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300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular
300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular
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299 | undertone
299 | undertone
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298 | The Bride!
298 | The Bride!
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297 | Scream 7
297 | Scream 7
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296 | Together
296 | Together

300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular

300 | WiH 300th Episode Spectacular
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Look, it’s our faces! Can you believe it??

This Episode’s Movies

Prevenge

  • Rated TV-MA

  • Runtime: 1hr 28min

  • Written & Directed by Alice Lowe

  • Stars: Alice Lowe, Dan Renton Skinner and Jo Hartley

  • Premiered at Venice Film Festival September 1, 2016

  • Released in US (streaming) March 24, 2017

  • RT: 92% critics / 53% audience

    Synopsis

Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant and is being persuaded by her unborn child to exact revenge on the people she deems responsible for her husband’s death.

The Stylist

  • Unrated

  • Runtime: 1hr 45min

  • Directed by Jill Gevargizian

  • Written by Jill Gevargizian, Eric Havens and Eric Stolze

  • Stars: Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant and Jennifer Seward

  • Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2020

  • Released in US (streaming) March 1, 2021

  • RT: 93% critics / 42% audience

    Synopsis

    Claire is a lonely, awkward hair stylist who occasionally scalps her clients and has a dungeon dressing room full of her grisly wigs. When a bride-to-be invites her into her circle of friends, Claire is thrilled. Unfortunately, she’s just too weird to not screw it up.

Huesera: The Bone Woman

  • Not Rated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 37min

  • Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera

  • Written by Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo

  • Stars: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal and Mayra Batalla

  • Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 9, 2022

  • Released in US (limited) February 10, 2023

  • RT: 97% critics / 65% audience

    Synopsis

    Valeria and her husband Raul have been trying to conceive and are delighted to find that they have succeeded. However, Valeria soon begins having second thoughts. She used to be a riot grrrl with a girlfriend, how did she let herself become so square? Oh yeah, and some kind of evil spirit with bad joints is stalking her.

Join us in two weeks when we’ll be reviewing Hokum, opening in theaters May 1.

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

299 | undertone
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Evy is the skeptical host of a paranormal podcast who moves back into her childhood home to care for her dying mother. When a listener sends in a collection of audio recordings made by a pregnant couple experiencing possible paranormal activity, she begins to suspect that they were not sent to her merely because of her podcast but because she is somehow tied into the events.

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Ganja & Hess - 1973 - Bill Gunn - Kanopy, Criterion, Hoopla

  • Tales from the Hood - 1995 - Rusty Cundieff - Starz or rental

Next time:

  • Prevenge - 2016 - Alice Lowe - Netflix, Hoopla, Shudder

  • The Stylist - 2020 - Jill Gevargizian - rental

  • Huesera: The Bone Woman - 2022 - Michelle Garza Cervera - Shudder

Join us again in two weeks for a special video edition of our 300th episode! We’ll be discussing the three Horror Homework movies above and answering listener questions, so if you have a burning question for us, let us know!

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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298 | The Bride!

298 | The Bride!
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In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein’s Monster is still around and still lonely, so he seeks out Dr. Euphronious to make him a mate. The lucky lady is Ida, who has coincidentally also just been possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley into making a scene in front of the mobsters she was partying with, which gets her thrown down some stairs.

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Cronos - 1992 - Guillermo de Toro - HBO, Criterion

  • We Are What We Are - 2010 - Jorge Michel Grau - Kanopy or rental

Next time:

  • Ganja & Hess - 1973 - Bill Gunn - Kanopy, Criterion, Hoopla

  • Tales from the Hood - 1995 - Rusty Cundieff - Starz or rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing undertone, currently in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

297 | Scream 7

297 | Scream 7
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Ghostface comes to Sidney Prescott’s small town of Pine Grove, Indiana, to target her once again. This time it appears that the vanquished killer from the first film, Stu Macher, is somehow back to seek revenge, and he’s targeting not only Sidney but her daughter, Tatum.

