We’re kicking things off with the chilling debut from writer-director Ian Tuason, Undertone. Nina Kiri stars as Evy, a skeptical paranormal podcaster who moves home to care for her dying mother. When she’s sent a series of mysterious audio recordings, she discovers that some messages are better left undeciphered.

• Fun Flix Fact: Talk about a "personal" horror story—director Ian Tuason actually filmed the entire movie in his own childhood home! He drew inspiration from his real-life experiences as a caregiver, which adds a deeply unsettling layer of authenticity to Evy’s isolation.

• Sound Check: You might want to listen to your nursery rhymes a bit more carefully after this. The film reveals a creepy hidden message in "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" when played in reverse. We won't spoil what it says, but you’ll never look at woolly jumpers the same way again!

For our Anniversary Corner, we’re celebrating 10 years of the film that turned the home-invasion genre on its head: Mike Flanagan’s Hush. Since it hit screens in April 2016, this cat-and-mouse thriller has become a "must-watch" for horror fans.

• Fun Flix Fact: Director Mike Flanagan and lead actress Kate Siegel are actually married in real life! They co-wrote the script together by acting out the scenes in their own house to see which "jumps" and "hides" felt the most realistic.

• Silence is Golden: Flanagan’s goal was to create a film "without dialogue." Out of the movie's 81-minute runtime, there are only about 15 minutes of spoken words, forcing the audience to rely entirely on visual cues and sound design—much like the film’s deaf-mute protagonist, Maddie.

• Budget Brilliance: Proving you don't need Marvel-level money to make a hit, Hush was made for just $1 million. It’s a masterclass in how to build unbearable tension with just one location and a handful of actors.

And if that’s not enough entertainment for you, we’ve even thrown in new trailers to watch and what you can catch on streaming. 

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00:00 Intro 

3:33 Shoutouts

4:23 Movie News

14:05 New on Streaming

19:13 New Trailers

25:20 Anniversary Corner

28:51 Undertone Review

42:25 Outro

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