Rated R

Runtime: 1hr 48min

Written & Directed by Curry Barker

Stars: Inde Navarrette, Michael Johnston and Cooper Tomlinson

Premiered at TIFF September 6, 2025

Released in US theaters May 15, 2026

RT: 96% critics / 95% audience

Synopsis

Bear is in love with his friend, Nikki, but is afraid to confess his feelings for her. Instead, he buys a novelty toy called One-Wish Willow and wishes that Nikki would love him more than anyone else in the world. Unfortunately, this is a horror movie, so they do not live happily ever after.

Join us again in two weeks when we'll be reviewing Backrooms, currently in theaters.

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

Runtime: 1hr 34min

Directed by André Øvredal

Written by Zachary Donohue and T.W. Burgess

Stars: Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell and Melissa Leo

Released in US theaters May 22, 2026

RT: 44% critics / 52% audience

Synopsis

Tyler and Maddie have just moved out of their Brooklyn apartment and into a converted van with a plan to live on the road. When they witness a deadly crash they find they’ve picked up another rider - a spooooooky one.

Join us again in two weeks when we'll be reviewing Obsession, currently in theaters.

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

Runtime: 1hr 47min

Written & Directed by Damian Mc Carthy

Stars: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan and Florence Ordesh

Premiered at SXSW March 14, 2026

Released in US theaters May 1, 2026

RT: 88% critics / 83% audience

Synopsis

Successful author but miserable human being Ohm visits the Irish hotel where his parents spent their honeymoon to spread their ashes. There he gets swept into a mystery involving a missing bartender and a witch who is allegedly locked in the hotel’s honeymoon suite.

Join us again in two weeks when we'll be reviewing Passenger, opening in theaters May 22.

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

Rated TV-MA

Runtime: 1hr 28min

Written & Directed by Alice Lowe

Stars: Alice Lowe, Dan Renton Skinner and Jo Hartley

Premiered at Venice Film Festival September 1, 2016

Released in US (streaming) March 24, 2017

RT: 92% critics / 53% audience

Synopsis

Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant and is being persuaded by her unborn child to exact revenge on the people she deems responsible for her husband’s death.

The Stylist

Unrated

Runtime: 1hr 45min

Directed by Jill Gevargizian

Written by Jill Gevargizian, Eric Havens and Eric Stolze

Stars: Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant and Jennifer Seward

Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 26, 2020

Released in US (streaming) March 1, 2021

RT: 93% critics / 42% audience

Synopsis

Claire is a lonely, awkward hair stylist who occasionally scalps her clients and has a dungeon dressing room full of her grisly wigs. When a bride-to-be invites her into her circle of friends, Claire is thrilled. Unfortunately, she’s just too weird to not screw it up.

Huesera: The Bone Woman

Not Rated 

Runtime: 1hr 37min

Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera

Written by Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo

Stars: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal and Mayra Batalla

Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival June 9, 2022

Released in US (limited) February 10, 2023

RT: 97% critics / 65% audience

Synopsis

Valeria and her husband Raul have been trying to conceive and are delighted to find that they have succeeded. However, Valeria soon begins having second thoughts. She used to be a riot grrrl with a girlfriend, how did she let herself become so square? Oh yeah, and some kind of evil spirit with bad joints is stalking her.

Join us again in two weeks when we’ll review Hokum, opening in theaters May 1.

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

Runtime: 1hr 34min

Written & Directed by Ian Tuason

Stars: Nina Kiri, Michèle Duquet and Adam DiMarco

Released in US theaters March 6, 2026

RT: 59% critics / 73% audience

Synopsis

Evy is the skeptical host of a paranormal podcast who moves back into her childhood home to care for her dying mother. When a listener sends in a collection of audio recordings made by a pregnant couple experiencing possible paranormal activity, she begins to suspect that they were not sent to her merely because of her podcast but because she is somehow tied into the events.

Join us again in two weeks for a special video edition of our 300th episode!

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

Runtime: 2hr 6min

Written & Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal

Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale and Annette Bening

Released in US theaters March 6, 2026

RT: 59% critics / 73% audience

Synopsis

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein’s Monster is still around and still lonely, so he seeks out Dr. Euphronious to make him a mate. The lucky lady is Ida, who has coincidentally also just been possessed by the spirit of Mary Shelley into making a scene in front of the mobsters she was partying with, which gets her thrown down some stairs.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing undertone, currently in theaters.

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

Runtime: 1hr 54min

Directed by Kevin Williamson

Written by Kevin Williamson, Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt

Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Isabel May

Released in US theaters February 27, 2026

RT: 34% critics / 78% audience

Synopsis

Ghostface comes to Sidney Prescott’s small town of Pine Grove, Indiana, to target her once again. This time it appears that the vanquished killer from the first film, Stu Macher, is somehow back to seek revenge, and he’s targeting not only Sidney but her daughter, Tatum.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing The Bride!, opening in theaters March 6.

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

Runtime: 1hr 42min

Written & Directed by Michael Shanks

Stars: Dave Franco, Alison Brie and Damon Herriman

Premiered at Sundance January 25, 2025

Released in US July 30, 2025

RT: 89% critics / 76% audience 

Currently streaming on Hulu

Synopsis

Tim and Millie are a long-time couple who move to the country for a change of pace. Before long the expected resentments and arguments start to arise, but it’s the strange cave they’re forced to spend the night in that really causes the rift between the couple. After drinking some water from a hole in the cave, Tim begins to feel powerfully physically connected to Millie, and any time their skin is touching they seem to merge together. Can they get to the bottom of this mystery before two become one?

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Scream 7, opening in theaters February 27.

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

Runtime: 1hr 53min

Directed by Sam Raimi

Written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (Baywatch, Freddy vs. Jason)

Stars: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien and Edyll Ismail

Released in US January 30, 2026

RT: 93% critics / 87% audience 

Currently in theaters

Synopsis

Overlooked office workhorse Linda and her entitled new boss, Bradley, are the only two survivors of a plane crash who are stranded on an island together. Linda, a Survivor superfan, is more than ready for the challenge, but Bradley is as helpless as a baby. As the power dynamics shift, a struggle begins to take place for not only dominance, but survival.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Together, currently streaming on Hulu.

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

Runtime: 1hr 49min

Directed by Nia DaCosta

Written by Alex Garland

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell and Alfie Williams

Released in US January 16, 2026

RT: 93% critics / 89% audience 

Currently in theaters

Synopsis

We rejoin Spike as he is initiated into Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal’s gang. Meanwhile, Dr. Kelson bonds with one of the alpha zombies and attempts to treat the virus.

Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing Send Help, opening in theaters January 30, 2026.

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