138 | Doctor Sleep

138 | Doctor Sleep

The Bloodlust

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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!

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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137 | The Lighthouse

137 | The Lighthouse

The Bloodlust

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Directed by Robert Eggers

Written by Max Eggers & Robert Eggers

Stars: Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson

Rated: R (for mermaid vag); Runtime: 1hr 49min

Released October 18, 2019; Available in limited theaters

Synopsis: Two men, the older one a grizzled former sailor & the younger a quiet & secretive newcomer, are charged with tending to a lighthouse on a small rocky island off the coast of New England in the late 1800s. When a storm keeps their replacements away & makes leaving impossible, it puts a serious strain on their sanity.

Episode extras:

The story of Small’s Lighthouse and its keepers.

The movie’s beautiful Fresnel lens.

“Should pale death with arrow dread
Make the ocean caves our bed,
Though no eye of love might see
Where that shrouded grave shall be,
Thou ! who hear’st the surges roll,
Deign to save the suppliant soul.”

— Sailor’s Hymn 107 from “Poems for the Sea” by Lydia Sigourney

Sascha Schneider, Hypnose, 1904

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Next up, we’ll finally be watching and reviewing the 100th Stephen King movie to be released this year, Dr. Sleep. Will it be a spook-fest or a snooze-fest?? Join us next time and find out.

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