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This week, the Grue-Crew celebrate Women in Horror with a pair of gory female drive horror films. The first film this week, RABID from directors Jen and Sylvia Soska, follows Laura Vandervoort in a remake of the 1970s David Cronenburg Classic. The second film, BLISS from director Joe Begos, follows Dora Madison in a cautionary tale of vampires and drug addiction.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 101
BLISS - RABID

The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatment, leaving her stronger and prettier than ever - but there's a side effect.

• Director: Jen Soska (co-director), Sylvia Soska (co-director)
• Cast: Laura Vandervoort, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Ted Atherton

Release: February 4, 2020, from Shout! Factory

A brilliant painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles.

• Director: Joe Begos
• Cast: Dora Madison, Tru Collins, Rhys Wakefield

Release: Available on SHUDDER beginning January 30, 2020

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This week, the Grue-Crew celebrate their 100th episode with two very trippy, psychedelic genre-blended horror films. The first film this week, THE WAVE from director Gille Klabin, follows insurance lawyer Justin Long as a poor decision with hallucinogenics turns horrifyingly surreal. The second film, COLOR OUT OF SPACE from director Richard Stanley, follows Nicolas Cage facing horrors from the mind of H.P. Lovecraft.

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And, joining us this week for our special milestone episodes is Podcasting Rockstar and Cosplay Queen, Vanessa Thompson!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 100
THE WAVE - COLOR OUT OF SPACE

A town is struck by a meteorite and the fallout is catastrophic.

• Director: Gille Klabin
• Cast:
  • Justin Long … Frank
  • Tommy Flanagan … Aeolus
  • Katia Winter … Natalie
  • Donald Faison … Jeff
  • Sheila Vand … Theresa
  • Bill Sage … Jonas

Release: Gille Klabin’s psychedelic sci-fi adventure-comedy THE WAVE opens nationwide in theaters and on VOD January 17th, 2020 from Epic Pictures.

A town is struck by a meteorite and the fallout is catastrophic.

• Director: Richard Stanley
• Cast:
  • Nicolas Cage … Nathan Gardner
  • Joely Richardson … Theresa Gardner
  • Q'orianka Kilcher … Mayor Tooma
  • Tommy Chong … Ezra
  • Madeleine Arthur … Lavinia Gardner
  • Julian Hilliard … Jack Gardner
  • Elliot Knight … Ward Phillips
  • Brendan Meyer … Benny Gardner

Release: Only In Theaters - January 24, 2020

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This week, the Grue-Crew head back to Transylvania to revisit Vlad, the Impaler as he leaves his homeland for England and the new world. The three-part mini-series, DRACULA from show creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, is currently playing on Netflix and both celebrates the traditional Hammer-Film-Heavily-Influenced roots and pushes the boundaries for a bold, fresh new take.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 99
DRACULA (Netflix, Episodes 1 - 3)

In 1897 Transylvania, the blood-drinking Count draws his plans against Victorian London.

English lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet a new client - and a legend is about to get fresh blood.

Director: Jonny Campbell

Cast:
Claes Bang … Dracula
Dolly Wells … Sister Agatha
John Heffernan … Jonathan Harker
Morfydd Clark … Mina
Joanna Scanlan … Mother Superior
Lujza Richter … Elena
Petra Dubayova … Carriage Girl

The crew aboard the Russian ship, The Demeter, are locked in a life-or-death struggle to stop Count Dracula before he reaches England.

Director: Damon Thomas

Cast:
Claes Bang … Dracula
Dolly Wells … Sister Agatha
Jonathan Aris … Captain Sokolov
Sacha Dhawan … Dr. Sharma
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett … Adisa
Clive Russell … Valentin
Catherine Schell … Duchess Valeria
Youssef Kerkour … Olgaren
Patrick Walshe McBride … Lord Ruthven
Lily Dodsworth-Evans … Dorabella
Samuel Blenkin … Piotr
Anthony Flanagan … Portmann
Alec Utgoff … Abramoff
Lily Kakkar … Yamini
Andrew Byron … Stepashin

Count Dracula has made it to England - a new world pulsing with fresh blood - and lays his plans to spread his foul vampire contagion. But why does he set his sights on the seemingly ordinary Lucy Westenra?

