Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review

For our 3rd "Tricks & Treats" episode, we explore three more animated TV Halloween specials. 

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we take a deep dive into the world of adult animation! We're talking about Texas family values in King of the Hill's "Hilloween", Nu Metal sleuthing in South Park's "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", and trick or treating the rich neighborhoods in Bob's Burgers' "Full Bars".

Show Notes:

 Housekeeping (5:25)

 Back of the Box/Recommendations (15:00)

 Hilloween (15:50)

 Korn's Gro...

Following a hapless courier tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He soon finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures.   On this week's episode…   Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss crazy ass monsters, survival horror, and Zach Cregger's third feature film, Resident Evil (2026).  

Show Notes:

 Housekeeping (4:48)

 Back of the Box/Recommendations (14:00)

 Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:18)

 Rotten Tomatoes (1:04:27)

 Cooter of the Week (1:11:00)

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Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vein witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.     On this week's episode…     Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss electroshock therapy, baby Fairuza Balk, and the darker side of Disney in, Return to Oz (1985).    

Show Notes:

 Housekeeping (5:50)

 Back of the Box/Recommendations (14:45)

 Spoiler Warning/Full Review (26:00)

 Rotten Tomatoes (1:23:11)

 Trivia (1:31:10)

 Cooter of the Week (1:37:32)

 What We've Been Watching (1:44:45)

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After 22 years of psychiatric treatment, Norman Bates is ready to return to a life of solitude. However, the specters of his crimes, and his mother, continue to haunt him.       On this week's episode…         Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss Anthony Perkins, problematic mommies, and the sequel to the most influential horror movie of all time, Psycho 2 (1983).    

Show Notes:

 Housekeeping (4:30)

 Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:30)

 Spoiler Warning/Full Review (20:25)

 Rotten Tomatoes (1:05:00)

 Trivia (1:12:23)

 Cooter of the Week (1:18:22)

  Hotline Scream (1:28:32)

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A martial arts rock band goes up against a gang of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on the Florida narcotics trade.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss the majesty of Taekwondo, Orlando booger sugar, and the almost forgotten cult classic, Miami Connection (1988).

Show Notes:

 Housekeeping (4:50)

 Back of the Box/Recommendations (14:25)

 Spoiler Warning/Full Review (19:30)

 Rotten Tomatoes (1:09:20)

 Trivia (1:16:20)

 Cooter of the Week (1:20:45)

 What We've Been Watching (1:26:06)

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A director making a slasher sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film's final girl, leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos.     On this week's episode…     Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss sexual politics in the slasher sub-genre, killing off tropes, and Jane Schoenbrun's third feature film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026).  

Show Notes:

 Housekeeping (4:00)

 Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:34)

 Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:00)

 Rotten Tomatoes (1:16:30)

 Trivia (1:24:35)

 Cooter of the Week (1:35:05)

What We've Been Watching (1:39:55)

Hotline Screams (1:49:15)

Two young couples traveling across Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic family of serial killers.   On this week's episode…   Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss the origins of the Firefly family, Rob Zombie's feature film debut, and the extremely polarizing, House of 1,000 Corpses (2003).   Show Notes:

Housekeeping (6:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:10)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (20:00)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:02:25)

Trivia (1:09:48)

Cooter of the Week (1:18:30)

What We've Been Watching (1:22:45)

Hotline Scream (1:40:40)

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Set in gritty, real life New York City, alcoholic Sam meets up with a modern day succubus who marks him and controls his will.   On this week's episode…   Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss 90's New York City, drinking to survive, and Larry Fessenden's second feature film, Habit(1995).     Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:20)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:00)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (19:20)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:08:30)

Cooter of the Week (1:16:50)

What We've Been Watching (1:25:00)

Hotline Scream (1:39:00)

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Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits are trying to invade the human world through the internet.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss the Dead Internet, the loneliness epidemic, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's classic horror film, Pulse (2001). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:30)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:25)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:50)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:13:50)

Trivia (1:20:37)

Cooter of the Week (1:27:05)

In 1935, Indiana Jones is tasked by Indian villagers with reclaiming a sacred stone stolen from them by a secret cult.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss Harrison Ford, the genesis of the PG-13 rating, and Steven Spielberg's, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:25)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:25)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:45)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:04:08)

Trivia (1:12:32)

Cooter of the Week (1:19:40)

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Justin returns to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and provides a rundown of all the amazing sights he's seen! 

