247 | Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Written & Directed by Stephen Cognetti

• Stars: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown and James Liddell

• Limited theatrical release October 24, 2023, premiered on Shudder October 30, 2023

• RT: 87% critics / 82% audience

Synopsis 

Faux documentary about an internet sleuth who, along with her partner and her brother, spends five nights in the notoriously haunted Carmichael Manor, the site of a brutal multiple murder in the late 1980s. Once there they find connections to the equally infamous Abaddon Hotel.

Join us next time when we'll review Stopmotion, available to rent starting March 15, 2024.

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246 | The Others

• Rated PG-13 

• Runtime: 1hr 44min

• Written & Directed by Alejandro Amenábar

• Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan and Christopher Eccleston

• Premiered August 2, 2001

• RT: 84% critics / 77% audience

Synopsis 

A woman who lives with her photosensitive children in the countryside and waits for her husband to return from WWII becomes convinced that their house is haunted.

Join us next time when we'll review Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, currently available on Shudder and AMC+.

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245 | Satanic Hispanics

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 1hr 52min

• Stars: Efren Ramirez, Greg Grunberg and Sonya Eddy

• Premiered at the Fantastic Fest September 25, 2022

• Released on VOD September 14, 2023 

• RT: 91% critics / 45% audience

Synopsis 

Wraparound segment - “The Traveler”

•  Directed by Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider! Tales of Halloween)

  The sole survivor of a massacre is interrogated by police and confounds them with amazing stories of the supernatural

“Tambien Lo Vi”

• Directed by Demián Rugna (When Evil Lurks, Terrified)

  A math genius discovers a pattern that allows him to see and interact with the dead

“El Vampiro”

• Directed by Eduardo Sánchez (Blair Witch, V/H/S/2)

  A vampire goes out to enjoy himself in public on Halloween, only to be reminded by his exasperated wife about daylight savings time

“Nahaules”

• Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero (V/H/S/85, ABCs of Death 2.5)

  A CIA informant falls prey to a murderous indigenous force

“The Hammer of Zanzibar”

• Directed by Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead, ABCs of Death 2)

  A group of friends record a sacred ceremony on vacation, marking them for possession and death

Join us next time when we'll review The Others, available on Shudder starting February 15th..

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244 | Society of the Snow

• Directed by J.A. Bayona

• Written by J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, Nicolas Casariego (based on book by Pablo Vierci)

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 2hr 24min

• Stars: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustin Pardella, Matias Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi

• Premiered at the Venice Film Festival September 9, 2023

• Released in limited theater December 23, 2023 and on Netflix January 4, 2024

• RT: 91% critics / 85% audience 

Synopsis 

The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments to survive. 

Join us next time when we'll review Satanic Hispanics, currently available to rent.

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243 | Birth/Rebirth

• Directed by Laura Moss

• Written by Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'Brien

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 1hr 41min

• Stars: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes and A.J. Lister

• Premiered at Sundance January 20, 2023

• Limited release August 18, 2023 

• RT: 96% critics / 75% audience

  Synopsis 

  A morgue technician has developed a method to reanimate the dead using embryonic tissue. When she tests it on the recently deceased daughter of a delivery room nurse and the nurse catches wise, they work together to keep the child alive at all costs.

Join us next time when we'll review Society of the Snow, currently streaming on Netflix.

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242 | Saw X

• Directed by Kevin Greutert

• Written by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 1hr 58min

• Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Synnøve Macody Lund

• Released September 29, 2023 in theaters

• RT: 80% critics / 89% audience 

  Synopsis 

  John Kramer returns, and he still has cancer! This time, John is swindled by a group pretending to provide a miracle cure, and he takes his revenge in the usual ways.

Join us next time when we'll review Birth/Rebirth, currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

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241 | Thanksgiving

• Directed by Eli Roth

• Written by Jeff Rendell

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 1hr 46min

• Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon and Ty Olsson

• Released November 17, 2023 in theaters

• RT: 84% critics / 79% audience

  Synopsis 

  One year after a Black Friday riot killed multiple people, a masked killer starts picking off those involved in gruesome ways.

Join us next time when we'll review Saw X, currently available to rent.

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240 | Rare Exports

Director: Jalmari Helander

Writers: Jalmari Helander, Juuso Helander

Stars: Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila

Synopsis: On the border of Finland and Russia, 486 meters deep within the Korvatunturi mountains, lies a long-buried secret of Christmas. After a group of excavators unearth this secret, the nearby village learns that some secrets should remain buried. With so few Christmas-themed horror movies to choose from, Rare Exports is a wonderful holiday treat!

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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

$17.99

Starring Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila

Buy on Amazon

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We're back next time with our review of Eli Roth's Thanksgiving

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239 | Dark Harvest

• Directed by David Slade

• Written by Michael Gilio, based on the novel by Norman Partridge

• Rated R 

• Runtime: 1hr 36min

• Stars: Casey Likes, Emyri Crutchfield and Jeremy Davies

• Released October 13, 2023 on VOD

• RT: 71% critics / 48% audience

  Synopsis 

  The teenage boys in a small town compete in a macabre contest each Halloween to hunt down and devour a monster called Sawtooth Jack before he can make it to the local church. Fortune and fame come to the winning boy and his family. This year, the angsty brother of the last winner badly wants to compete and win his ticket out of town, despite his entry being against the rules.

Join us next time when we'll review Thanksgiving, currently playing in theaters.

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