146 | Daniel Isn't Real

Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer

Written by Adam Egypt Mortimer & Brian DeLeeuw, based on the novel by Brian DeLeeuw

Stars: Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane & Mary Stuart Masterson

Not Rated; Runtime: 1hr 40min

Limited release & streaming: December 6, 2019

Synopsis: A lonely young boy named Luke witnesses a violent act and an imaginary friend (guess his name) appears to help him deal with it. This works out great until his friend convinces him to play a trick on his mom that almost kills her. Mom makes Luke lock Daniel up, but years later when Luke is a shy college student trying to monitor his mentally ill mother while living on campus, guess who comes back to help him out?

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Next up, we check out The Invisible Man and see what all the fuss is about. I like Leigh Whannell so no complaints here.

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145 | Gretel & Hansel

Directed by Oz Perkins

Written by Rob Hayes

Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige

Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 1hr 27min

US Wide Release: January 31

Synopsis: Evicted from their family home by their unstable mother, Gretel and Hansel must now set off through the woods to fend for themselves. When they stumble upon an inviting home, with a seemingly unending supply of food, they soon realize things may not be as idyllic as they first appeared.

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Next up, Daniel Isn’t Real, yet another interesting-looking Spectrevision production. This one’s about a childhood imaginary friend who returns to help his old playmate in his time of need. Kind of sounds like Drop Dead Fred. I sure hope it’s like Drop Dead Fred…

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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144 | Color Out of Space

Directed by Richard Stanley

Written by Richard Stanley and Scarlett Amaris (based on Lovecraft short story)

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur

Not Rated; Runtime: 1hr 51min

US Wide Release: January 24, 2020

Synopsis: An aspiring alpaca farmer and his family are thrust into a bizarre and terrifying reality when a mysterious object falls from space into their backyard.

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Next up - most fairytales are creepy, and Hansel and Gretel is creepy even for a fairytale. It’s perfect for a horror adaptation, especially when helmed by my boy Oz Perkins. The name-swapped Gretel and Hansel is in theaters now.

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

Directed by Damien Leone

Written by Damien Leone

Stars: Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, David Howard Thornton, Catherine Corcoran

Rated: TV-MA; Runtime: 1hr 22min

Released 3/15/18; Available US Netflix

Synopsis: Following a Halloween party, two friends decide to sober up at a local pizza place before heading home. Unfortunately for them, an interaction with Art the clown derails their plans and soon the friends find themselves trying to escape from Art and his bag o’ horrors.

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Next up - an adaptation of H.P Lovecraft’s The Color Out of Space, helmed by cult director Richard Stanley. Oh, and did we mention it stars Nic Cage? Guy’s becoming a regular horror icon lately.

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

Directed by J.D. Dillard

Written by J.D. Dillard, Alex Hyner and Alex Theurer

Stars: Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 1hr 22min

Released 10/15/2019; Available US Netflix

Synopsis: Jenn is washed ashore and has to figure out how to survive not only the harsh elements of a deserted island, but also a bloodthirsty monster who comes from beneath the ocean to stalk the island at night.

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Thanks to a helpful listener making a movie suggestion/recommendation at juust the right time, our next episode will be reviewing Terrifier. A lovely Netflix tale about a friendly clown. At least that’s what I think it’s about.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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141 | Black Christmas

Directed by Sophia Takal

Written by Sophia Takal and April Wolfe

Stars: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Cary Elwes

Rated: PG-13; Runtime: 1hr 32min

Released 12/14/2019; Available in theaters

Synopsis: A group of sorority sisters are being stalked and killed off, one by one, by some mysterious, cloaked, madMAN/MEN. A new take on an old classic.

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New year, new remake. Join us next time when we’ll be watching and reviewing Nicolas Pesce’s horror remake, The Grudge. Here’s hoping the guy who brought us The Eyes of My Mother can start the new year off with a worthy remake.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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140 | Under the Skin

Directed by Johnathan Glazer

Written by Johnathan Glazer & Walter Campbell, based on the novel by Michel Faber

Stars: Scar-jo

Rated: R; Runtime: 1hr 48min

Released April 4, 2014; Available on Netflix & Kanopy currently

Synopsis: An alien comes to Earth & takes the form of Scarlett Johansson so that she can pick up men & lure them into a pool of black water where their insides are harvested & sent back to her home planet, until she starts feeling bad about it & decides to try being a human for a bit.

Kitty’s personal notes about the film:

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Next up we’ll be rounding out the year with yet another remake. They’ve been pretty hit or miss and it’s certainly hard to compete with original films this year, like Midsommar and The Lighthouse. Here’s hoping this will be one of the hits! Join us for our next episode where we’ll be covering the remake of Black Christmas.

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139 | You're Next

Directed by Adam Wingard

Written by Simon Barrett

Stars: Sharni Vinson, AJ Bowen & Joe Swanberg

Rated: R; Runtime: 1hr 35min

Released August 23, 2013; Available on IMDB TV (via Amazon Prime), Hoopla

Synopsis: A wealthy family meets at their lavish vacation home to celebrate the parents’ 35th wedding anniversary. We meet all the family members: mom, dad, three brothers, one sister & the siblings’ respective partners. When a squabble between brothers during dinner is interrupted by a sudden barrage of arrows from outside, the family is forced to set aside their petty differences & work together to survive. Or not.

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Our next episode has yet to be determined - we’re leaving it up to you, the listeners. We’ll be putting a poll out on our various social medias so you can vote for what we watch next. So head over to our Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and vote on what our next movie should be.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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138 | Doctor Sleep

Directed by Mike Flanagan

Adapted by Mike Flanagan, Story by Stephen King

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson and Kylie Curran

Rated: R; Runtime: 2hr 32min

Released November 8, 2019; Available in theaters

Synopsis: Grown up Danny Torrence, now just Dan, has become a drifter struggling with the same issues of alcoholism & foul temper as his father. After hitting rock bottom he stumbles into a nice little town in New Hampshire & ends up staying there for the next eight years. From time to time he has received psychic messages from a little girl with a very strong “shine.” When the girl becomes the target of a group of traveling vampires who feed off psychic ability she reaches out to her pen pal for help. Thus Dan finds himself again facing down a supernatural foe.

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We’ve only mentioned our next movie about a thousand times and now we’re finally going to review it. Will it continue to live up to all the hype we’ve given it over the years? Methinks it will. So queue up "Looking for the Magic” on your music playlist and join us next time when we’ll be reviewing You’re Next!

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