250 | The First Omen

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 59min

• Directed by Arkasha Stevenson

• Written by Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith and Keith Thomas 

• Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson and Sonia Braga

• Released in theaters April 5, 2024

• RT: 81% critics / 70% audience

Synopsis 

Another young novitiate from the U.S. arrives at her new home in an Italian convent and soon realizes that things are not as they seem

We mentioned Canadian comic, Mayce Galoni. Please check him out - he’s hilarious and delightful. @maycegaloni on Instagram.

Join us next time when we'll review Late Night with the Devil, now streaming on AMC+ and Shudder.

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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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230 | Insidious: The Red Door

• Directed by Patrick Wilson

• Written by Scott Teems

• Stars Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne

• Rated PG-13

• Runtime: 1hr 47mins 

• Released July 7, 2023

• RT: 37% critics, 70% audience

  Synopsis 

  The Lambert family is split up, with Josh and Renai divorced and Josh estranged from his sons. After a college class rekindles repressed memories for son Dalton, he and the rest of the family must again contend with malevolent creatures from “the further” seeking to assume their bodies.

Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Talk to Me, in theaters July 28.

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224 | Evil Dead Rise

• Written & Directed by Lee Cronin

• Stars Mirabai Pease, Anna-Maree Thomas and Alyssa Sutherland

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 37mins 

• Premiered at SXSW March 15, 2023

• Released April 21, 2023 

• RT: 85% critics, 80% audience

  Synopsis 

  New book, same old story - this time the evil book is discovered by a young family and possesses their mother. Will her estranged sister be able to save the children and get them out of the apartment building before it’s too late?

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing the very fluid-filled movie, Infinity Pool, currently available for rent on various platforms.

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223 | Scream 6

• Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

• Written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick

• Stars Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega

• Rated R

• Runtime: 2hr 2mins 

• Released March 10, 2023 

• RT: 77% critics, 91% audience 

• Available in theaters

  Synopsis 

  The fucks are at it again! This time several different people want to be the next Ghostface, and they’re all going after our survivors.

Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Ari Aster’s newest, Beau is Afraid, opening in theaters April 21.

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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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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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