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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Episode 136 – Bones and All

December 25, 2022Body Horror, New Release, Period Piece, Theatrical Release, VampiresBadlands, Luca Guadagnino, Mark Rylance, Martin, My Own Private Idaho, Near Dark, Only Lovers Left Alive, Paris Texas, Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalametshockdoctors

While not quite up to the standards of his prior work, Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal romance road movie is moody, occasionally arresting, and driven by good performances all around.

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Episode 135 – The Menu (2022)

December 4, 2022Horror Comedy, New Release, Theatrical ReleaseAnya Taylor-Joy, John Leguizamo, Mark Mylod, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, Ready or Not, Society, The Exterminating Angelshockdoctors

Even if The Menu doesn’t qualify as horror comedy haute cuisine, there are some tasty morsels knocking around in there. Ralph Fiennes is a delight.

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Episode 134 – V/H/S/99

November 20, 2022Anthology, Found Footage, Horror Comedy, New Release, Period Piece, Sequel, Shudder OriginalCreep, Creep 2, War of the Worlds (2005), WNUF Halloween Specialshockdoctors

V/H/S/99 marks the series’ full-on tonal shift into Creepshow-esque horror comedy, which ultimately proves detrimental. Better than V/H/S Viral, but that’s not saying much.

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Episode 133 – Prey for the Devil

November 13, 2022New Release, Possession, Theatrical ReleaseAntichrist, Are We Not Cats, Christian Navarro, Colin Salmon, Daniel Stamm, exorcism, Jacqueline Byers, Legion, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Last Exorcism, The Wailing, Virginia Madsenshockdoctors

Prey for the Devil is a movie that is impossible to care about, a worse-than-average exorcism film in a subgenre where “average” is a pretty low bar to clear.

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