After a woman loses her husband in a car accident, she mourns with her in-laws in their family house. Unbeknownst to her, a supernatural dagger has been discovered in the house awakening an ancient evil.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss domestic deadite abuse, the horrors of in-laws, and the sixth film in the Evil Dead franchise, Evil Dead Burn (2026). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:15)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:35)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:15)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:08:30)

Cooter of t...

Justin sits down with modern master Takashi Miike at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival to discuss his legendary film career.

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A woman working as a content moderator comes across a series of violent videos reproducing death scenes from an infamous 1978 cult film.  

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss pre-internet viral videos, the command violence has on the attention economy, and lackluster content moderation in, Faces of Death (2026). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:20)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:15)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:03:00)

Trivia (1:10:05)

Justin sits down with returning guest, writer-director Damian McCarthy at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival to discuss his latest film, Hokum (2026) and much more!

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A petty thief desperate for work muscles his way into the world of crime journalism and becomes the star of his own story as he blurs the line between observer and participant.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss the personification of capitalism, corporate speak, and the sensationalist 24 hour news cycle in, Nightcrawler (2014). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:50)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:12)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (17:15)

Rotten Tomatoes (57:10)

Trivia (1:06:58)

Justin sits down with multi-talented writer, director, actor Brea Grant at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival to discuss her latest film, Grind (2026). 

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The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum saving the human race, Randy Quaid's motivational butt probe, and President Bill Pullman in Roland Emmerich's classic alien invasion movie, Independence Day (1996).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:00)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (20:30)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:15:35)

Trivia (1:20:12)

Cooter of...

Anonymous videotapes begin appearing at a house in the Hollywood Hills. Events escalate and become increasingly untethered to reality.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss creepy pale-faced dudes, Bill Pullman's musicianship, and David Lynch's neo-noir horror film, Lost Highway (1997).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (6:10)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:50)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:45)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:17:12)

Trivia (1:25:00)

Cooter of the Week (1:32:08)

A devoted husband and father helps two stranded girls who knock on his door, but his kind gesture turns into a dangerous seduction and a game of cat and mouse.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss Keanu Reeves' acting range, Ana de Armas' first English language film, and Eli Roth's ultimate Father's Day movie, Knock Knock (2015).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:45)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:15)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:25)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:00:36)

Cooter of the Week (1:07:50)

Functioning as a direct sequel to the first season of the Chainsaw Man series. Denji, a young man who coexists with a chainsaw demon encounters a new romantic interest, but will his involvement place them both in danger?

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss raging teenage hormones, sexy ass demons, and Tatsuya Yoshihara's extremely popular anime, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (2025).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:55)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:00)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:45)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:05:20)

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After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss liminal horror, the appeal of analog technology, and Kane Parson's very successful YouTube series turned feature film, Backrooms (2026). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:58)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:00)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:50)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:19:40)

Trivia (1:29:23)

Cooter of the Week (1:38:

A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save human kind from extinction.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss artificial intelligence, the impending singularity, and the cultural cornerstone that is, The Terminator (1984).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:05)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:45)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (12:45)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:08:55)

Trivia (1:16:12)

Cooter of the Week (1:23:50)

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds he is getting exactly what he asked for, but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling Crew as we discuss wish fulfillment, incels, and Curry Barker's love story for the ages, Obsession (2026). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:45)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:25)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:15)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:17:12)

Cooter of the Week (1:26:00)

A wedding and honeymoon bring unexpected and shocking consequences for Bella and Edward, including new complications with Jacob.

On this week's episode…

The Straight Chilling Crew welcome back Twilight expert Caitlin from Plug It Up Podcast to discuss vampire mommies, dangerous consummations, and how to properly cuck a werewolf in, Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (6:20)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:50)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:00)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:11:00)

Trivia (1:18:40)

Justin checked out the 27th Annual Film Festival in Jeonju, South Korea.

On this special episode...

Join Justin as he discusses all of the films he watched at the festival including Late Fame, Left Behind, 77 Minutes, The Curse, Insomnia, A LIttle Life, Early Spring, Soar, Ideal and Weird Family, Teaching Practice: Idiot Girls and School Ghost 2, Six Weeks On, and Mouse.

