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This week, the Grue-Crew review a pair of films that both feature scary dolls in movies that are not scary doll movies and characters suffering from emotional stress. The first film this week is INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND from director Pascal Laugier features a family that movies into a rural American farmhouse only to be attacked by a pair of vicious killers - from the director behind the original Martyrs. The second film is ITSY BITSY from director Micah Gallo follows a family who moves into a guest house - wait, another them - only to face a terrifying giant spider.

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Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 081
Itsy Bitsy - Incident in a Ghostland

A mother of two who inherits a house is confronted with murderous intruders on the first night in their new home and fights for her daughters' lives. Sixteen years later when the daughters reunite at the house, things get really strange.

• Director: Pascal Laugier
• Cast: Crystal Reed, Mylène Farmer, Anastasia Phillips

Release: Available now on SHUDDER

Based on the centuries old poem, a family moves into a secluded mansion where they soon find themselves being targeted by an entity taking the form of a giant spider.

• Director: Micah Gallo
• Cast: Bruce Davison, Elizabeth Roberts, Denise Crosby

Release: In Select Theaters and On Demand Everywhere August. 30th from Scream Factory

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This week, the Grue-Crew trade the comforts of city life for the strange and bizarre country life. The first film this week is HOAX from director Matt Allen features an investigative team that heads into the wilderness in search of Bigfoot. The second film is TONE-DEAF from director Richard Bates Jr. follows a down-on-her-luck young woman who rents an AirBnB from a deranged Robert Patrick. Doc Rotten from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. And Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 080
HOAX - TONE-DEAF

An investigative team travels deep into the remote Colorado wilderness after a group of young campers are viciously murdered by what may be Bigfoot.

• Director: Matt Allen
• Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Brian Thompson, Ben Browder

Release: On Blu-ray from Epic Pictures and DREAD on August 20, 2019

A woman goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her last complicated relationship implode. She rents a country house to an old-fashioned widower, who struggles to hide his pyschopatic tendencies.

• Director: Richard Bates Jr.
• Cast: Amanda Crew, Robert Patrick, Hayley Marie Norman

Release: In Theaters and On Demand - August 23, 2019

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This week, the Grue-Crew come face-to-face with some very strange reptilian creature features. The first film this week is VELOCIPASTOR from director Brendan Steere features a troubled pastor who falls prey to a bizarre 'were-velociraptor' curse. The second film is D-RAILED from director Dale Fabrigar follows a group of train passengers on a rocky trip to hell. Doc Rotten from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. And Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 079
VELOCIPASTOR - D-RAILED

After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a hooker convinces him to use it to fight crime. And ninjas.

• Director: Brendan Steere
• Cast: Alyssa Kempinski, Greg Cohan, Claire Hsu

Release: A man of the cloth turns Jurassic in Wild Eye Releasing’s THE VELOCIPASTOR – coming this August to DVD and Digital!

Passengers on a train that crashes into a river must decide whether to risk waiting for help in the wreckage or take their chances in the murky depths below.

• Director: Dale Fabrigar
• Cast: Suzanne DeLaurentiis, Dale Fabrigar

Release: D-RAILED comes to DVD and Digital August 6

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This week, the Grue-Crew take the back seat as teen protagonists take the reigns. The first film this week is THE NIGHT SITTER from directors Abiel Bruhn and John Rocco features a baby sitter with a little thievery on her mind unprepared for the witchery ahead. The second film is ASSASSINAUT from director Drew Bolduc guides four teens out to save the president in the not-to-distant apocalyptic future. Doc Rotten from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. And Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 078
THE NIGHT SITTER - ASSASSINAUT

A con artist poses as a babysitter to steal from a wealthy occult enthusiast. One of the kids she's sitting unwittingly summons a trio of witches known as The Three Mothers.

• Director: Abiel Bruhn, John Rocco
• Cast: Elyse Dufour, Jack Champion, Jermaine Rivers

Release: The Night Sitter will be available August 6 on DVD and VOD from Uncork’d Entertainment.

A team of four teenage astronauts brave the alien wilderness of a distant planet to save the Earth's President from a deadly assassin.

• Director: Drew Bolduc
• Cast: Shannon Hutchinson, Vito Trigo, Jasmina Parent

Release: Coming to Blu-Ray and VOD on July 30th via DREAD, ASSASSINAUT!

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This week, the Grue-Crew take a horror-comedy break with a pair of satirical explorations of the genre. The first film this week is DEADTECTIVES from director Tony West sends up the highly popular paranormal investigation shows as a rag-tag group ends up in an actual haunted house. The second film is IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE from director Timo Vuoresola follows in the footsteps of its original 2012 film ramping up the laughs with Hitler on a T-Rex. Doc Rotten from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. And Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 077
DEADTECTIVES - IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE

DeadTectives follows a team of hapless paranormal investigators on a reality TV series who go on a quest to Mexico's most haunted house in the pursuit of better ratings. However, when the true dark secrets of the mansion begin to reveal themselves, the hapless presenters quickly discover that this house is no hoax. With zero ghost-hunting skills (or really any other applicable skills) the team has to figure out how to bust the ghosts and escape the house with their lives.

• Director: Tony West
• Cast: Martha Higareda, Chris Geere, Tina Ivlev

Release: DEADTECTIVES (2018) — available Thursday, July 18 on SHUDDER

A follow-up to the film Iron Sky (2012) in which Nazis plan to take over the world after lying dormant in a secret military base on the moon.

• Director: Timo Vuoresola
• Cast: Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale, Udo Kier, Tom Green

Release: Vertical Entertainment will release IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE in theaters and on digital / demand July 19, 2019.

