Spooky season is officially here, and Reviewed to Death is kicking off our Halloween series! This year, we're diving into iconic classic horror sequels while keeping one foot in current theater releases—starting with a double-feature comparing two very different visits to the hospital.

First, we return to Haddonfield for Halloween II (1981) to pick up right where John Carpenter's original left off. We talk Laurie Strode's nightmarish hospital stay, Michael Myers' escalating body count, the iconic synthesizer score, and how it set the tone for slasher sequels to come.

Then, we check out the brand-new, fresh-in-theaters Resident Evil (2026) directed by Zach Cregger. Don't worry—this entire section is 100% SPOILER-FREE. We give our spoiler-free first impressions on how this new adaptation handles survival horror, its biological nightmare vibes, and whether it delivers the goods for game fans and moviegoers alike.

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Welcome back to the Reviewed to Death: Spotlight Series, where we sit down with independent filmmakers, writers, and artists to get a behind-the-scenes look at what they are working on. 

In this episode, we sit down with multi-talented filmmaker and festival director Paul Rothman. We are talking about his feature film, Small Business and his upcoming film festival Hidefest.

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We are wrapping up our whirlwind International Horror series with a trip to Germany for Andy Fetscher’s 2022 Netflix entry, Old People.

What starts as a peaceful family trip to a remote German village for a countryside wedding quickly turns into an absolute nightmare. When a severe thunderstorm knocks out power, the neglected residents of a local retirement home go on a murderous, rage-filled rampage against the younger generation.

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We're keeping our passport stamped as our International Horror series touches down in South Africa for 2021's ecological nightmare, Gaia.

When a forestry worker named Gabi (Monique Rockman) gets separated from her drone deep in the Tsitsikamma forest, she stumbles upon two off-grid survivalists—a fanatic father and his wild son—who worship a ancient, primordial fungal entity living within the trees.

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Our International Horror Series heads to Ireland for Corin Hardy’s atmospheric creature feature, The Hallow.

We’re venturing into a remote, ancient forest where a British conservationist and his family unknowingly trespass on land guarded by demonic, parasitic fairy folk.

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Our International Horror Series continues as special guest R. Jacob Honeybrook jumps back on with us. (See content warning below)

This week, we head to South Korea for Jang Cheol-soo’s brutal, slow-burn revenge thriller, Bedevilled (Kim Bok-nam Salinsageonui Jeonmal).

Together, we’re breaking down Bok-nam’s tragic descent on the isolated island of Mudo, the terrifying cost of bystander apathy, and what happens when the sun gets a little too hot and the sickle comes out.

*CONTENT WARNING*

The movie featured in this episode contains mental, physical and sexual abuse of women, minors and the elderly. Bedevilled also contains fictional child death and violent bodily harm.

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Our International Horror Series heads to Japan for Kōji Shiraishi’s 2005 found footage classic, Noroi: The Curse (Noroi).

We’re untangling the dense web of videotapes left behind by missing paranormal researcher Masafumi Kobayashi, whose final, lost project unravels an ancient, inescapable evil.

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We are traveling to Denmark to review Ole Bornedal’s iconic 1994 psychological thriller: Nightwatch (Nattevagten).

Long before Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was fighting The Starks on HBO, he got his breakout role right here as Martin, a law student who takes a quiet, night-shift job as a security guard at a medical examiner's morgue. What starts as a simple gig to study for exams quickly turns into a suffocating nightmare as a sadistic serial killer targeting prostitutes begins leaving a trail of clues that point directly to Martin.

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We are packing our bags and taking a trip to Panama to review a historic milestone in regional cinema: Panama’s very first feature-length horror movie, 2019's Diablo Rojo PTY.

Directed by Sol Moreno, this colorful, chaotic creature feature takes inspiration from local folklore, urban legends, and classic '80s practical-effects horror. When a "Diablo Rojo" bus driver and his assistant get hopelessly lost in the dense Panamanian jungle, their passengers fall victim to a terrifying curse involving dark magic, terrifying shape-shifting tuliviejas (witches), and a nightmare they can't drive away from.

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Pack your bags and double-check your passports—Reviewed to Death is crossing borders! After taking a detour for our Non-Horror July, we are officially diving back into the dark and kicking off our annual International Horror Series. For our first stop, we are flying straight to Indonesia for the blood-soaked 2009 cult favorite: Macabre (Rumah Dara).

Directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto (collectively known as The Mo Brothers). When a group of friends offers a ride to a distressed woman, they are invited back to her family's isolated estate for dinner. Little do they know, matriarch Dara and her immortal, cannibalistic brood have no intention of letting them leave alive.

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