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After watching a strange broadcast called "Videodrome", a co-owner of a small, adult-themed TV station becomes obsessed with finding its producers, believing it could be the future of his business.

Spooky Season is over and it's time for Bodacious Bodies month! We're kicking off this entire month dedicated to body horror with Videodrome. Directed by a legend of the genre, David Cronenberg; what starts as a search for the producers behind a mysterious broadcast takes a small, adult entertainment TV station co-owner, Max Renn, into the darker plot developing behind the broadcast. This film stars James Woods, w...

After Kaylie's brother, Tim, is released from a mental institution, the siblings head back to their childhood home in the hopes of proving the Lasser Glass mirror is behind what occurred to their parents.

In the last week of Mirrors month, we discuss Oculus, the film that focuses on a singular haunted mirror and helped us come up with the theme for the month. Directed by Mike Flanagan, the storytelling behind the Lasser Glass mirror and how it influences those around it to commit heinous acts is the central focus of Oculus. We were impressed with how Fla...

The urban legend of Candyman comes to life when he's summoned by a skeptic grad student doing research on the myth.

Candyman is next up for Mirrors month and what a great choice for this month. We're excited to discuss the film that helped define Tony Todd's legacy. Everything from the origin story to the soothing, yet ominous tone of his voice, makes Candyman an excellent horror villain and one that carries an urban legend over the people of Chicago in this film. This movie also stars Virginia Madsen and her acting performance in the attempts to...

After meeting with a priest, a professor gathers grad students to monitor a mysterious and unstable green liquid stored in an old canister in a locked church basement. 

For this week of Mirrors month, we are discussing John Carpenter's 1987 cult classic, Prince of Darkness. This film delves into science and religion, starring Donald Pleasence and featuring an appearance from Alice Cooper. While this film has mixed reviews based on its convoluted plot, it does have an interesting mystery of an odd green canister found in a church basement, an apocalyptic transmission from the future coming in the fo...

Two brothers research and investigate the mystery behind "Man Chicken", an urban legend and local conspiracy. 

Friday is here once again after nearly two years to discuss Jesse Heisel's latest film, Man Chicken. This film takes two brothers on an investigative journey to search for an urban legend like no other and what begins as a trip of discovery turns into something we couldn't have predicted. With a crazy set of characters and a mythological creature, this film is wild. Watch the movie and catch our review.

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Ben, a former investigator turned security guard, watches over a partially burned department store at night when he begins to see odd occurrences in the mirrors of the store. Following the death of his sister, he believes it's related to the images he's seeing in the mirrors.

Mirrors is the first movie we're discussing in Mirrors month, a whole month dedicated to horror movies that involve a mirror. Mirrors stars Keifer Sutherland in a role where he plays a former investigator who has had run-ins with alcohol in his past, is now watching over a department store wi...

Following the latest Woodsboro murders, Sam, Tara, and their friends relocate to New York City, but soon discover there's a new killer picking up the Ghostface murders.

Scream VI is the finale of Sequel September 2026 and although there's a change of scenery from Woodsboro, the killings continue and Ghostface resurfaces. Sam, Tara, Mindy, and Chad are now in New York City, navigating a slew of new murders that are continuing where Ghostface left off. With a string of new friends, returning victims, and motives, everyone is a suspect. We're happy to see this film reprises the same...

A horrible incident from a year prior comes back to haunt a group of friends in the form of a killer dressed in a fisherman slicker.

I Know What You Did Last Summer features a new set of friends encountering a horrific death similar to the events that occurred in Southport in 1997. Although this film features a new cast of friends, it brings back familiar faces of the series like Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Brandy Norwood. This film also retains the iconic fisherman slicker killer vibe with his hook. While the...

The members of the Losers Club receive a phone call, reuniting them back in Derry, 27 years following their initial encounter with Pennywise, and after building lives outside of the town they grew up in.

It: Chapter Two is the next film we're discussing in Sequel September 2026 and it's the story of The Losers Club as adults, returning to Derry to put an end to Pennywise, once and for all. While we love the story of It, this film feels repetitive. The cast in the movie is great, the acting is strong, but there are too many flashbacks...

Experiencing horrific nightmares of her grandparents dying, a college student returns home and speaks with her estranged grandmother on the deadly fates awaiting their family.

Final Destination: Bloodlines is the first movie we're discussing for Sequel September 2026 and this movie continues the cycle of death, however, introduces the new concept of death coming for an entire family's bloodline. A completely fresh take on a franchise that had been written off due to so much redundancy, this movie takes a new, hopeful direction that was exciting. This is not to say that death doesn't like to be cheated...

