193 | Shapeless


Join us next time when we will be covering 1BR, currently streaming on Netflix.


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192 | Scream


Join us next time when we will be covering the upcoming indie release, Shapeless. To be released for free on Tubi on 2/10 (available for rent through other streaming services).


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191 | The Queen of Black Magic

  • Directed by Kimo Stamboel

  • Written by Joko Anwar

  • Stars Ario Bayu, Hannah Al Rashid, Adhisty Zara

  • Unrated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 39min

  • Premiered in Indonesia November 7, 2019

  • Released exclusively on Shudder in the US January 28, 2021, 

  • Available on Shudder and AMC+

  • RT: 90% critics; 70% audience

    Synopsis: Three men return with their families to the orphanage where they grew up when they learn that the man who took them in is dying. Once there they realize that there is an evil force that has called them back for revenge.

Below are some of the Indonesian religious comics we discuss in the episode, by which some of the deaths in the movie are inspired:


Join us next time when we will be covering the newest entry into the Scream franchise, playing in theaters now.


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190 | Dementer

bloody naked woman near fire
  • Written & Directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle

  • Stars Katie Groshong, Stephanie Kinkle and Larry Fessenden

  • Unrated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 20min

  • Premiered at Nashville Film Festival in Oct. 10, 2019

  • Released March 2, 2021

  • Available on VOD

  • RT: 83%

    Synopsis: A woman named Katie, who appears to have run away from a dangerous cult, takes a job working as a caregiver at a group home for mentally disabled adults. She finds she takes to the job immediately, despite the upsetting flashbacks she suffers about her time with the cult. When one of her patients becomes ill, Katie begins to suspect that an evil spirit is behind it and uses the knowledge gained from the cult to attempt to rid her patient of the demon.


Join us next time when we will be covering The Queen of Black Magic - currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.


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189 | Censor

  • Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond

  • Written by Prano Bailey-Bond & Anthony Fletcher

  • Stars Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley & Nicholas Burns

  • Unrated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 24min

  • Premiered at Sundance January 28, 2021

  • Released June 11, 2021

  • Available on Hulu

  • RT: 89% critics 57% audience

    Synopsis: Enid is a censor in Britain during the 1980s, the era of the “video nasty.” When she screens a film whose plot eerily mimics a traumatic event from her past she goes to the filmmakers looking for answers.


Join us next time when we will be covering Dementor - currently streaming on Shudder.


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188 | V/H/S/94

  • Written & Directed by Simon Barrett, Steven Kostanski, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Jennifer Reeder, Timo Tjahjanto

  • Released October 6, 2021

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 43min

  • Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2021

  • Available on Shudder

  • RT: 93% critics 50% audience


    Holy Hell: Jennifer Reeder

    The Storm Drain: Chloe Okuno

    The Empty Wake: Simon Barrett

    The Veggie Masher: Steven Kostanski

    The Subject: Timo Tjahjanto

    Terror: Ryan Prows


 

Amy’s V/H/S Wishlist

Coralie Fargeat (Revenge)

The only director I can think of who could rival Timo Tjahjanto’s level of blood.

Chad Crawford Kinkle (Dementer)

Because I would really like more people to know about this guy.

Sophia Takal (Always Shine)

You’ll notice I put Always Shine there and not the Black Christmas remake, and that’s because Always Shine shows how good Sophia Takal can be. She’s already acted in a V/H/S segment, let’s let her redeem herself by directing a really scary one.

David Amito & Michael Laicini (Antrum)

Let’s see what else these two can do

Wraparound: Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cocina (The Wolf House)

We all know the frame stories in the V/H/S series are garbage, so let’s really change it up and make it animated.


Join us next time when we will be covering Censor - currently streaming on Hulu.


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187 | Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

  • Directed by William Eubank

  • Written by Christopher Landon

  • Stars Emily Bader, Roland Buck III and Dan Lippert

  • Released October 29, 2021

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 38min

  • Available on Paramount+

  • RT: 28% critics 39% audience

    Synopsis: College student Margot was abandoned by her mother as a baby. When she is contacted by a long lost relative she and her film student friend Chris venture to the family farm to meet Margot’s family for the first time and film a documentary about the process. What they find is an isolated Amish community with more secrets than answers. Can Margot discover what really became of her mother without upsetting her weird new family?


Paranormal Activity gave us the itch for more found footage therefore, next up, we’ll be covering the newest V/H/S installment, V/H/S 94 (currently streaming on Shudder). We’re ready for some much needed anthology action, how bout you??


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186 | The Empty Man

Synopsis: James LaSombra is a former cop mourning the loss of his wife and son. When a young friend of the family goes missing James is drawn into a mystery involving an urban legend about The Empty Man, a shadowy figure who can be summoned by blowing in an empty bottle on a bridge. But there is more to the disappearance than he first suspects, and more to the legend of the empty man than he realizes.


Since there’s apparently no way a franchise could have too many sequels, we’ll be checking out the newest addition to the Paranormal Activity family, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. The movie is currently streaming on Peacock so if you haven’t already, sign up for that free trial and then join us next time!


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