This week we are in squaresville, daddio. Or Cubesville. A cube is just a bunch of squares, right? I think it works. We will be discussing the Canadian Cube film and its two sequels Cube 2: Hypercube, and Cube Zero. So let’s use our boots to test for traps and dive in.

Today we journey through the twisted story of an obscure director in a black fedora. From music videos, to independent horror art films, to a catastrophic climax of a blockbuster failure, we follow the almost famous career path of the director of my favorite horror film - Hardware. We are kicking off the month of me with the life and times of Richard Stanley.

There are remakes, there are reboots, there are spiritual successors, and there are blatant rip-offs. But what happens when you give the same script, the same sets, and the same actors to 2 different teams of filmmakers and ask them to make a blockbuster prequel? Join us as we enter this bizarre instance of dual adaptation. Oh, and there is another movie in there too, but it sucked.

Hide your crosses, tie down the bed, and warm up the split pea soup.  We are going to need an old priest and a young priest for this episode as we venture into the futuristic 70s with its hexagonal glass offices and return to Georgetown with Regan.  Join us to see if we can become believers in this franchise.

Short films turned into full feature movies.  Does this format work? Does it hurt having years between them?  Does the story get lost?  Does she really “like us”?  How many children must die in their crusade against the aliens?  Join us as dust off our VCRs and get ready to be kind and rewind and spoilers ahead for VHS 85.

Put in the tape, listen to the rules, and fail every test. Retcons, retcons galore. Can Chris Rock save the Saw Franchise, or will the franchise need to cut off its own foot with a hacksaw?  Join us as we enter the final test and see how many limbs we have left.  Spoilers ahead for Saw X. 

Terrible 3D.  Another disciple of Jigsaw.  We will bleed our own blood to get out of a trap?  Will our past sins of watching terrible horror movies come back to haunt us?  Or should we don our pig mask and join in on the fun.  Join us as we enter the Cult Of John Kramer.

We want to play a game, live or die.  With John Kramer dead, who will pick up the torch, who will remember these movies?  Will we make it through this franchise or will we want to gnaw off our own legs to escape?

In the late 90s and early 2000s, American horror went pg-13.  France said hold my wine and we got the New French Extremity movies.  In 2004, America woke up in a dingy bathroom with our legs chained and a dull hack saw.  With movies such as Hostel, Cabin Fever, and Saw we got the era of torture porn.  Join us as we choose to live, die, or continue this journey of escape room nightmares.

This begins our two a week October Extravaganza.  We will be discussing The Massacre 2023 Movie Marathon