A journalist begins to investigate the mystery behind her niece's death that involves a videotape, which causes anyone who watches it to die after 7 days.

The Ring is the finale for Things You Don't Fuck With month and it was an American remake that made a splash in the early 2000s. We distinctly remember growing up and hearing all hype regarding how creepy this movie was. The concept of watching a video tape and receiving a call that foretold death in 7 days was always horrifying. We look forward to discussing this movie after having seen it over 2...

A student's disappearance leads two private investigators to break into his home and look through a combination of VHS tapes. As they view the tapes, they begin to experience odd occurrences in the home and believe there's a more sinister cause for his disappearance.

V/H/S/2 is up next in Things You Don't Fuck With month and this anthology is often referred to as the best in the series. As fans of the series and anthology horror movies, we love going back and watching through the shorts. This one in particular has some decent entries with o...

A group of friends experiment with a new trend of using an embalmed hand to communicate with the dead, but when one of them breaks the rules, she starts to believe a spirit has permanently crossed over.

Things You Don't Fuck With month is in full swing and Talk to Me fits very nicely into this month. With a modern take on seances and almost comparing the possession to a high, this film has a very unique take on demon possession. This is the full-length feature directorial debut of the Philippou brothers, and they deliver with an...

After one of their friends dies, a group of five friends attempt to communicate with her through the use of a Ouija board.

In week two of Things You Don't Fuck With month, we discuss Ouija. The film stars Olivia Cooke in a very familiar horror movie where a group of friends experience loss and look to communicate with their dead friend through a Ouija board. Unfortunately, in looking to communicate with their close friend, they contact a spirit that isn't so friendly. This film is full of the classic paranormal ghost tropes you're used to seeing fr...

After twin brothers discover their father's monkey toy and people start mysteriously dying in horrifying ways around them, they dispose of the toy only to have more deaths start popping up years down the road.

The Monkey is first up in Things You Don't Fuck With month and it's very fitting because the one thing that twin brothers, Bill and Hal, mess around with in this movie is a toy monkey. This Osgood Perkins adaptation of Stephen King's short story, stars Theo James in a movie that has a lot of dark humor along with crazy deaths...

After a young girl is found dead in a dammed-up lake, strange occurrences start to happen around the family's home.

Lake Mungo, the eerie Australian Indie found footage film, is the final movie we're discussing in Haunted Water month. Although this movie may struggle with pacing, the grainy aspects of the footage captured combined with the family trauma create such a haunting vibe that really stays with the viewer. The atmosphere is bleak and sad all the way through. The acting is excellent and the way Alice's character is portrayed is different from other ghost movies. Although...

Jess is looking for a day off to set sail with her friends, but her day off takes a turn for the worst when their yacht encounters a mysterious storm which overturns them. As they're forced to hop aboard a convenient ship that rescues them, they soon encounter a bizarre set of events.

Triangle stars Melissa George and is a psychological thriller that takes five friends out to sea and on a course they'll never forget. This film may divide audiences as it has sci-fi elements of time loops, but has a very intriguing mystery. George delivers...

The ghost of a former resident begins to haunt a mother and daughter in their New York City apartment building just as the two recently moved to the area and are in the midst of a custody battle.

Haunted Water month rolls on as we discuss Dark Water, the remake of the 2002 Japanese ghost story, starring Jennifer Connelly and John C. Reilly. This movie has a lot going in including the challenges a mother and daughter experience in a custody battle compiled with their new apartment having a constant water leak, which is the work of a g...

As a former baseball player recovers from a serious injury, he moves his family into a house with a pool that harbors a mysterious supernatural force.

We're kicking off Haunted Water month with Night Swim. When this movie came out in 2024, we were so excited to give it a watch. What could be more entertaining than a haunted pool. This movie had such an interesting premise and after watching it, we believe it may be more of a baseball movie than a horror movie. In any case, it takes several swings, but misses on most. The film la...

All but one child of a particular classroom, wake up and leave their homes at 2:17am, disappearing and leaving a community questioning how this happened and who is involved.

Weapons is Zach Cregger's follow up to Barbarian, one of the biggest horror releases of 2025, and the perfect way to end The Kids Aren't Alright month. The film had a very creepy trailer that brought a ton of intrigue to audiences and has an amazing cast of Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Amy Madigan, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the...