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This week, the Grue-Crew explore an experimental possession and a twist-filled home invasion. The first film this week is LUZ from director Tilman Singer follows a young female cab driver who is pursued relentlessly by an evil spirit. The second film is TRESPASSERS from director Orson Oblowitz follows a pair of couples to a remote BnB where they encounter murderous...trespassers. Doc Rotten from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. And Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 076
TRESPASSERS - LUZ

Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. A demonic entity follows her, determined to finally be close to the woman it loves.

• Director: Tilman Singer
• Cast: Luana Velis, Johannes Benecke, Jan Bluthardt

Release: Tilman Singer's LUZ opens in New York (IFC Center, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema City Point, Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg) and Los Angeles (Laemmle Monica, Laemmle Glendale) on Friday, July 19 with a multi-city national release to follow.

Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a gorgeous house in the desert for a sex- and drug-fueled escape from reality. Sarah (Angela Trimbur) and Estelle (Janel Parrish) are longtime best friends looking forward to reconnecting after a period apart; their boyfriends, Joseph (Zach Avery) and Victor (Jonathan Howard), however, are immediately wary of one another. As tensions escalate over the course of a debaucherous night, things take an unexpected turn when a woman (Fairuza Balk) claiming to be a neighbor with car trouble shows up at the door. She seems harmless enough…or so they think. As the twists and turns pile up so does the body count in this stylish, blood- and neon-soaked thriller which hits with the furious force of a machete to the skull.

• Director: Orson Oblowitz
• Cast: Angela Trimbur (THE FINAL GIRLS), Janel Parrish (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS), Fairuza Balk (THE CRAFT), Jonathan Howard (WORLD WAR Z), and Zach Avery

Release: Opens in Theaters and VOD on July 12, 2019, from IFC Midnight

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This week, the Grue-Crew face fears of xenophobia and home invasion as the world around us becomes more and more dangerous. The first film this week is CULTURE SHOCK from director Gigi Saul Guerrero follows a pregnant Mexican woman who will do anything to capture the American Dream - until it turns into a nightmare. The second film is THEY'RE INSIDE from director John-Paul Panelli follows a team of filmmakers who encounter a pair of ruthless home invaders who may be making a film of their own - only worse. Doc Rotten from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. And Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 075
CULTURE SHOCK - THEY'RE INSIDE

This thriller follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare.

• Director: Gigi Saul Guerrero
• Cast: Martha Higareda, Richard Cabral, Barbara Crampton

Release: Currently on HULU, released on July 4, 2019

When two sisters go to an isolated cabin in the woods to film a passion project, family secrets start to get in the way, as do masked strangers filming a passion project of their own.

• Director: John-Paul Panelli
• Cast: Karli Hall, Amanda Kathleen Ward, Sascha Ghafoor

Release: Video and Blu-Ray on 7/16 from Epic Pictures and Dread Studios

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This week, the Grue-Crew do something a little different: cover a horror TV series streaming on NETFLIX. Over the past few years, Doc and Dave have been discussing the TV series SLASHER on HNR during the Horror News of the Week segment. With Season 3, titled SLASHER SOLSTICE, the Grue-Crew are going to take a look at all 8 episodes. Will we recommend it? Doc Rotten and Vanessa Thompson from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. and Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 074
SLASHER SOLSTICE Season 3

One year after the brutal death of a young man, the residents of an apartment complex are targeted by a mysterious killer known as The Druid.

• Director: Adam MacDonald
• Cast: Baraka Rahmani, Lisa Berry, Salvatore Antonio

Release: Currently Available on NETFLIX

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This week, the Grue-Crew overcome potentially crippling emotions brought on by horrific apocalyptic events, both global and personal. The first film this week is DEADSIGHT from director Jesse Thomas Cook follows two distraught individuals on the brink of the apocalypse; one is a nearly blind fugitive, the other is a very pregnant police officer. The second film is HAGAZUSSA from director Lukas Feigelfeld weaves a dread-filled tale of witchcraft, loneliness, and betrayal - and, bloody murder! Doc Rotten and Vanessa Thompson from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. and Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 073
DEADSIGHT - HAGAZUSSA

A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape from a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.

• Director: Jesse Thomas Cook
• Cast: Liv Collins, Adam Seybold, Ry Barrett

Release: DVD, On Demand and Digital HD on July 2.

The dark legend of the young woman Albrun and her struggle to preserve her own sanity, and tries to explore the fine line between ancient magic, faith, and madness at a time when pagan beliefs in witches and nature spirits spread fear and terror in the minds of the rural population.

• Director: Lukas Feigelfeld
• Cast: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini

Release: Currently Available on Amazon Prime

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This week, the Grue-Crew split their attention from the ghostly past and the apocalyptic future. The first film this week is CLINTON ROAD from directors Richard Grieco and Steve Stanulis follows a group of friends searching for answers to what happened to another friend on Clinton Road. The second film is I AM MOTHER from director Grant Sputore weaves a tale of a robot raising humanity's only hope from extinction. Doc Rotten and Vanessa Thompson from Horror News Radio. Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era. and Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films. Joining the crew this week is Horror News Radio co-host, Dave Dreher!

Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 072
I AM MOTHER - CLINTON ROAD

A widowed firefighter seeks closure after his wife goes missing on an actual haunted road in rural New Jersey but must unlock the roads secret if he wants to get out alive.

• Director: Richard Grieco, Steve Stanulis
• Cast: Eric Roberts, Ice-T, Vincent Pastore

Release: The 10-city theatrical (cities to be announced) and PVOD release of Clinton Road begins June 14.

A teenage girl is raised underground by a kindly robot "Mother" -- designed to repopulate the earth following the extinction of humankind. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

• Director: Grant Sputore
• Cast: Rose Byrne, Hilary Swank, Clara Rugaard

Release: Currently Available on Netflix

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