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Screener Squad: Buffet Infinity
BUFFET INFINITY MOVIE REVIEW Welcome to Westridge County, Alberta, where the lawyers are awkward, the pawn shops have jingles, the local businesses are barely hanging on, and a suspiciously cheap all-you-can-eat restaurant may be devouring considerably more than its endless supply of food. Buffet...
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Screener Squad: Widow’s Bay
WIDOW’S BAY SERIES REVIEW Summertime is upon us and there are plenty of spots to consider for vacation. Are you looking for cozy yet sophisticated, quaint yet modern, Martha’s Vineyard like locale yet affordable, to make memories with your family? A place that is definitely not cursed? Then…
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Screener Squad: Forbidden Fruits
FORBIDDEN FRUITS MOVIE REVIEW The online discourse (in some disturbing corners) says you should pass on cinema made for and by women in the industry. That wouldn’t be very fetch of you, no cap. If you thought that was cringe, that’s because an adult wrote it after googling “Is Gen Z a thing, how...
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Infestation: SXSW 2026 – Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME MOVIE REVIEW This sequel to the successful 2019 horror comedy begins exactly where the first one ended: Grace (Samara Weaving) having a smoke after having completely smoked her new in-laws. But a power vacuum has been created by the elimination of this rich clan, and...
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Screener Squad: Cold Storage
COLD STORAGE MOVIE REVIEW When a long-forgotten government experiment goes very, very wrong, a sealed biological threat awakens beneath a quiet long-term public storage facility and begins spreading fast, leaving our minimum wage heroes Naomi (Georgina Campbell) and T-Cakes (Joe Keery) scrambling...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Anaconda
ANACONDA MOVIE REVIEW If you’ve ever seen the 1997 horror film Anaconda starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Owen Wilson, and Eric Stoltz, you know that it’s not exactly a masterpiece of the genre. And yet, it stubbornly exudes a weird cultural fascination that only comes with movies…
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Screener Squad: The Toxic Avenger
THE TOXIC AVENGER MOVIE REVIEW The janitor becomes the hero, the mop becomes the weapon, and the toxic sludge becomes… well, a makeover. The Toxic Avenger returns in a reimagined reboot of the cult classic, telling the story of Winston (Peter Dinklage), an everyman who finds himself transformed...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: The Monkey
THE MONKEY MOVIE REVIEW Director/writer Osgood Perkins is on a roll. Not long after making the horror movie everyone was talking about (good or bad) Longlegs, Perkins is back already with an adaptation of the Stephen King story The Monkey, but this time he’s playing with splatstick comedy-horror....
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Y2K
Y2K MOVIE REVIEW Some of us are old enough to remember New Year’s Eve as we went from 1999-2000. There was a big scare dubbed Y2K that was about fears that all computerized devices were going to shut down (or something) because their internalized clocks were not set up to deal with that calendar...
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Screener Squad: Get Away
GET AWAY MOVIE REVIEW Boring families go on vacations to well known attractions surrounded by fellow tourists and the safety of park security. An adventurous family, like Richard (Nick Frost), Susan (Aisling Bea), Sam (Sebastian Croft), and Jessie (Maisie Ayres), prefer something a little more…
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Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – Trizombie
TRIZOMBIE MOVIE REVIEW In another ‘probably only at Fantastic Fest’ movie, one of the few zombie entries this year was the Belgian film Trizombie. In most ways this is a traditional zombie story with a group of survivors who must make a trek across zombie infested areas in order to reach their...