The Losers Club bands together to fight a shape-shifting entity that disguises itself primarily as a clown and feeds on children in the summer of 1989 in Derry, Maine. 

It, based off the classic Stephen King novel, depicts half of the story, focusing on the kids as they fight Pennywise who is feasting on children in Derry, Maine. This film fits perfectly into the Kids Aren't Alright month as the kids in Derry are going missing and the Losers Club discovers Pennywise is hungry for their fear. The kids in this rendition of the story portray the characters w...

A small town undergoes a mysterious event where several women give birth to odd alien children who look like humans.

The third week of the Kids Aren't Alright month brings in Village of the Damned for us to discuss. The 1995 John Carpenter remake of the 1960 movie stars Christopher Reeve and Kirstie Alley, and although it has a very interesting premise, doesn't deliver on the setup. While the movie is well acted, the second and third acts leave a lot to be desired with plotlines either going nowhere or being disappointing. However, there are some very interesting kills as...

A young couple becomes stuck in the remote town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where the inhabiting children practice a cult, killing anyone over 18 years old. 

Children of the Corn is the next film we discuss in The Kids Aren't Alright month. An adaptation of the 1977 short story by Stephen King, this movie features children forming a cult and killing off any adults in a remote town in Nebraska. While we were mixed on this movie, it was fun to see the differing power dynamics within a cult formed by children and how they all had different takes on t...

A political leader and his wife start to believe something is wrong with their son and that he may be the son of the devil.

We're starting off The Kids Aren't Alright month with The Omen. This is a movie where there's definitely a kid and he's nowhere near alright. Gregory Peck stars in this film and he's one of a few strong performances in a movie that has bizarre characters, crazy events, and creepy deaths. You won't find a movie with a kid much creepier than the one in this film. The tone of the film is...

A couple head to a cabin vacation home following a wedding and while experiencing relationship issues, they're surprised by masked intruders who make their night full of panic.

The Strangers is the movie of discussion for the finale of Home Invasion month. When this movie came out, there was a lot of hype surrounding how real it felt as a home invasion movie, primarily due to the lack of motive from the intruders. We're uncertain the movie holds up from a terror perspective, but it's certainly entertaining, suspenseful, and a unique entry into home invasion horror movies...

A family who has profited off of selling security systems becomes the target of a violent, masked group during a 12-hour period called "The Purge" where all crime is legal.

Home Invasion month kicks into high gear this week as we discuss The Purge. Ethan Hawke and Lena Heady star in this crazy film that introduces a dystopian society that has implemented an annual 12-hour period where all crime is legal. The thought process is that all aggression is aired out during these dangerous 12 hours, and many believe it heals the country. Although the concept is interesting, t...

A loving husband and father stays behind while his family goes on vacation and he's visited by two young women at night, who are stranded in the rain. After showing them kindness and letting them in, the night turns deadly.

Knock Knock is next for Home Invasion month and while we don't think this movie is very good, we fully acknowledge how fun it is. Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, and Ana de Armas star in this cat and mouse movie directed by Eli Roth. This film takes a loving family man's loyalty to his wife and kids t...

Three young burglars break into the home of a blind war vet in an attempt to steal money, but soon realize he's more than capable of defending himself.

Don't Breathe is kicking off Home Invasion month and it's a movie that we saw in theaters upon release and are super happy to be revisiting it. After rewatching the movie, we still love how tense the movie becomes and how it makes you question who's worse as things start to really take a turn. It's shot so well as the focus is on these young burglars who attempt...

A secretary, on the lam for taking money from her employer, holes up at a California motel owned by a man and his overprotective mother.

Psycho is often referred to as a horror movie masterpiece. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this psychological horror stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, who owns a motel along with his mother. Without too much screen time and based on dialogue and reactions from Norman, mother is a controlling influence in his life. Her influence makes Norman the sinister presence he is thoughout the movie. Hitchcock tells an interesting story overlaying element of...

Teenagers experience unsetting tactics from the counselors at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp as murderer hunts the grounds.

They/Them is a very different type of horror movie as it blends elements of a teenage drama along with being a slasher. Kevin Bacon stars in this film as the head of a conversion camp, who has a welcoming smile, but a sinister way of handling the camp practices. The movie features some fun moments, but doesn't deliver on dialogue, acting, or even a solid mystery. While at times it felt nothing like a horror movie, kills eventually pick...

A plastic surgeon applies his theory of synthetic skin that can withstand any damage on a mysterious woman, who unveils a more sinister plot.

