Messed Up Movies

The Craft. Suspiria. The Witch. We're drafting the best witch movies, and apparently agreeing on what counts as a witch movie is half the battle.

Griffey, Heath and the combined forces of Sam and Sophia compete to build the ultimate four-movie witch lineup. With Weapons, The Blair Witch Project and other favorites off the board, things get competitive fast.

We get into the childhood trauma of The Witches, the nasty magic of Sleepy Hollow, the contained horror of The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the pure chaos of Drag Me to Hell. Meanwhile, Griffey fights for a witch with one scene in Legend, The House of the Devil gets vetoed, and a last-minute switch shakes up the final lists.

Plus: Black Phillip, the enduring appeal of The Craft, and Sam's story about an alleged demon-summoning incident in a public library bathroom. We have questions.

Who drafted the strongest lineup: Heath, Griffey, or Sam and Sophia? Vote in the comments and tell us which witch movie we missed.

Spoilers for several films discussed.

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Today Griffey and Dandino bang the drum and face the zombie apocalypse in The Night Eats the World. They crack open the more somber/introspective tone of the film which makes it such a rewardind film in a watered down genre, the small moments of human truth in this lonely apartment, and unpack the true horror of at the root of the zombie story that this film brings back beautifully. This movie should be a modern Messed Up classic, which has criminally fallen between the cracks. So pull up a drum stool and join us in celebrating a zombie masterpiece.

Synopsis: The morning after a party, a young man wakes up to find Paris invaded by zombies.

Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Golshifteh Farahani, Denis Lavant

Directed by Dominique Rocher

Youtube: https://youtu.be/4Wfn6dupb8E

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Everyone seems to be dunking on Hope for claims of poor CGI. We don't care how messed up the VFX look as long as the movie messes up our minds! Luckily, Hope mostly delivers!

On this New Movie Monday, Griffey, Heath and Sam get into HOPE's incredible opening, chaotic creature attacks, surprisingly hilarious characters and an ending that leaves plenty to argue about. Griffey makes the case for its sheer filmmaking ambition. Heath questions the plot armor and repeated action beats. Sam thinks the whole thing might work better as a series.

FULL SPOILERS, including the ending and post-credits scene.

Did HOPE earn its epic scale, or were you ready for it to end? Give us your take in the comments.

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One actor. One director. One existing franchise. One wild card. Who can build the Messed Up Movie you'd most want to see?

We're practicing our best Hollywood pitch for our dream movies we'd love to make real. In this new kind of draft, Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia draft battle over who's movie would make the best blockbuster.

On the imaginary release calendar: • Yorgos Lanthimos tackles Batman: The Killing Joke. • Guillermo del Toro reinvents A Nightmare on Elm Street with Robert Pattinson as Freddy. • Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe enter Lars von Trier's Hellraiser. • Rob Zombie takes Mia Goth into From Dusk Till Dawn, fueled by an all-Aerosmith soundtrack.

All four movies open on the same Friday. Which one gets your ticket? Vote in the comments, then give us YOUR four picks: actor, director, IP and wild card.

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Today Griffey and Dandino fight to save what little we have from a Mutant Fish Creature in The Host. They dive deep into the film's incredible Monster introduction set piece, how Bong Joon Ho uses everyday life to sink his fangs into the audience more than the monster, and the film's suprisingly funny tonality. This movie was an early harbinger of the amazing work we all had in store from a now master of Modern Messed Up cinema.

Synopsis: A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.

Starring: Song Kang-Ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il

Directed by Bong Joon Ho

Youtube: https://youtu.be/WPSpT1TRby8

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What happens when one ridiculous movie idea grows into a genuine cult phenomenon?

On this episode of the Messed Up Movies Podcast, we sit down with Costa Dillon, the creator and co-writer of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, to discuss the story behind one of the most recognizable cult movies ever made.

Costa takes us inside the creation of Killer Tomatoes, the independent filmmaking spirit behind the original movie, and the unexpected life the franchise developed after its release. We talk about its famously absurd premise, its lasting reputation, and what it is like to remain connected to killer tomatoes nearly five decades later.

Whether you grew up watching the original film, discovered the sequels or animated series, or have always wondered how a movie called Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! actually got made, this conversation is packed with cult-movie history.

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How super should super soldiers behave?

That's the burning question for Griffey and Sam as Heath does his best to fend off this onslaught of critiques against his favorite movie of the year.

This week on the Messed Up Movies Podcast, we're digging into Adam Wingard's ONSLAUGHT, a slick, violent collision of military conspiracy, Nazi super soldiers, trailer-park survival horror and pure Rule of Cool filmmaking.

Adam Wingard is back in the bloody, stripped-down genre territory that gave us YOU'RE NEXT and THE GUEST. So is ONSLAUGHT the return horror fans have been waiting for?

FULL SPOILERS AHEAD.

Is ONSLAUGHT one of Adam Wingard's best movies, or does all that style ultimately overpower the substance?

Let us know where you landed in the comments.

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Stephen King has given us some of the greatest horror stories ever written and some of them even became great movies!

This week on our Messed Up Movies Draft, Griffey, Heath, Sam and Sophia go head-to-head to build the ultimate four-movie Stephen King lineup.

There is, however, one problem:

THE SHINING and CARRIE are BANNED. We've picked them too many times, so we are locking them in Room 237 until further notice.

That leaves everything else on the board, from The Mist, Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, Pet Sematary and Creepshow to IT, Stand By Me, The Green Mile, Doctor Sleep, The Running Man, Children of the Corn and plenty of increasingly questionable decisions *cough SOPHIA cough*

Along the way, we get into what actually makes a great Stephen King adaptation, why his stories have endured for generations, the movies that completely nailed his particular brand of American horror, and the adaptations that maybe should have stayed buried.

YOU decide who drafted the best Stephen King movie lineup. Drop your winner in the comments or vote in our Instagram poll.

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Today Griffey and Dandino parachute in on a war torn nightmare in Overlord. They discuss the spectacle of seeing a horror film of this scale set in an actual war, how the film utilizes its setting to make the real world even more terrifying that the eventual Nazi Science Monsters, and if the political reality of the moment has changed the way we follow the journey of this film. Overlord is long and oppressive, but damn does it drops some of the most spectacular set pieces on the audience.

Synopsis: A small group of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day.

Starring: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier

Directed by Julius Avery

Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZpOFA7C2SP0

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What if Barney was actually a child-eating demon?

This week on the Messed Up Movies Podcast, we're diving headfirst into BUDDY, Casper Kelly's completely deranged horror-comedy about a magical children's-show unicorn whose wholesome world of songs, friendship and life lessons rapidly descends into murder, mutilation and absolute chaos.

And we are VERY divided on this one.

For Griffey, BUDDY is the most fun he's had in a theater all year and his favorite movie of 2026. For Heath and Sam? A hilarious idea stretched into a gimmicky feature that never quite finds the characters, stakes or story to hold the insanity together.

We're talking murderous children's television, Nightmare Buddy, dead kids, demonic unicorn mythology, Clint Howard getting extremely inappropriate with a puppet, surprisingly nasty scares, the bizarre final act and whether this thing is actually a brilliant piece of horror satire or just one enormous fucked-up joke.

FULL SPOILERS AHEAD.

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