The Spooky Screen

For David's modern horror pick, the Spooky Screen argue over "Come Play" (2020), a movie about parents fighting to save their autistic son when a mysterious creature uses his electronic devices to break into our world.

In the Spooky Screen's first ever palate cleanser episode (aka non-horror), the gang watches Minari (2020). A movie about a Korean American family who moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

In the Spooky Screen's first ever blind poster pick, the group discuss Turbo Kid (2015), a Canadian small budget apocalyptic thriller that is like the kiddie version of Mad max, but somehow more violent.

The Spooky Screen discuss Ari Aster's deeply disturbing horror film, "Hereditary" (2018), and argue whether it should be watched by the general public.

Synopsis: when the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter and grandchildren begin to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry, trying to outrun the sinister fate they have inherited.

The Spooky Screen argue over "One Cut of the Dead" (2017), the Japanese horror/comedy that you should definitely watch right now.

Synopsis: Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie film in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility when they are attacked by real zombies.

The Spooky Screen comrades discuss "Sputnik", the 2020 Russian science-fiction horror film, and argue whether if it truly belongs in the horror genre. Summoned to a secluded research facility, a controversial young doctor examines a cosmonaut who returned to Earth with an alien parasite inside of him.

The Spooky Screen review "Rare Exports" (2010, Finland); the cult horror that also happens to be a Christmas movie about an evil Santa Claus who wants to spank and eat children.

The Spooky Screen discuss Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" (1980, USA) and argue whether Stephen King was right to hate his portrayal of Jack Torrence.

The Spooky Screen argue over "Sinister" (2012, USA), where a washed-up true crime writer finds a box of super 8 home movies in his new home that suggest the murder that he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose work dates back to the 1960s.

The Spooky Screen discuss the psychological horror/thriller, "Cure" (1997, Japan), where a frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.