The Bloodlust

Rated PG-13

Runtime: 1hr 45min

Directed by Tim Burton

Written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar

Stars: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara

Premiered at Venice Film Festival August 28, 2024

Released in theaters September 6, 2024

RT: 77% critics / 82% audience

Synopsis 

Nearly 30 years after the events of Beetlejuice, we rejoin the Deetz’s as they gather at the family home to mourn the loss of patriarch Charles. Lydia is still haunted by Beetlejuice but must rely on him for help when her teenaged daughter inadvertently ventures into the afterlife.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Substance, opening in theaters September 18.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 49min

Written & Directed by Alex Garland

Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura

Premiered at South by Southwest March 14, 2024

Released in theaters April 12, 2024

RT: 81% critics / 70% audience

Synopsis 

War correspondents pick up a young woman on their way to Washington D.C. to capture footage of the insurgent Western Forces taking the capitol and seizing power from the president.

Join us in two weeks when we review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, opening in theaters September 6.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 59min

Directed by Fede Alvarez

Written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues

Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Archie Renaux

Released in theaters August 16, 2024

RT: 81% critics / 86% audience

Synopsis 

A group of young people on an oppressive planet ruled by evil corporation Weyland-Yutani plan their escape by stealing cryo chambers on a derelict ship floating in space. Soon they encounter the titular alien life forms that begin picking them off one by one.

Join us in two weeks when we review Civil War, currently available for rent.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 47min

Directed by David Bruckner

Written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski

Stars: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg and Vondie Curtis-Hall

Premiered at Sundance January 24, 2020

Released in theaters August 20, 2021

RT: 88% critics / 69% audience

Synopsis 

A woman grieving the recent suicide of her husband experiences strange disturbances in her home and begins to believe that his ghost is attempting to contact her.

Join us in two weeks when we review Alien: Romulus, opening in theaters August 16.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 41min

Written & Directed by Oz Perkins

Stars: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage and Blair Underwood

Premiered at Beyond Fest May 31, 2024

Released in theaters July 12, 2024

RT: 86% critics / 63% audience

Synopsis

Rookie FBI agent Lee Harker uses her psychic abilities and apparent personal connection to help her catch elusive serial killer Longlegs, who has been implicated in several “family annihilator” murders over the past 30 years, and whose coded letters are the only physical connection to the crime scenes.

Join us in two weeks when we review The Night House, now available on demand.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 43min

Written & Directed by Ti West

Stars: Mia Goth, Kevin Bacon and Michelle Monaghan

Released in theaters July 5, 2024

RT: 75% critics / 78% audience

Synopsis

We rejoin Maxine six years after the events of X, as she’s about to make her crossover from porn star to horror movie star. Unfortunately, her friends once again start turning up dead, throwing a wrench into her big plans.

Join us in two weeks when we review Longlegs, in theaters on July 12th.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Director/Writer: Joel Anderson 
Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe
Synopsis: Who killed Alice Palmer? Just kidding...sort of...
This is a Fauxdoc-style film, covering the events surrounding the death of 16-year old Alice Palmer. After going missing (we presume she drowned) during a family trip, Alice's body is eventually discovered floating in the water. Once this happens, the movie jumps from one subplot to the next as it attempts to discover what happened to her. The ending may not be exactly what you'd expect.

Join us next time for an all-new episode, in which we’ll be reviewing Ti West’s newest, MaXXXine, now in theaters.

Not Rated

Runtime: 1hr 34min

Written & Directed by Chris Nash

Stars: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic and Cameron Love

Premiered at Sundance Film Festival January 22, 2024

Released in theaters May 31, 2024

RT: 81% critics / 43% audience

Synopsis

When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it.

Join us in four weeks when we review Maxxxine, in theaters on July 3rd.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated PG-13

Runtime: 1hr 40min

Written & Directed by Jane Schoenbrun

Stars: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Ian Foreman

Premiered at Sundance Film Festival January 18, 2024

Released in theaters May 17, 2024

RT: 84% critics / 68% audience

Synopsis 

Shy teenager Owen is intrigued by a supernatural teen TV show and an older classmate named Maddy who is obsessed with the show. When they begin watching the show together, the lines between reality and television begin to blur.

Join us next time when we'll review In a Violent Nature, now playing in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 30min

Directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy

Written by Darach McGarrigle

Stars: Millie Brady, Pollyanna McIntosh and Akshay Kumar

Premiered at Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival July 1, 2023

Limited release in theaters February 9, 2024

RT: 100% critics / 73% audience

Synopsis 

Test subjects for an experimental drug trial gone awry experience terrifying side effects and a lockdown protocol. As they try to escape the underground facility they also come to the unsettling realization that if they fall asleep they will die.

Join us next time when we'll review I Saw the TV Glow, now playing in theaters.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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