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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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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194 | 1BR

• Written & Directed by David Marmor

• Stars Nicole Brydon Bloom, Taylor Nichols and Naomi Grossman

• Rated TV-MA

• Runtime: 1hr 30min

• Premiered at Fantasia Film Festival July 18, 2019 

• Released in US April 24, 2020 (Netflix)

• RT: 88% critics, 53% audience
  

  Synopsis 
  A young woman named Sara moves to LA in the hopes of distancing herself from her controlling father. She rents an apartment in what seems like the perfect apartment complex - a large, diverse group of friendly people who socialize and help out their neighbors. However, she soon finds out the place may be too good to be true.
  

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Join us next time when we will be covering the newest installment to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Is it a remake? Is it a prequel? A requel? Jk, we still don’t like that term. Whatever it is, we’ll be reviewing it next. Join us, wont you? *Currently streaming on Netflix (as of the date of this post)

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

• Written & Directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle

• Stars Katie Groshong, Stephanie Kinkle and Larry Fessenden

• Unrated 

• Runtime: 1hr 20min

• Premiered at Nashville Film Festival in Oct. 10, 2019

• Released March 2, 2021

• Available on VOD

• RT: 83%

  Synopsis: A woman named Katie, who appears to have run away from a dangerous cult, takes a job working as a caregiver at a group home for mentally disabled adults. She finds she takes to the job immediately, despite the upsetting flashbacks she suffers about her time with the cult. When one of her patients becomes ill, Katie begins to suspect that an evil spirit is behind it and uses the knowledge gained from the cult to attempt to rid her patient of the demon.
  

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Join us next time when we will be covering The Queen of Black Magic - currently streaming on Shudder and AMC+.

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188 | V/H/S/94

• Written & Directed by Simon Barrett, Steven Kostanski, Chloe Okuno, Ryan Prows, Jennifer Reeder, Timo Tjahjanto

• Released October 6, 2021

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 43min

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2021

• Available on Shudder

• RT: 93% critics 50% audience

  Holy Hell: Jennifer Reeder

  The Storm Drain: Chloe Okuno

  The Empty Wake: Simon Barrett

  The Veggie Masher: Steven Kostanski

  The Subject: Timo Tjahjanto

  Terror: Ryan Prows

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Amy’s V/H/S Wishlist

Coralie Fargeat (Revenge)

The only director I can think of who could rival Timo Tjahjanto’s level of blood.

Chad Crawford Kinkle (Dementer)

Because I would really like more people to know about this guy.

Sophia Takal (Always Shine)

You’ll notice I put Always Shine there and not the Black Christmas remake, and that’s because Always Shine shows how good Sophia Takal can be. She’s already acted in a V/H/S segment, let’s let her redeem herself by directing a really scary one.

David Amito & Michael Laicini (Antrum)

Let’s see what else these two can do

Wraparound: Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cocina (The Wolf House)

We all know the frame stories in the V/H/S series are garbage, so let’s really change it up and make it animated.

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Join us next time when we will be covering Censor - currently streaming on Hulu.

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187 | Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

• Directed by William Eubank

• Written by Christopher Landon

• Stars Emily Bader, Roland Buck III and Dan Lippert

• Released October 29, 2021

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 38min

• Available on Paramount+

• RT: 28% critics 39% audience
  

  Synopsis: College student Margot was abandoned by her mother as a baby. When she is contacted by a long lost relative she and her film student friend Chris venture to the family farm to meet Margot’s family for the first time and film a documentary about the process. What they find is an isolated Amish community with more secrets than answers. Can Margot discover what really became of her mother without upsetting her weird new family?
  

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Paranormal Activity gave us the itch for more found footage therefore, next up, we’ll be covering the newest V/H/S installment, V/H/S 94 (currently streaming on Shudder). We’re ready for some much needed anthology action, how bout you??

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