Antonio Banderas stars in an absolutely crazy movie in every single way as we discuss The Skin I Live In. The story starts in a wild fashion as a well-known plastic surgeon is keeping a mysterious woman at his house, who he's experimenting on, but it actually gets even more insane when character backstory is revealed. The tone of the movie shifts and the storylines converge in such a dark, sick way. We...

A plastic surgeon applies his theory of synthetic skin that can withstand any damage on a mysterious woman, who unveils a more sinister plot.

Antonio Banderas stars in an absolutely crazy movie in every single way as we discuss The Skin I Live In. The story starts in a wild fashion as a well-known plastic surgeon is keeping a mysterious woman at his house, who he's experimenting on, but it actually gets even more insane when character backstory is revealed. The tone of the movie shifts and the storylines converge in such a dark, sick way. We...

Oskar, a young, bullied boy, forms a friendship with his new neighbor Eli, a young girl, who holds the secret of needing to consume blood.

Let the Right One In is a Swedish vampire, coming-of-age film based off the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist of the same name. This movie explores the challenges of navigating bullying, growing up, and finding friendship among the oddest of circumstances. While the movie deeply explores different character emotions, it has a bleak tone and cold atmosphere that really set the backdrop for what is a unique and challenging time in the...

Oskar, a young, bullied boy, forms a friendship with his new neighbor Eli, a young girl, who holds the secret of needing to consume blood.

Let the Right One In is a Swedish vampire, coming-of-age film based off the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist of the same name. This movie explores the challenges of navigating bullying, growing up, and finding friendship among the oddest of circumstances. While the movie deeply explores different character emotions, it has a bleak tone and cold atmosphere that really set the backdrop for what is a unique and challenging time in the l...

A single mother adjusts to living in rural Ireland with her son, who starts to exhibit strange behavior that she believes is connected to a large hole in the middle of the forest behind their house.

The Hole in the Ground is the last movie in Staring into Holes month and was the movie that inspired the theme. While the story simply revolves around a mother's discovery of a mysterious hole in the ground and its potential effects on her son, there's deeper themes at play as she works to navigate the relationship with her son who's c...

A young girl finds herself trapped in her family's lake house while they're renovating and is haunted by a mysterious invader. 

In the fourth week of Staring into Holes month, we discuss Silent House, a psychological horror movie featuring Elizabeth Olsen in her first starring role. While this movie takes on the style of a continuous shot, it relies on acting and character developing to guide the narrative. Even though Olsen's performance is serviceable, there isn't enough happening in the movie to keep up the investment. The twist of the movie is highly predictable, especially if you've s...

When a young girl is chosen to be a sacrifice by a worshipped pit in her backwoods community, she fights to survive even at the expense of those around her.

Staring into Holes month continues with indie heater, Jug Face. This movie tells the unique story of a backwoods community that worships a pit in a forest. Sometimes when wrongdoing is amidst, the pit will call for a sacrifice, which is the case for the protagonist, Ada. Her struggle for survival after being a chosen sacrifice by the supernatural force causes significant harm to her community. This...

A brother and sister travelling home for spring break are hunted by a creature who eats human flesh and is in the midst of its feeding season.

It's another month of Staring into Holes and it's time to discuss the long-awaited, Jeepers Creepers. One of Justin Long's earliest starring roles, Jeepers Creepers is a nostalgia trip for us. It introduces the Creeper, a creature that has a hunger for human flesh, specifically organs, and continues to adapt and become more ferocious, evasive, and deadly as the movie goes on. While the movie isn't perfect, and suffers from...

When a young girl is chosen to be a sacrifice by a worshipped pit in her backwoods community, she fights to survive even at the expense of those around her.

Staring into Holes month continues with indie heater, Jug Face. This movie tells the unique story of a backwoods community that worships a pit in a forest. Sometimes when wrongdoing is amidst, the pit will call for a sacrifice, which is the case for the protagonist, Ada. Her struggle for survival after being a chosen sacrifice by the supernatural force causes significant harm to her community. This...

A brother and sister travelling home for spring break are hunted by a creature who eats human flesh and is in the midst of its feeding season.

It's another month of Staring into Holes and it's time to discuss the long-awaited, Jeepers Creepers. One of Justin Long's earliest starring roles, Jeepers Creepers is a nostalgia trip for us. It introduces the Creeper, a creature that has a hunger for human flesh, specifically organs, and continues to adapt and become more ferocious, evasive, and deadly as the movie goes on. While the movie isn't perfect, and suffers from a...