Director: Paul McGuigan

Cast:
Claes Bang … Dracula
Dolly Wells … Sister Agatha / Zoe Helsing
Lydia West … Lucy
Matthew Beard … Jack
Mark Gatiss … Frank
Chanel Cresswell … Kathleen
Lyndsey Marshal … Bloxham
Paul Brennen … Commander Irving
John McCrea … Zev
Phil Dunster … Quincey
Polly Kemp … Nurse
Sarah Niles … Meg
Millicent Wong … Alice
Sofia Oxenham … Sam
Kiran Shah … Little Boy

Release: Currently available on NETFLIX

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This week, the Grue-Crew looks a two feature shot in first-person or inspired by a first-person narrative. The first film this week, DOOM: ANNIHILATION from director Tony Giglio, revising the game franchise in a new and potentially refreshing way. The second film, THE LOST FOOTAGE OF LEAH SULLIVAN from director Burt Grinstead, is the latest in the found footage sub-genre where a filmmaker disappears researching a cold-case murder mystery.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 97
DOOM: ANNIHILATION - THE LOST FOOTAGE OF LEAH SULLIVAN

An unedited memory card from a camera shows Leah Sullivan's school project about a cold case murder that doesn't seem to be so cold after all.

• Director: Burt Grinstead
• Cast: Jimmy Driscoll, Burt Grinstead, Maureen Keiller 

Release: Currently available on DVD and VOD

Follows a group of UAC Marines as they respond to a distress call from a top secret scientific base on Phobos, a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demons who threaten to create Hell on Earth.

• Director: Tony Giglio
• Cast: Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale

Release: Currently available on NETFLIX

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This week, the Grue-Crew takes an unintentional last look at two Blumhouse offerings for 2019. The first film this week, INTO THE DARK: MIDNIGHT KISS from director Carter Smith, examines the modern slasher film set against the celebration of New Year's Eve. The second film, SWEETHEART from director J.D. Dillard, provides a fresh look at the modern monster movie as its heroine has washed ashore a deserted island - all alone, except for a horrific sea creature.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 97
INTO THE DARK: MIDNIGHT KISS - SWEETHEART

A group of friends return to celebrate New Year's Eve and play their game of "Midnight Kiss" however, this year, an unexpected participant has other things in mind. They cam to slay.

• Director: Carter Smith
• Cast: Augustus Prew, Scott Evans, Ayden Mayeri

Release: Currently available on HULU

Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn't take her long to realize she's completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.

• Director: J.D. Dillard
• Cast: Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Release: Currently available on NETFLIX

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This week, the Grue-Crew queue up a pair of special treats with a loving look at a living legend and a preview of an upcoming film to be released in 2020. The first film this week, GET GONE from director Michael Thomas Daniel, features Lin Shaye taking "squatter's rights" to a horrific end. The second film, SMOKE AND MIRRORS: THE STORY OF TOM SAVINI from director Jason Baker, delves into the history and work of Tom Savini as Tom himself shares stories from his childhood through raising his own children and sharing his passion for film with his grandchildren.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 96
GET GONE - SMOKE AND MIRRORS: THE STORY OF TOM SAVINI

A hoax busting group goes on a team-building retreat to Whiskey Flats, OR and runs into trouble as they cross paths with an invasive drilling company that is warring with a very private family.

• Director: Michael Thomas Daniel
• Cast: Lin Shaye, Weston Cage Coppola, Caitlin Stryker

Release: Available now in film festivals across the globe, to be released in 2020.

A lovingly crafted documentary about the life and times of living horror make-up (and directing and acting) legend, Tom Savini.

• Director: Jason Baker
• Cast: Tom Savini and a host of horror greats

Release: Currently available on SHUDDER

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This week, the Grue-Crew explores the final five episodes of CASTLE ROCK season 2 available now on HULU. Straight out of the gate, Lizzy Caplan kills it as a young 30-something version of Annie (Misery) Wilkes as she and her daughter Joy (Elsie Fisher) end up in Castle Rock, Maine, as well as nearby Jerusalem's Lot. And, wait-a-minute, did we just hear someone mention Derry? Whoa!

