cliches, this film should have stayed on the shelf.

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Episode 178 – Longlegs

July 21, 2024Crime Procedural, New Release, Period Piece, Theatrical Release“Talking Tina”, Alicia Witt, Blair Underwood, Copycat, Cure, Devil Doll, Don't Look Now, Fallen, Maika Monroe, Mindhunter, Nicolas Cage, Oracular Dread, Oz Perkins, Se7en, The Exorcist III, The Silence of the Lambs, The X-Files, Tiny Tim, True Detective, Twin Peaksshockdoctors

Our first great horror experience in recent memory, Longlegs is a slam-dunk early candidate for our favorite of the year. Oz Perkins, Nicolas Cage, and Maika Monroe have never been better.

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