257 | The Night House

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 47min

• Directed by David Bruckner

• Written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski

• Stars: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg and Vondie Curtis-Hall

• Premiered at Sundance January 24, 2020

• Released in theaters August 20, 2021

• RT: 88% critics / 69% audience

Synopsis 

A woman grieving the recent suicide of her husband experiences strange disturbances in her home and begins to believe that his ghost is attempting to contact her.

Join us in two weeks when we review Alien: Romulus, opening in theaters August 16.

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177 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Directed by Michael Chaves

Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson

Released June 4, 2021

Available in theaters & on HBO Max

Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 52mins

RT: 56% critics, 84% audience 

Synopsis 

The Warrens are back at it, investigating the demonic possession of a young boy. When things don’t go exactly as planned, the Warrens find themselves pursuing the demon once again, only this time it’s taken over the body of Arne Johnson. When Arne finds himself at the center of a brutal murder, his attorney looks to the Warrens to help with their client’s defense of “The Devil Made Me Do It.”

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Join us next time when we’ll be reviewing Saint Maud, now streaming on Hulu.

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156 | Host

Directed by Rob Savage

Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage & Jed Shepherd

Stars Haley Bishop, Gemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb

Premiered July 30, 2020 (Shudder exclusive)

Rated NR

Runtime: 57 min

RT: 100% critics, 79% audience (finally over 50%!)

A group of college friends quarantining in their respectives homes participate in a seance over Zoom and it somehow works.

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For next time we’re leaving it up to you - which of these four movies should we review next? Clicking the posters will take you to each trailer. We’ll tally your votes here and across our various social accounts and let you know the winner on Friday, 8/28.

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75 | We Go On

Writers/Directors: Jesse Holland & Andy Mitton

Synopsis: Desperate for a cure for his Thanatophobia, Miles places an ad in the newspaper offering $30k to anyone who can show him definitive proof of life after death. Out of thousands of responses, mostly from wackadoos & people looking to scam him, he’s able to narrow the list of prospects down to three, with the help of his pragmatic but rather bitter mother. Miles & his mom meet each person - a scientist, a medium & an Indiana Jones type - with varying degrees of success, but it’s a wild card contender who ends up showing Miles something that makes him wish he’d never gone looking for answers.

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Next up, we'll be satisfying your "summer shark movie" cravings with a review of the heavily anticipated (ok, maybe not so much...) ocean thriller, 47 Meters Down. Did we mention this is starring pop music darling, Mandy Moore? Well, it is.