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Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2024 – Dead Talents Society
DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY MOVIE REVIEW It’s odd to describe a film with as much gore and supernatural scary stuff in it as Dead Talents Society as ‘delightful’ and even ‘heartwarming’, but here we are. It’s the sort of thing that can happen at Fantastic Fest. This Taiwanese film takes place on Earth,...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Abigail
ABIGAIL MOVIE REVIEW Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have directed several films together, often referring to themselves and their team of collaborators as Radio Silence. Having hit the ground running with arguably the best segment in the original V/H/S “10/31/98”, they went out to become…
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Lisa Frankenstein
LISA FRANKENSTEIN MOVIE REVIEW Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) has a problem. It’s not that she’s had trouble fitting in with others at school. She prefers the company of the dead, at least as far as hanging out in an old abandoned cemetery in the woods and talking to one grave in particular as…
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Screener Squad: Destroy All Neighbors
DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS MOVIE REVIEW Welcome to January, or as the industry likes to call it “dump month.” Basically this time of year, studios release their lower budget fair that may not do well during Summer or Holidays, but hey… studio needs to make some money back, or leave it to die so it can...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Thanksgiving
THANKSGIVING MOVIE REVIEW It’s been 16 years since the fake trailer for this film appeared in the movie Grindhouse, but Eli Roth finally got around to making it. Your reviewers, Chris, Drew, Mike, and Nathan, are glad he did. The story takes place in Plymouth Massachusetts where it’s been a year...
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Screener Squad: Totally Killer
TOTALLY KILLER MOVIE REVIEW It’s that time of year where people are watching as many horror, thriller, and/or slasher movies as they can for the Halloween season, and we’ve got a new one for you to add to your list. We can sell it to you as simply as this: Scream meets Back to the […]
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Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2023 – Visitors (Complete Edition)
VISITORS (COMPLETE EDITION) MOVIE REVIEW Expanded from director Ken’ichi Ugana’s short, Visitors is the sort of crazed affair that some folks come to Fantastic Fest specifically for: wacky Japanese surreal comedy mixed with genre. In this case, picture Raimi’s original Evil Dead only as this type...
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Screener Squad: Slotherhouse
SLOTHERHOUSE MOVIE REVIEW It feels like there’s a cavalcade of great horror premises out there… You’re sitting there, scrolling through a streaming platform and oh… look at this movie called “Cariboo?” The idea of a dead reindeer haunting a small town makes your soul jump for joy. Then you…
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Screener Squad: What We Do In The Shadows Season 5
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS SEASON 5 REVIEW What We Do In The Shadows, everybody’s favorite sitcom about vampires living together on Staten Island, is back for another season of mockumentary-style hijinks. Last season ended with Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), the long suffering familiar being turned...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Haunted Mansion
HAUNTED MANSION MOVIE REVIEW Emboldened by the huge success of Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney has been determined to get a big franchise out of one of their other most classic and beloved attractions at the theme parks, The Haunted Mansion. The first attempt in 2003 with Eddie Murphy did not go...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: The Blackening
THE BLACKENING MOVIE REVIEW The tag line for this new horror comedy reads “They can’t all die first”. Because it’s a (largely) all-black cast and the trope is that the black people always die first. Just in case you were out of the 30-year old oft-repeated loop. This is the tone for a new horror […]
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Renfield
RENFIELD MOVIE REVIEW It’s been a long few centuries for poor Renfield (Nicholas Hoult). Sure, being Count Dracula’s (Nicolas Cage) assistant comes with perks: eternal youth and super-powers (dependant on bug consumption). But Drac ain’t exactly a good boss. And finding the innocent to bring to...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Cocaine Bear
COCAINE BEAR MOVIE REVIEW It’s a bear, but on cocaine! Now take that sentence, reorganize it 30 times, and you’ve pretty much got the movie Cocaine Bear. There, I just saved you 15 bucks. But I know, I know…“IT’S A BEAR, BUT ON COCAINE” you’re saying to yourselves. “I’ve just gotta see that”. I...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: M3gan
M3GAN MOVIE REVIEW Blumhouse Productions can certainly smell a new franchise from some distance, even when that distance is a rejected Chucky script that gets retooled into a new monster. Said monster is the titular M3gan, a robotic life-size child doll that uses advanced AI programming designed…
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Screener Squad: Chucky Season 2
CHUCKY SEASON 2 SERIES REVIEW Some dolls never know when to give up. Of course, why would they? When Chucky now has his soul split into many different Chucky dolls that seem to have evolved into specific personality types? They’re all still after the three kids, Jake, Devon, and Lexy. And to make...
