We meant to cover Shelby Oaks this week… until we double-checked the date and realized the U.S. theatrical release moved to October 24, 2025. So we did what any horror fiend would do on October 3: fired up Shudder and watched V/H/S/Halloween the second it dropped.

Inside the episode, we:

• Recap the franchise’s evolution and why the anthology/found-footage format still works in 2025.
• Walk through the new wraparound “Diet Phantasma” (ghost-soda tests gone very wrong) and five segments:
• Coochy Coochy Coo — feral, grimy Barbarian-adjacent chaos.
• Ut Supra Sic Infra (Paco Plaza) — daytime dread and slick police-investigation tension.
• Fun Size — trick-or-treat rules with a lanky candy fiend; the funniest entry.
• Kidprint (Alex Ross Perry) — deeply upsetting nineties video-ID horror (hard watch, effective).
• Home Haunt — family haunt gone too real, a love letter to DIY Halloween (plus a fun Rick Baker cameo).
• Shout out Good Boy opening weekend (yes, the dog lives).
• Share what’s next on our spooky-season watchlist.

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