195 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre

• Directed by David Blue Garcia

• Written by Chris Thomas Devlin, based on a story by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues

• Stars Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher and Mark Burnham

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 21min

• Released on Netflix February 18, 2022

• RT: 32% critics, 29% audience
  

Synopsis 

A group of young entrepreneurs buy up property in the ghost town of Harlow, TX with a plan to turn the downtown into a hip retail zone. Unbeknownst to them, however, there are still a few former residents occupying the properties, and one of them is Leatherface.

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Join us next time as we review Fresh, currently streaming on Hulu.

Really assaulted us with those pop songs in the trailer, huh? At least they didn’t slow them down to make them ominous.

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

• Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett

• Written by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick (based on characters created by Kevin Williamson)

• Stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette, plus Melissa Barrera, Jack Quaid and Jenna Ortega

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 54min

• Released in theaters January 14, 2022 

• RT: 76% critics; 83% audience

  Synopsis 
  The town of Woodsboro is once again being stalked by Ghostface, and 25 years after the murders of Sydney Prescott’s friends a new killer is going after people related to the earlier tragedy. Will the new group of teens, helped along by reluctant players from the original murders, be able to find the killer before the killer finds them?

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

Directed by Dave Franco

Written by Dave Franco & Joe Swanberg

Stars Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Jeremy Allen White, Sheila Vand & Toby Huss

Premiered July 24, 2020

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 28 min

RT: 73% critics, 44% audience 

Two brothers and their respective partners rent a gorgeous vacation home with some extra audio/visual features they don’t discover until it’s too late. Who has the incriminating footage and how far will they need to go to get it back? 

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Next up, the quarantine-filmed Host, about a seance conducted over Zoom. Yes, I agree that it sounds preposterous, but it’s currently sitting at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s also 56 minutes long, so if you hate it you’re not out too much time.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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139 | You're Next

Directed by Adam Wingard

Written by Simon Barrett

Stars: Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen & Joe Swanberg

Rated: R; Runtime: 1hr 35min

Released August 23, 2013; Available on IMDB TV (via Amazon Prime), Hoopla

Synopsis: A wealthy family meets at their lavish vacation home to celebrate the parents’ 35th wedding anniversary. We meet all the family members: mom, dad, three brothers, one sister & the siblings’ respective partners. When a squabble between brothers during dinner is interrupted by a sudden barrage of arrows from outside, the family is forced to set aside their petty differences & work together to survive. Or not.

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Our next episode has yet to be determined - we’re leaving it up to you, the listeners. We’ll be putting a poll out on our various social medias so you can vote for what we watch next. So head over to our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and vote on what our next movie should be.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Bloodlust Bites: Mother's Day

Director: Charles Kaufman

Writers: Charles Kaufman & Warren Leight

Stars: Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Tiana Pierce

In this special Mother's Day BL Bites Karen watches Eddie's favorite slasher movie evah. We should all be so lucky to have a mother as permissive as the mom in this movie. She really supports her kids!