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Man Bites Dog - 1992 - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde - HBO, Criterion

  • The Night Eats the World - 2018 - Dominique Rocher - Tubi, Hoopla, $.99 rental

Next time:

  • Cronos - 1992 - Guillermo de Toro - HBO, Criterion

  • We Are What We Are - 2010 - Jorge Michel Grau - Kanopy or rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Bride!, opening in theaters March 6.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

296 | Together

296 | Together
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Tim and Millie are a long-time couple who move to the country for a change of pace. Before long the expected resentments and arguments start to arise, but it’s the strange cave they’re forced to spend the night in that really causes the rift between the couple. After drinking some water from a hole in the cave, Tim begins to feel powerfully physically connected to Millie, and any time their skin is touching they seem to merge together. Can they get to the bottom of this mystery before two become one?

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Dead Calm - 1989 - Philip Noyce - Kanopy, Tubi

  • The Loved Ones - 2009 - Sean Byrne - $3.99 rental

Next time:

  • Man Bites Dog - 1992 - Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde - HBO, Criterion

  • The Night Eats the World - 2018 - Dominique Rocher - Tubi, Hoopla, $.99 rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Scream 7, opening in theaters February 27.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

295 | Send Help

295 | Send Help
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Overlooked office workhorse Linda and her entitled new boss, Bradley, are the only two survivors of a plane crash who are stranded on an island together. Linda, a Survivor superfan, is more than ready for the challenge, but Bradley is as helpless as a baby. As the power dynamics shift, a struggle begins to take place for not only dominance, but survival.

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • The Host - 2006 - Bong Joon Ho - Hulu, Hoopla, Tubi. 

  • The Wailing - 2016 - Na Hong-jin - Prime, Hulu, Kanopy, Tubi

Next time:

  • Dead Calm - 1989 - Philip Noyce - Kanopy, Tubi

  • The Loved Ones - 2009 - Sean Byrne - $3.99 rental

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Together, currently streaming on Hulu.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

294 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

294 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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We rejoin Spike as he is initiated into Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal’s gang. Meanwhile, Dr. Kelson bonds with one of the alpha zombies and attempts to treat the virus.

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Audition - 1999 - Takashi Miike - Kanopy

  • Battle Royale - 2000 - Kinji Fukasaku - Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi

Next time:

  • The Host - 2006 - Bong Joon Ho - Hulu, Hoopla, Tubi

  • The Wailing - 2016 - Na Hong-jin - Prime, Hulu, Kanopy, Tubi

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Send Help, opening in theaters January 30, 2026.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

293 | Influencer & Influencers

293 | Influencer & Influencers
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Influencer

Synopsis

Influencer Madison is moping around Thailand because her boyfriend dropped out of the trip at the last minute. She meets the mysterious CW, who takes her under her wing. But is CW who she seems to be?

Influencers

Synopsis

CW has somehow gotten off the island and is now living in France with a girlfriend. When an influencer disrupts her plans for a romantic getaway, she just can’t resist going back to her old ways.

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Carnival of Souls - 1962 - Herk Harvey - HBO, Prime, basically everywhere

Next time:

  • Audition - 1999 - Takashi Miike - Kanopy

  • Battle Royale - 2000 - Kinji Fukasaku - Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, opening in theaters January 16, 2026.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

292 | Man Finds Tape

292 | Man Finds Tape
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  • Unrated

  • Runtime: 1hr 24min

  • Written & Directed by Paul Gandersman and Peter S. Hall

  • Stars: Kelsey Pribilski, William Magnuson and John Gholson

  • Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 8, 2025

  • Released in US December 5, 2025 (limited)

  • RT: 86% critics / No audience score 

  • Currently available to rent

    Synopsis

    Lucas finds a video tape containing footage of a man coming into his bedroom at night when he was a child. This discovery leads him into a mystery that seemingly involves his whole town. Overwhelmed, he enlists the help of his estranged sister, Lynn. Can the two uncover who is behind the sinister tapes before it’s too late?

Horror Homework

This episode:

  • Bride of Frankenstein  - 1935 - James Whale - HBO

Next time:

  • House of Wax - 1953 - Andre de Toth

  • Carnival of Souls - 1962 - Herk Harvey - HBO, Prime, basically everywhere

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Influencer and its sequel, Influencers, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/