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A writer visits an Irish Inn to scatter his parents' ashes. When he arrives, he finds out the property is allegedly haunted by a witch.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss Irish folklore, Adam Scott, and the latest horror film from Damien Mc Carthy, Hokum (2026). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:50)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:40)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:00)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:07:00)

Cooter of the Week (1:14:50)

What We've Been Watching (1:20:50)

Pinocchio 964, a memory wiped cyborg sex-slave, is abandoned by his owners due to his inability to maintain an erection. Meanwhile, the corporate entity that created him plans to hunt him down and kill him.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss Japanese cyberpunk, sexy cyborgs, and spit covered cherries in the truly bizarre film by Shozin Fukui, 964 Pinocchio (1991).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:40)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:30)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (19:05)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:15:00)

Trivia (1:24:10)

After surviving one deadly game, Grace and her sister Faith must outrun four rival families competing for a powerful throne – winner takes all.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss satanic cults, the most dangerous game, and the overall views of the one percent in, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026).  

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (6:40)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (19:30)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (23:08)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:06:32)

Cooter of the Week (1:19:56)

The Straight Chilling Crew checked into The Overlook Film Festival and have returned to tell of the horrors they've seen!

On this special episode...

Join the crew as they have spoiler free discussions of several new films including Obsession, Hokem, Leviticus, Marama, Exit 8, Chili Finger, Family Movie, Drag, Affection, Never After Dark, Buddy, Normal, Faces of Death and more! Other topics include parties, Q&A's, second lines, trivia, and hanging with the CHILL-dren in New Orleans!

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A jealous mother kills her daughter-in-law with the maid's help. Miraculously, the murdered woman's spirit takes the form of a cat to seek revenge.

On this week's episode…

The Straight Chilling crew is joined by Shawn from The Dark Side of Seoul, to discuss the influential South Korean horror film, A Devilish Homicide (1965). 

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In Gus Van Sant's remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic, real estate employee Marion Crane steals money and leaves town to meet her lover. She stops off at the Bates Motel, which may be hiding secrets of its own.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss Vince Vaughn masturbating, mommy issues, and the bizarre experiment that is, Psycho (1998).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:50)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:55)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:30)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:09:20)

Trivia (1:15:10)

Cooter of the...

An ordinary teenage boy discovers his family may not be what they appear.

On this week's episode…

The Straight Chilling crew is joined by Ed Larson from The Last Podcast on the Left to discuss proper shunting methods, how we like our tea, and Brian Yuzna's directorial debut, Society (1989).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (6:50)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:12)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:10)

Rotten Tomatoes (54:25)

Trivia (60:40)

Cooter of the Week (1:05:30)

What We've Been Watching

When an archeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin disappearing.

On this week's episode…

Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss Bram Stoker, Hugh Grant, and the whitest worm you ever did see in, The Lair of the White Worm (1988). 

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:35)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:12)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:50)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:02:20)

Trivia (1:08:32)

Cooter of the Week (1:15:00)

Bob attended the first annual Jacksonville Horror Film Festival and lived to tell the tale! Tune in to hear about the films, parties, Q&A's, trivia and more. 

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Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss alien anthropology, wading into the abyss, and Scarlett Johansson's seduction tactics in, Under the Skin (2013).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:25)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:40)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (17:50)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:06:12)

Trivia (1:14:30)

Cooter of the Week (1:22:00)

What We've Been Watching (1:29:15)

Hotline Scream (1:41:40)

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Soju reviews Maggie Gyllenhaal's, The Bride! (2026).

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Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss Korean revenge thrillers, cannibalistic friends, and the movie with the most head trauma you've ever seen, I Saw The Devil (2010).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:15)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:55)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:35)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:14:15)

Trivia (1:23:00)

Cooter of the Week (1:28:00)

What We've Been Watching (1:35:00)

Hotline Scream (1:50:30)

Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss the shambling corpse of a slasher franchise, the pivot back to Neve Campbell, and review the first ever Scream movie to be directed by Kevin Williamson, Scream 7 (2026).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:15)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:20)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:10)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:06:10)

Trivia (1:13:16)

Cooter of the Week (1:19:05)

What We've Been Watching (1:25:38)

Hotline Scream (1:33:00)

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Join the Straight Chilling crew as we discuss modern urban legends, doomsday cults, and review the movie that slipped through the cracks, The Empty Man (2020).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:55)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:08)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (17:30)

Rotten Tomatoes (1:07:35)

Trivia (1:16:45)

Cooter of the Week (1:20:10)

What We've Been Watching (1:26:56)

Hotline Scream (1:47:34)

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