263 | Terrifier 3

• Not Rated 

• Runtime: 2hr 5min

• Written & Directed (and edited) by Damien Leone

• Stars: Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton and Antonella Rose

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 19, 2024

• Released in theaters October 11, 2024

• RT: 76% critics / 86% audience

Synopsis 

Five years after the events of Terrifier 2, Art the Clown is back and has plans to eliminate the only person that can stop him - Sienna. But first, to kill anyone and everyone he comes across on the way. That’s not Santa coming down the chimney, kiddies.

Join us in two weeks when we review Strange Darling, currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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261 | The Substance

• Rated R

• Runtime: 2hr 21min

• Written & Directed by Coralie Fargeat

• Stars: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid

• Premiered at Cannes Film Festival May 19, 2024

• Released in theaters September 20, 2024

• RT: 90% critics / 71% audience

Synopsis 

Fading Hollywood star Elizabeth Sparkle has just been fired from her fitness show and is to be replaced by a younger actress. She decides to use a mysterious drug called “The Substance” to make herself look younger. But this is no ordinary fad drug…

Join us in two weeks when we review Apartment 7A, currently streaming on Paramount+.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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260 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

• Rated PG-13

• Runtime: 1hr 45min

• Directed by Tim Burton

• Written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar

• Stars: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara

• Premiered at Venice Film Festival August 28, 2024

• Released in theaters September 6, 2024

• RT: 77% critics / 82% audience

Synopsis 

Nearly 30 years after the events of Beetlejuice, we rejoin the Deetz’s as they gather at the family home to mourn the loss of patriarch Charles. Lydia is still haunted by Beetlejuice but must rely on him for help when her teenaged daughter inadvertently ventures into the afterlife.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Substance, opening in theaters September 18.

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

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 33min

• Directed by Robert Morgan

• Written by Robert Morgan and Robin King

• Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Stella Gonet and Tom York

• Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 24, 2023

• Available on streaming starting March 15, 2024

• RT: 89% critics / 52% audience

Synopsis 

An animator who works under her overbearing mother starts to come unglued when her mother has a stroke

Here is a selection of other shorts by director Robert Morgan for your enjoyment

Join us next time when we'll review Immaculate, now playing in theaters.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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238 | When Evil Lurks

• Written & Directed by Demián Rugna

• Unrated 

• Runtime: 1hr 34min

• Stars: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Luis Ziembrowski and Demián Salomón

• Premiered at TIFF September 13, 2023

• Released in limited theaters October 6, 2023 and on Shudder October 27, 2023

• RT: 99% critics / 57% audience

  Synopsis 

  Two brothers in a small village discover a possessed man on their neighbor’s property who is infecting the nearby livestock. When they attempt to move him they unleash the demon on everyone around them.

Join us next time when we'll review Dark Harvest, currently available for rent.

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

• Written & Directed by Anna Zlokovic

• Rated TV-MA

• Runtime: 1hr 34min

• Stars: Hadley Robinson, Emily Hampshire and Kausar Mohammed

• Premiered at South by Southwest March 11, 2023

• Released on Hulu October 2, 2023

• RT: 52% critics / 62% audience

  Synopsis 

  A stressed-out young woman finds that her anxieties are manifesting themselves in strange ways, as a growth begins to appear on her stomach and soon dislodges itself and develops a mind of its own.

Join us next time when we'll review Argentinian import When Evil Lurks, currently in theaters and coming to streaming October 27.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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170 | Psycho Goreman

Written & Directed by Steven Kostanski

Stars Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber 

Released January 22, 2021

Available to rent 

Not Rated

Runtime: 1hr 35mins 

RT: 90% critics, 61% audience (Same audience score as last time)

Synopsis: Siblings Luke and Mimi unwittingly release an intergalactic villain from his underground prison, which happens to be in their backyard. Luckily they’ve also discovered a magical gem that enables them to control the monster. Instead of re-imprisoning them, Mimi, who is  kind of a villain herself, decides to use him to do her bidding. Meanwhile, an interplanetary UN has received notice that the monster they imprisoned eons before is now on the loose.

Just some of our “witty” repartee when Karen and Amy watched this one “together”

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Get your floaties and take your Dramamine.. next up, we’ll be heading out to sea for the Irish sea monster thriller, Sea Fever, currently streaming on Hulu.

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