231 | Talk to Me

• Directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou

• Written by Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman and Daley Pearson

• Stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto and Alexandra Jensen

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 35mins

• Premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival October 30, 2022 

• Released July 28, 2023

• RT: 94% critics, 83% audience

  Synopsis 

  A teenager grieving the loss of her mother attempts to communicate with her spirit through the use of a magical hand that her friends have been using for party tricks.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Last Voyage of the Demeter, in theaters August 11.

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207 | Bodies Bodies Bodies

• Directed by Halina Reijn

• Written by Sarah DeLappe, Based on a story by Kristen Roupenian

• Stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova and Rachel Sennott

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 34min

• Premiered at SxSW March 14, 2022

• Released August 5, 2022

• RT: 88% critics, 72% audience

  Synopsis 

Quiet Bee travels with new girlfriend Sophie to the home of her wealthy best friend David to ride out a hurricane. Soon the privileged 20-somethings are engaged in drinking, drugs and party games, including the titular Bodies Bodies Bodies. However, one of the partiers inevitably ends up dead IRL, leading to a booze-filled whodunnit.

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Next up, join us as we’ll be reviewing Watcher, available to rent meow.

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

Jessie Buckley and her cool oversized coat go for a walk

• Written & Directed by Alex Garland

• Stars Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear and Paapa Essiedu

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 40min

• Released theatrically in the US May 20, 2022

• RT: 73% critics, 43% audience

Synopsis 

A woman rents a home in the English countryside to grieve the death of her spouse but finds herself menaced by various men in the town who seemingly share the same face.

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Next up, we’re heading into very gory territory.. join us in two weeks when we’ll be watching and reviewing The Sadness, currently streaming on Shudder.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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178 | Saint Maud

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”

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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.

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

Writer/Director: Ari Aster

Stars: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff & Milly Shapiro

Synopsis: We meet the Graham family shortly after the death of Annie’s mother, a strange & private old woman who had been living with the family during her illness. Annie is conflicted over her mother’s death, since they had been estranged on & off. Days after the funeral a horrible accident happens, & there is another loss in the family. This one hits everyone much harder, & they also have to contend with horrible nightmares & terrifying visions & sounds. As Annie copes with her grief she starts to suspect that unseen forces might be at work, guiding the events in their lives for some mysterious purpose.

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For our next episode, we're dipping into our bag of listener suggestions and reviewing The Poughkeepsie Tapes. Join us in a couple weeks to discuss this cult classic found footage flick.

Intro/Outro music courtesy Peter Perfect. Check him out on Instagram | Soundcloud

74 | It Comes at Night

Writer/Director: Trey Edward Shults

Synopsis: A family struggles to get by in their remote home after a mysterious illness shuts down the rest of the country. Our first introduction to this family is one that perfectly illustrates this brutal, uncertain new world in which they're living. When they decide to allow another family to take shelter in their home with them, we are left to wonder whether it's actually any safer inside the house.

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Next up, we'll be reviewing We Go On, a movie from the creators of underappreciated horror flick, Yellowbrickroad. We're pretty excited to finally see another movie from these folks so join us, won't you?