Spooky Roundup (2025)

We needed more spookies because the spookies we had made us feel spooked. So we did a roundup, but nobody wanted to try and edit this in a week to get it out with the others, so here we are, hanging out in April and wishing it was October.Buckle up for reviews on:The under-seen John Carpenter banger starring Sam Neil, "In the Mouth of Madness (1994)" in which a Stephen King type is unleashing an eldritch horror upon the world and the only question we have is DO YOU READ SUTTER KANE.Na Hong-jin's 2016 "The Wailing" follows a goofy police officer (Kwak Do-won) dealing with a village being overtaken by evil and fake prophets lurk in the wings to make things worse. What happens when the evil infection gets to his family? Find out, but also marvel at having to get intimate with your wife in your car in the driveway because too many people live in your home.The spanish language When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad), follows a demon outbreak in a world where everyone knows about "The Rotten" and the dangers associated with them. In a film full of brain eating, what's the spookiest thing? Perhaps it's not listening to your elders, and Demián Salomon, Luis Ziembrowski, Silvia Sabater, Marcelo Michinaux all find out the hard way in Demián Rugna's 2023 gore fest.Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy's 2024 "Dead Mail" follows wildly cool Jasper (Tomas Boykin), who traces dead mail in order to return it to the sender. After getting a blood soaked letter turned over to him, he gets moving on solving where it came from. Is it a hoax? Sterling Macer Jr. and John Fleck round out a low budget and infinitely creative horror flick.Scott Beck and Bryan Woods brought us the Hugh Grant showcase that is 2024's "Heretic". After two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) visit Grant's home in order to spread the good word, they realize they're locked in and have to have a face off to escape or else find out if there's a god monster in the basement or if the monster is right in front of them. At least there's blueberry muffins? Rounding out the Spooky Roundup is Oz Perkin's "The Monkey", a splatter fest full of comedy. Twin brothers find their missing dad's toy monkey and quickly realize it kills when it is wound up. The consequences follow them into their adulthood as they're both played by Theo James (from "The Gentlemen" show on Netflix) and an unbelievable mountain of death falls upon a town. Based on a short story from Stephen King, Tatiana Maslany ("Orphan Black"/"She Hulk"), Sarah Levy ("Schitt's Creek") and Adam Scott ("Severence") are along for the ride in Perkin's follow-up to the smash hit "Longlegs".If you like this, subscribe, rate, and if you review it on a podcasting platform, mention a movie you want us to cover in said review and you get a video just like this one. Tell your friends!#adamscott #themonkey #mouthofmadness #johncarpenter #samneil #thewailing #whenevillurks #therotten #ozperkins #deadmail #podcast #horror #horrormovies #horrorreview #spooky #halloweenmovies #heretic #sophiethatcher #hughgrant