73 | A Dark Song

Writer/Director: Liam Gavin

Synopsis: A grieving woman hires an occultist to help her perform a ritual, which will allow her to speak with her guardian angel, who will grant her one request: to speak to her dead son. Or so we are lead to believe. Unfortunately, she's not completely upfront about her motives and it causes more than a few kinks in the plan.


Next time you hear from us, we'll be finally discussing what, exactly, comes at night. This new flick from A24, which is actually called It Comes at Night and stars Joel Edgerton, is getting a fair amount of hype so, if it's playing near you, go check it out and then meet us back here in a couple weeks!

Our Log Does Not Judge | Parts 1 & 2

Holy crap it's actually happening. That gum we liked came back in style! Join The Bloodlust's resident Twin Peaks fanatics as we dig in to each new chapter like kids on Christmas morning. Only instead of teddy bears & train sets we get talking sculptures & Michael Cera doing a Marlon Brando impression. And we absolutely love it baby, yeah!

Seriously, tell us your thoughts so far. Up next, part 3!

 Welcome to Twin Peaks

72 | Train to Busan

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Writer/Director: Yeon Sang-ho

Synopsis: A busy hedge fund manager agrees to take his young daughter to visit her mother on her birthday. On the way to the train station they notice lots of emergency & army vehicles, but don’t pay much attention. Too bad, b/c a viral outbreak is causing people to rise from the dead & go after the living. And one of them just got on the train with them. In addition to the father-daughter team we meet a very pregnant woman & her husband, a high school baseball team & their one cheerleader, & two elderly sisters, among others. Will they make it to their destination, & what will be waiting for them when they get there?

Director Yeon Sang-ho made an earlier, animated prequel to Train to Busan called Seoul Station, which is said to take place one day prior to the events in Train to Busan.


For our next episode we'll be reviewing Irish film A Dark Song, about Aleister Crowley-style magic rituals. Sounds intriguing, right? Check it out on VOD & join us back here in two weeks to discuss.


71 | The Void

71 | The Void

**Writer/Director**: Jeremy Gillespie & Steven Kostanski

**Synopsis**: Sheriff’s deputy, Daniel, is quietly trying to wait out the end of his shift when he notices an injured man stumbling out of the woods. After taking the man to a nearly empty hospital, on the verge of closing forever, a series of incredibly stranges events begin to take place. It's difficult to determine which is the bigger danger, the inexplicable monster roaming the halls, or the ominous group of costumed, knife-wielding figures, surrounding the hospital, preventing anyone from excaping. You'll have to settle-in and buckle-down for this movie because shit gets crazy (in the most wonderful way possible).

70 | The Blackcoat's Daughter

70 | The Blackcoat's Daughter

Writer/Director: Osgood Perkins

Synopsis: Students, Kat & Rose, are left behind at their catholic boarding school over break after their parents fail to pick them up. Alone with only a couple nuns to look after them, Rose begins to suspect something might be wrong with the quiet, kinda odd Kat.
In a separate plot line we follow Joan, who appears to have escaped from a hospital of some kind. A good-intentioned couple offers her a ride, & we discover that their path seems to be heading in the direction of the boarding school.

Profile | Soren Narnia

Amy sits down (virtually) with Soren Narnia, the creator of the Knifepoint Horror podcast & the YouTube channel Winterthurn, to discuss storytelling, the nature of horror & why taking up pipe smoking would probably be a cool look for him. Enjoy the interview, then check out the links below to find out more about him.

Soren Narnia of Knifepoint Horror

Twitter | YouTube | Libsyn | Soren's Website

69 | The Belko Experiment

69 | The Belko Experiment

Director: Greg McLean

Writer: James Gunn

Synopsis: Employees at Belko Enterprises arrive at work one day to discover all sorts of weird things going on: the local employees are sent home, the entire building is put on lockdown, and some mysterious voice tells them they must kill 2 people in the next two hours otherwise a larger group will be killed. Rivalries and alliances form, alpha males get a thirst for blood, and people get merked. These folks could really use a company retreat.

68 | Raw

68 | Raw

**Director/Writer**: Julia Ducournau

**Synopsis**:  Shy & timid Justine is just starting her first year of veterinary school & is having trouble adjusting. The dorms are co-ed, the upper classmen are mean & intimidating, & their hazing rituals are pretty intense. At least Justine has her older sister, Alexia, also at school there, to help her learn the ropes. But when Justine, a lifelong vegetarian, is forced by her sister to eat meat for one of her first hazing rituals, she begins experiencing some very strange side effects.