264 | Strange Darling

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 37min

• Written & Directed by JT Mollner

• Stars: Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner and Ed Begley Jr.

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 22, 2023

• Released on streaming August 23, 2024

• RT: 95% critics / 85% audience

Synopsis 

A one-night stand devolves into a fight for survival as a ruthless serial killer is intent on adding another victim to their body count.

Join us in two weeks when we review Heretic, now playing in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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263 | Terrifier 3

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 2hr 5min

• Written & Directed (and edited) by Damien Leone

• Stars: Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton and Antonella Rose

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 19, 2024

• Released in theaters October 11, 2024

• RT: 76% critics / 86% audience

Synopsis 

Five years after the events of Terrifier 2, Art the Clown is back and has plans to eliminate the only person that can stop him - Sienna. But first, to kill anyone and everyone he comes across on the way. That’s not Santa coming down the chimney, kiddies.

Join us in two weeks when we review Strange Darling, currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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262 | Apartment 7A

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 47min

• Directed by Natalie Erika James

• Written by Natalie Erika James, Christian White and Skylar James

• Stars: Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest and Jim Sturgess

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 20, 2024

• Released on Paramount+ September 27, 2024

• RT: 39% critics / 73% audience

Synopsis 

Terry Gionoffrio is an aspiring dancer who is desperate to revive her career after a bad fall injured her ankle. Known as “the girl who fell” in the industry, she endures humiliating auditions and breaks down while trying to visit a producer in his lavish apartment building, the infamous Bramford. There she meets elderly couple Minnie and Roman Castevet, who offer her a place to stay and access to their many high society connections. But you know what they say about offers that seem too good to be true…

Join us in two weeks when we review Terrifier 3, currently in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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261 | The Substance

• Rated R

• Runtime: 2hr 21min

• Written & Directed by Coralie Fargeat

• Stars: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid

• Premiered at Cannes Film Festival May 19, 2024

• Released in theaters September 20, 2024

• RT: 90% critics / 71% audience

Synopsis 

Fading Hollywood star Elizabeth Sparkle has just been fired from her fitness show and is to be replaced by a younger actress. She decides to use a mysterious drug called “The Substance” to make herself look younger. But this is no ordinary fad drug…

Join us in two weeks when we review Apartment 7A, currently streaming on Paramount+.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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260 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

• Rated PG-13

• Runtime: 1hr 45min

• Directed by Tim Burton

• Written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar

• Stars: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara

• Premiered at Venice Film Festival August 28, 2024

• Released in theaters September 6, 2024

• RT: 77% critics / 82% audience

Synopsis 

Nearly 30 years after the events of Beetlejuice, we rejoin the Deetz’s as they gather at the family home to mourn the loss of patriarch Charles. Lydia is still haunted by Beetlejuice but must rely on him for help when her teenaged daughter inadvertently ventures into the afterlife.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Substance, opening in theaters September 18.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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259 | Civil War

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 49min

• Written & Directed by Alex Garland

• Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura

• Premiered at South by Southwest March 14, 2024

• Released in theaters April 12, 2024

• RT: 81% critics / 70% audience

Synopsis 

War correspondents pick up a young woman on their way to Washington D.C. to capture footage of the insurgent Western Forces taking the capitol and seizing power from the president.

Join us in two weeks when we review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, opening in theaters September 6.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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258 | Alien: Romulus

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 59min

• Directed by Fede Alvarez

• Written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues

• Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Archie Renaux

• Released in theaters August 16, 2024

• RT: 81% critics / 86% audience

Synopsis 

A group of young people on an oppressive planet ruled by evil corporation Weyland-Yutani plan their escape by stealing cryo chambers on a derelict ship floating in space. Soon they encounter the titular alien life forms that begin picking them off one by one.

Join us in two weeks when we review Civil War, currently available for rent.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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257 | The Night House

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 47min

• Directed by David Bruckner

• Written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski

• Stars: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg and Vondie Curtis-Hall

• Premiered at Sundance January 24, 2020

• Released in theaters August 20, 2021

• RT: 88% critics / 69% audience

Synopsis 

A woman grieving the recent suicide of her husband experiences strange disturbances in her home and begins to believe that his ghost is attempting to contact her.

Join us in two weeks when we review Alien: Romulus, opening in theaters August 16.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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256 | Longlegs

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 41min

• Written & Directed by Oz Perkins

• Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage and Blair Underwood

• Premiered at Beyond Fest May 31, 2024

• Released in theaters July 12, 2024

• RT: 86% critics / 63% audience

Synopsis 

Rookie FBI agent Lee Harker uses her psychic abilities and apparent personal connection to help her catch elusive serial killer Longlegs, who has been implicated in several “family annihilator” murders over the past 30 years, and whose coded letters are the only physical connection to the crime scenes.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Night House, available on demand.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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