The Bloodlust Podcast
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269 | Presence
269 | Presence
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268 | Smile & Smile 2
268 | Smile & Smile 2
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267 | Nosferatu
267 | Nosferatu
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266 | The Coffee Table
266 | The Coffee Table
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265 | Heretic
265 | Heretic

185 | Halloween Kills

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Just like the original Halloween 2, this one picks up right where we left off - with the Strode women heading to the hospital and Laurie’s house burning down with Michael inside. However, Michael is of course not dead and is back on the rampage once again. Now it’s up to an angry mob of Haddonfield residents, led by characters from the original Halloween, to take Michael down once and for all.

Next up, we’ll be watching and reviewing the listener suggested movie, The Empty Man (currently streaming on HBO).

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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184 | No One Gets Out Alive

  • Directed by Santiago Menghini

  • Written by Jon Croker (story by) and Fernanda Coppel (novel by Adam Nevill)

  • Stars Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca, David Figlioli

  • Premiered on Netflix 9/29/2021

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 25min

  • RT: 71% critics 63% audience (fewer than 50 audience reviews)

    Synopsis 

    A young woman rents a room in a creepy old house. The landlord said there was only one other tenant besides himself, yet she keeps hearing crying coming from supposedly empty rooms and running into strange people in the halls. And then there are the strange nightmares she’s been having since moving in...

Next up, the long awaited sequel to the rebooted sequel to Halloween, Halloween Kills. That’s right, it’s time for more Jamie Lee Curtis and her distinguished natural grey hair kicking ass and taking names, along with her daughter, Judy Greer. I just love that those two are the leads again. Assuming the trailer hasn’t misled us. Guess we’ll finally find out.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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183 | Martyr's Lane

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  • Written & Directed by Ruth Platt

  • Stars Kiera Thompson, Denise Gough and Sienna Sayer

  • Premiered at Fantasia International FF August 19, 2021

  • Released September 9, 2021

  • Available on Shudder

  • Unrated

  • Runtime: 1hr 36min

  • RT: 93% critics 62% audience (less than 50 audience reviews)

    Synopsis: Leah lives with her family in a large old vicarage. In the daytime she is mostly overlooked by her busy family but at night she has a new friend - a little girl who has started to come visit her. At her window. On the second floor.

Next up, something new from Netflix. No One Gets Out Alive is based on a novel by favorite of the podcast Adam Nevill.

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

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Synopsis: This “spiritual sequel” skips over the movies made after 1992’s Candyman and takes place in a now-gentrified Cabrini Green. Anthony and Brianna are a successful, upwardly-mobile couple who take up residence in one of the posh condos that have been built over the ashes of the infamous projects. When painter Anthony learns of the Candyman legend he becomes obsessed with capturing it in his art, but his obsession leads him and those around him into dangerous territory and he soon finds that there may be more to the urban legend than he anticipated.

Next up, well we’re not sure yet. Check back soon for an update!

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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181 | Don't Breathe 2

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Directed by Rodo Sayagues

Written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues

Stars Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III, Madelyn Grace

Released August 13, 2021

Available in theaters

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 38min

RT: 45% critics 87% audience

Synopsis 

The Blind Man of the first movie is back, living in a run-down mansion with a daughter he’s raising as a survivalist loner. The little girl, named Phoenix, of course just wants to be a normal kid, and has begun pushing back against her father’s restrictive ways. Meanwhile, a greasy crime boss in the neighborhood has set his sights on Phoenix and has sent some goons on an errand to kidnap the girl. Guess how well that turns out for them...

Next up, it’s a remake we’ve all been pretty excited for. It’s a name that horror fans have feared for years…that’s right, it’s Candyman!

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

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Written/Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Based on the graphic novel “Sandcastle” by Pierre-Oscar Levy & Frederick Peeters

Stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps and Rufus Sewell

Released July 23, 2021

Available in theaters

Rated PG-13

Runtime: 1hr 48min

RT: 50% critics 52% audience

Synopsis 

Tourists at a secluded resort take a disastrous day trip to a deadly beach that kills them off one by one.

You’d better start holding your breath… on our next episode, we’ll be reviewing Don’t Breathe 2. Why would anyone still be trying to break into this man’s house?

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

Directed by Joe Dante

Written by John Sayles

Stars Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Dick Miller

Released August 3, 1978

Available on Amazon Prime, Hoopla

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 34min

RT: 69% critics 42% audience

Looks like animals are attacking all the kids!

Looks like animals are attacking all the kids!

Synopsis 

A failed and abandoned government experiment results in ferocious, mutant piranha swimming loose in a freshwater river. The man-eating fish leave carnage in their wake and no one is safe - not even precious, young campers.

Bobbit Worm

Bobbit Worm

For our next movie, we’re gonna check out the newest M. Night Shyamalan flick, Old. We’re heading to the theaters for this one so join us in two weeks!

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178 | Saint Maud

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Written and Directed by Rose Glass

Stars Morfydd Clark and Jennifer Ehle

Premiered at TIFF September 8, 2019

Released February 12, 2021

Available in US on Hulu and Paramount+

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 24mins

RT: 93% critics, 65% audience 

Synopsis: Maud is a young nurse who has recently undergone a religious conversion after she was responsible for an unnamed but serious accident that caused the death of one of her patients. When she takes an in-home assignment with a dying former dancer and choreographer, Maud becomes convinced that her real mission is to save the woman’s soul.

Trivia

  • Rose Glass’s first feature film. She was named best debut director at the British Independent Film Awards

  • Holy shit that chest bursting scene came from a real story from an ICU nurse

Caravaggio’s “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy”

Caravaggio’s “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy”

It’s that time of the year here in the midwest when we like to watch a movie about people being killed/attacked in the water. Last year we covered the classic, Jaws. Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing 1978’s Piranha, now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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177 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

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Directed by Michael Chaves

Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson

Released June 4, 2021

Available in theaters & on HBO Max

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 52mins

RT: 56% critics, 84% audience 

Synopsis 

The Warrens are back at it, investigating the demonic possession of a young boy. When things don’t go exactly as planned, the Warrens find themselves pursuing the demon once again, only this time it’s taken over the body of Arne Johnson. When Arne finds himself at the center of a brutal murder, his attorney looks to the Warrens to help with their client’s defense of “The Devil Made Me Do It.”

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Saint Maud, now streaming on Hulu.

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