The Bloodlust Podcast
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266 | The Coffee Table
266 | The Coffee Table
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The Bloodlust
265 | Heretic
265 | Heretic
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264 | Strange Darling
264 | Strange Darling
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263 | Terrifier 3
263 | Terrifier 3
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262 | Apartment 7A
262 | Apartment 7A

222 | Piggy

  • Written & Directed by Carlota Pereda

  • Stars Laura Galán, Richard Holmes and Carmen Machi

  • Not Rated 

  • Runtime: 1hr 39mins 

  • Premiered at Sundance January 25, 2022

  • Released October 7, 2022 streaming

  • RT: 92% critics, 57% audience 

  • Available on Hulu and AMC+

    Synopsis 

    An overweight bullied teen girl finds sympathy from an unexpected source and soon finds herself at the center of a town mystery.

As promised, here is the video intro to the Twister “ride” that used to be in Universal Studios. It’s really just Bill Paxton striking a sexy pose whilst talking about the sexiness of tornados.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Scream 6, currently in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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221 | Near Dark

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Piggy, currently streaming on Hulu

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220 | Knock at the Cabin

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Near Dark, currently streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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219 | The People Under the Stairs

  • Written & Directed by Wes Craven

  • Stars Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill and Wendy Robie

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 42mins 

  • Released November 1, 1991

  • RT: 70% critics, 59% audience 

  • Available to rent

    Synopsis 

    Facing eviction, a young boy agrees to help two men break into their weirdo landlord’s home to find gold coins. Once inside, however, they find that there is seemingly no way out.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing A Knock at the Cabin, currently in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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218 | M3GAN

A robotics engineer creates an extremely lifelike child robot and allows it to bond with her recently orphaned niece, with disastrous results.

Next up, we’re going back in time to review a lil Wes Craven film that we’ve mentioned more than a few times, The People Under the Stairs. So dust off your VHS copy, or head to your local video store and then join us for our next episode.

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

A group of 12 high-brow foodies attend a once-in-a-lifetime fine dining experience at the famous Hawthorne restaurant, which is conveniently situation on its own private island. The guests soon learn, however, that they may have bitten off more than they can chew with this particular experience.

Next up (hopefully), we’ll be covering the fever dream that is M3GAN, which is currently in theaters. On the off chance we don’t make it to the theater in time, we will be reviewing The Harbinger, currently available to rent. Either way, you won’t want to miss it!

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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216 | Eve's Bayou

  • Written & Directed by Kasi Lemmons

  • Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield

  • Rated R

  • Runtime: 1hr 55mins (Director’s Cut)

  • Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 7, 1997

  • Released November 7, 1997

  • RT: 84% critics, 89% audience

    Synopsis 

“The summer I killed my father I was 10 years old.” So begins the story of Eve and her powerful family in 1962 Louisiana. Through Eve’s eyes we meet her gorgeous, long-suffering mother, philandering doctor father, and eccentric Aunt Mozelle, who is a fortune teller. When Aunt Mozelle has a premonition of tragedy befalling the family, Eve and her siblings are confined to the safety of their stately home. But keeping them locked up isn’t going to keep the family safe from tragedy.

Out of theaters and into your streaming boxes, The Menu is next up for us. This film had a pretty good theatrical run, but now it’s available to watch from the comfort of our respective homes. So join us next time as we serve up the first entree of the new year.

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215 | 2022 Year in Review

Synopsis: Amy and Jamie recap 2022’s horror offerings and reminisce about which ones were memorable (for both good and bad reasons). Which movie had the best kills? Which movie was most surprising? Which horror trends do we hope stay in 2022, never to again return?

Our next review will be the first of the new year. Stay tuned and pay attention to our socials to learn which movie we’ll be covering. Thanks for being listeners! We’ll talk to y’all next year!

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214 | Terrifier 2

Art the Clown is resurrected and returns to Miles County to wreak havoc once again. This time he targets a teenage brother and sister who have recently lost their father.

Join us next time when we’ll be recapping 2022 and discussing the best and the worst that horror had to offer.

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