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Trash in the Can: The Laughing Dead
TRASH IN THE CAN: THE LAUGHING DEAD What happens when you throw The Thorn Birds, Apocalypto, and The Harlem Globetrotters into a blender? Danni Danger returns for Andrew Dice Clay as a child, Eric and Wright’s dream roles, and of course, porn. Join us for this week’s splatter cheese-fest, The...
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Infestation Fantastic Fest 2022: Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle
BIRDEMIC 3: SEA EAGLE MOVIE REVIEW We’ve told you about many of the best of the fest movies from this year at Fantastic Fest. Now get ready for the worst one. Although, I guess that’s the point. As you can hear from Chris and Wright in their review, your results may vary as to whether […]
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Screener Squad: Deadstream
DEADSTREAM MOVIE REVIEW The found footage genre is a rare treat when it’s done well. A lot of times, like any movie, there’s an overuse of tropes and easy to use plot enhancers, and sometimes creating drama when there is none. Not so with today’s film, Deadstream. Co-Written, Co-Directed, and...
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Screener Squad: My Best Friend’s Exorcism
MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM MOVIE REVIEW Let’s travel back to 1988… We’re at school, a Catholic one at that (shudders). Abby and Gretchen are two best friends, just trying to make it through High School. At a girls night near an abandoned cabin, Gretchen is possessed by a demon and the only person...
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Infestation Fantastic Fest 2022: Blood Relatives
INFESTATION FANTASTIC FEST 2022: BLOOD RELATIVES Actor Noah Segan jumps behind the camera for the first time (and then back out in front of it) as the writer/director/star of Blood Relatives, a sweet father-daughter road trip bonding movie. Oh, and they’re also vampires. Turns out once long ago…
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Deliberations of Doom – Vol.3 Ep. 8: Found Footage Pt. 2
DELIBERATIONS OF DOOM – VOL.3 EP.8: FOUND FOOTAGE PT.2 The Doomers continue their exploration into the world of found footage horror films with a look at 2013’s odd comedy-horror faux-tv broadcast WNUF Halloween Special and then we move into the Grand Guignol monster chop-shop that is 2013’s...
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Screener Squad: This is GWAR
THIS IS GWAR MOVIE REVIEW Good evening and salutations Earth Humans, it is I, Chadderus Urungus, here to tell you about an evil, grotesque, heavy metal band called GWAR. Spawning from the sick minds of Dave Brockie (Lead Singer) and Hunter Jackson (Filmmaker), GWAR has been decapitating heads and...
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Highly Suspect Reviews: Nope
NOPE MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Jordan Peele returns with his third feature film horror movie, Nope. Reuniting with the star of his debut feature Get Out, Daniel Kaluuya plays OJ Haywood. He and his sister Em (Keke Palmer) in the wake of their father’s sudden death, are left to run his ranch...
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Deliberations of Doom Vol. 3 Ep 6 – Comedy Horror Pt 3
DELIBERATIONS OF DOOM VOL.3 EP 6 – COMEDY HORROR PT 3 Chris, Alan, Drew, and Madelynne wrap up this cycle of podcasts looking at Comedy Horror films with three more modern examples. First we give the proper props to 2011’s The Cabin in the Woods. Then we go a lot more obscure and weird with […]
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Deliberations of Doom Vol 3 Ep 5 – Comedy Horror Pt 2
DELIBERATIONS OF DOOM VOL 3 EP 5 – COMEDY HORROR PT 2 Our deep-dive into comedy horror continues with part two of our series. This time we take a look at the wildly underrated Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight from 1995. Then we swing to 2006 for a festival favorite that unfortunately never got […]
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Deliberations of Doom Vol 3 Ep 4 – Comedy Horror Pt 1
DELIBERATIONS OF DOOM VOL 3 EP 4 – COMEDY HORROR PT 1 The Doomers return after a bit of an enforced absence that we all went through. But we came back laughing as we dive into comedy horror films. Our first show in the trilogy explores 1982’s Eating Raoul, 1987’s Blood Diner, and 1989’s Society. […]
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Screener Squad: Studio 666
STUDIO 666 MOVIE REVIEW Are you a fan of the Foo Fighters? Do you like crazy, over-the-top gore? Do you at least ironically like Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park? You might be the niche audience that this new comedy-horror film Studio 666 is made for. The Foo Fighters play themselves and…
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Screener Squad: All My Friends Hate Me
ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME MOVIE REVIEW Pete (Tom Stourton), is being thrown a birthday party after years of not seeing his friends, but nothing seems right with him. He’s on edge, easily annoyed, and eventually starts blaming everyone for everything. Is he being self-centered, or is something really...