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 95
CASTLE ROCK SEASON 2 - Episodes 6 thru 10

Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.

• Director: Greg Yaintanes (1); Phil Abraham (2,4); Anne Sewitsky (3,5)
• Cast:
• Lizzy Caplan ... Annie Wilkes
• Elsie Fisher ... Joy Wilkes
• John Hoogenakker ... Tall Man
• Tim Robbins ... Reginald 'Pop' Merrill
• Paul Sparks ... John 'Ace' Merrill
• Barkhad Abdi ... Abdi Howlwadaag
• Abby Corrigan ... Chance
• Yusra Warsama ... Dr. Nadia Howlwadaag

Release: Currently available on HULU

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This week, the Grue-Crew delves into the twisted minds of each film's protagonist, each unsettling in their own way. The first film this week, DANIEL ISN'T REAL from director Adam Egypt Mortimer, follows a troubled you man who has to deal with an even more troubling imaginary friend. The second film, I SEE YOU from director Adam Randall, features Helen Hunt facing a strange presence within her house; once uncovered, the truth may be more frightening than the imagined.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 94
DANIEL ISN'T REAL - I SEE YOU

A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.

• Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer
• Cast: Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane

Release: Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the horror/thriller DANIEL ISN’T REAL in theaters, on digital and on-demand December 6, 2019.

Strange occurrences plague a small town detective and his family as he investigates the disappearance of a young boy.

• Director: Adam Randall
• Cast: Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Judah Lewis 

Release: In Theaters Nationwide, On Digital & On Demand December 6, 2019

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This week, the Grue-Crew champion the little man working hard to climb the ladder of life, each finding the grass is far more crimson on the other side. The first film this week, NEKROTRONIC from director Kiah Roache-Turner, follows a young sewage worker who discovers he has always been destined for greatness - with a gory catch. The second film, A NASTY PIECE OF WORK from director Charles Hood, is another entry in HULU's Into The Dark series of films, featuring a young overachiever who struggles with just how far will he go to move ahead.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 93
NEKROTRONIC - A NASTY PIECE OF WORK

Four twentysomethings find themselves stuck on a haunted antique bed where leaving means suffering a gruesome death. Plagued with frightening hallucinations, they must figure out the bed's secrets before they are ultimately picked off one by one.

• Director: Kiah Roache-Turner
• Cast: Ben O'Toole, Monica Bellucci, Caroline Ford

Release: Currently available on SHUDDER

A mid-level employee at a large company finds out he’s not getting the Christmas bonus or promotion he was expecting. But then his boss invites him over for dinner with a proposal for how he can climb the corporate ladder… by beating his professional rival in a violent competition. The next installment of Blumhouse's Into the Dark premieres December 6, only on Hulu.

• Director: Charles Hood
• Cast: Dustin Milligan, Angela Sarafyan, Julian Sands 

Release: Currently available on HULU

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Location, location, location. This week, the Grue-Crew travel to a "bed-side" establishment and an outdated campground to explore the horrors found within. The first film this week, THE DWELLING from director Jeff Maher, leads the crew to a room housing a haunted bed, previously known as Bed of the Dead. The second film, ANIMAL AMONG US from director John Woodruff, draws a horror writer to the infamous camp he centered his best selling novel upon only to find the frights may be real.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 92
THE DWELLING - ANIMAL AMONG US

Four twentysomethings find themselves stuck on a haunted antique bed where leaving means suffering a gruesome death. Plagued with frightening hallucinations, they must figure out the bed's secrets before they are ultimately picked off one by one.

• Director: Jeff Maher
• Cast: Colin Price, Alysa King, Gwenlyn Cumyn

Release: A frightening futon rears its springs this November in Black Fawn Films’ The Dwelling, on Digital and DVD November 26 from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Fifteen years ago, two teenage girls were murdered at Merrymaker Campgrounds. The case was filed an animal attack, the camp was condemned and the killer never found - but something horrific still waits in those woods.

• Director: John Woodruff
• Cast: Larisa Oleynik, Erin Daniels, Heather Tom 

Release: Available on VOD and DVD November 19 from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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