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Trash in the Can – Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
TRASH IN THE CAN – SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT If you’ve ever wanted to see beloved character actor/presumed alcoholic M.Emmet channel the Kool-aid man, have we got a movie for you! Brendon K. O’Grady returns this week for breaded bats, high school theater sets, and a performance by David...
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Screener Squad: Black Friday
BLACK FRIDAY MOVIE REVIEW During Halloween and Christmas, there are plenty of holiday-themed horror films to enjoy, but it’s slim pickings during the month of November. Just in time to fill the void comes “Black Friday”, a new horror comedy about the infamous retail sales event that falls the day...
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Screener Squad: What We Do In The Shadows – Season Three
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS – SEASON THREE TV SERIES REVIEW Our favorite mockumentary series about vampires in New York City continues in season three of “What We Do In The Shadows.” After the violent cliffhanger last season, Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Lazlo (Matt Berry), and Nadja (Natasia Demetriou)...
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Infestation: Fantastic Fest 2021 – “Titane”, “Baby Assassins”, “Silent Night”, “The Slumber Party Massacre” + More
INFESTATION: FANTASTIC FEST 2021: THE FINAL ROUND With out last, and seriously belated (sorry) look at this year’s Fantastic Fest films, Chris, Drew, Rae, and Neil look at the Palmes D’or winner at this year’s Cannes film festival about a female serial killer who gets impregnated by a car,...
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Screener Squad: Wellington Paranormal
WELLINGTON PARANORMAL SERIES REVIEW “What We Do in the Shadows”, the American spin-off of the movie of the same name, is huge right now, to be sure. But did you know there was ANOTHER spin-off series of the original film? “Wellington Paranormal” is a New Zealand series (now on HBO) following…
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Screener Squad: V/H/S 94
V/H/S 94 MOVIE REVIEW The popular ‘found footage’ anthology series returns with four new horror shorts (plus a wraparound segment, of course) directed by some leading voices in modern horror and some up and comers. We get storm sewer dwelling rat men that are MUCH more nightmarish then you’re...
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Screener Squad: Welcome to the Blumhouse – Bingo Hell / Black as Night
WELCOME TO THE BLUMHOUSE – BINGO HELL / BLACK AS NIGHT MOVIE REVIEWS Amazon Prime presents two more horror films in their “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series and we’re double-featuring them here on the review for your judgement. First up is “Bingo Hell” featuring a small and dying town with a lot…
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Screener Squad: Ghost Master
GHOST MASTER MOVIE REVIEW On the set of a cheapie Japanese romantic teen manga live action production, things go awry when the entitled male lead has a fit and stomps off. The assistant director, who’d much rather be getting someone, ANYONE to pay attention to his horror script, accidentally gets...
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Screener Squad: Vicious Fun
VICIOUS FUN MOVIE REVIEW This was not exactly my experience of what it was like to be a huge horror nerd in the 80s. For me it was reading and re-reading Fangoria, and dreaming about being a bad-ass final lad confronting serial killing monsters. For Joel, who writes for the Fangoria stand-in mag…
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Screener Squad: Too Late
TOO LATE MOVIE REVIEW COVID is winding down, and the live stand-up comedy scene is picking back up. So, let’s make some noise, ladies and gentlemen and everyone in-between. Up next on the stage at the One Of Us open mic night, we’ve got the comedy stylings of Adrian, Lewayne, and T.C. trading…
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Screener Squad: Werewolves Within
WEREWOLVES WITHIN MOVIE REVIEW Sam Richardson (“Veep”) plays Finn, an amiable, always ‘up’, brand new forest ranger to the tiny mountain town of Beaverton. He has NO idea what he’s in for. Sure, the local postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) is super-sweet and definitely is sending him some...
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