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Our Spooky Sequels series continues as Reviewed to Death opens the puzzle box wide open and ventures straight into the labyrinth of the damned with Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)! Picking up mere moments after Clive Barker’s original masterpiece, Hellraiser II takes Kristy Cotton out of the frying pan and into the psych ward—where the sinister Dr. Channard is obsessed with unlocking the secrets o...

Our Spooky Sequels series keeps the undead momentum going, but this week we're bending the rules with a sequel... that’s sort of not a sequel! We're checking out Johannes Roberts' 2021 reboot, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Stepping away from the Paul W.S. Anderson / Milla Jovovich action era, this film attempts to mash up the storylines of the first two classic games into a s...

Our spooky sequels series rolls on as we leave Haddonfield and head into the 90s trash-goth romance with Brian Yuzna’s cult classic Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)!  Follow us @Reviewedtodeath  Music: “Alone Together” by Creatormix.com All additional music provided by Groove Witness - ⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠ www.groovewitness.us⁠ Create your ⁠podcast⁠ today! #madeonzencaster Read our companion written reviews -...

Spooky season is officially here, and Reviewed to Death is kicking off our Halloween series! This year, we're diving into iconic classic horror sequels while keeping one foot in current theater releases—starting with a double-feature comparing two very different visits to the hospital. First, we return to Haddonfield for Halloween II (1981) to pick up right where John Carpenter's original...

Welcome back to the Reviewed to Death: Spotlight Series, where we sit down with independent filmmakers, writers, and artists to get a behind-the-scenes look at what they are working on.  In this episode, we sit down with multi-talented filmmaker and festival director Paul Rothman. We are talking about his feature film, Small Business and his upcoming film festival Hidefest. Follow Paul @_elevator_...

We are wrapping up our whirlwind International Horror series with a trip to Germany for Andy Fetscher’s 2022 Netflix entry, Old People . What starts as a peaceful family trip to a remote German village for a countryside wedding quickly turns into an absolute nightmare. When a severe thunderstorm knocks out power, the neglected residents of a local retirement home go on a murderous, rage-filled ram...

We're keeping our passport stamped as our International Horror series touches down in South Africa for 2021's ecological nightmare, Gaia . When a forestry worker named Gabi (Monique Rockman) gets separated from her drone deep in the Tsitsikamma forest, she stumbles upon two off-grid survivalists—a fanatic father and his wild son—who worship a ancient, primordial fungal entity living within...

Our International Horror Series heads to Ireland for Corin Hardy’s atmospheric creature feature, The Hallow. We’re venturing into a remote, ancient forest where a British conservationist and his family unknowingly trespass on land guarded by demonic, parasitic fairy folk. Follow us @Reviewedtodeath  Music: “Shine On” and “Get Right” by creatormix.com All additional music provided by Groove Witness...

Our International Horror Series continues as special guest R. Jacob Honeybrook jumps back on with us. (See content warning below) This week, we head to South Korea for Jang Cheol-soo’s brutal, slow-burn revenge thriller, Bedevilled ( Kim Bok-nam Salinsageonui Jeonmal ). Together, we’re breaking down Bok-nam’s tragic descent on the isolated island of Mudo, the terrifying cost of bystander apathy, a...

Our International Horror Series heads to Japan for Kōji Shiraishi’s 2005 found footage classic, Noroi: The Curse ( Noroi ). We’re untangling the dense web of videotapes left behind by missing paranormal researcher Masafumi Kobayashi, whose final, lost project unravels an ancient, inescapable evil. Follow us @Reviewedtodeath  Music: “Shine On” and “Get Right” by creatormix.com All additional music...

We are traveling to Denmark to review Ole Bornedal’s iconic 1994 psychological thriller: Nightwatch ( Nattevagten ). Long before Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was fighting The Starks on HBO, he got his breakout role right here as Martin, a law student who takes a quiet, night-shift job as a security guard at a medical examiner's morgue. What starts as a simple gig to study for exams quickly turns into...

We are packing our bags and taking a trip to Panama to review a historic milestone in regional cinema: Panama’s very first feature-length horror movie, 2019's Diablo Rojo PTY. Directed by Sol Moreno, this colorful, chaotic creature feature takes inspiration from local folklore, urban legends, and classic '80s practical-effects horror. When a "Diablo Rojo" bus driver and his assis...

Pack your bags and double-check your passports—Reviewed to Death is crossing borders! After taking a detour for our Non-Horror July, we are officially diving back into the dark and kicking off our annual International Horror Series. For our first stop, we are flying straight to Indonesia for the blood-soaked 2009 cult favorite: Macabre ( Rumah Dara ). Directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto (...

Non-Horror July is coming to a glorious, unhinged finish, and we are going out with what might be the single greatest miracle in cult film history. To wrap up our month away from traditional horror, Marcus and Luke are hitting the crime-ridden, graffiti-covered streets of 1984 Manhattan to review the legendary lost-and-found masterpiece: New York Ninja. Originally shot in 1984 by martial arts star...

Non-Horror July rolls on and we are headed to the ice rink for the ultimate '90s "Die Hard in a..." action spectacular: the 1995 Peter Hyams classic, Sudden Death. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Darren McCord, a former French-Canadian firefighter turned arena fire inspector who just wanted to take his kids to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Instead, he finds himself as the only lin...

Alright, we admit it—we might be cheating on our own rules just a little bit! Non-Horror July continues, and while this week's movie features zombies, reanimation labs, and melting flesh, we promise you it is mostly a bullet-riddled '80s action-comedy. We are locking, loading, and decomposing to review the 1988 cult classic: Dead Heat. The plot follows two wisecracking LAPD detectives who...

The horror vaults are officially locked for the month! We are moving away from the dark and jumping into our first ever Non-Horror July summer series. To kick off this month we are taking a trip to the sun-drenched beaches of Molokai to review the 80s B-movie exploitation cinema: Hard Ticket to Hawaii.  Follow us @Reviewedtodeath  Music: All music provided by Groove Witness - ⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠ www.groovewitn...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... it’s our favorite time of the year! We are officially kicking off our 3rd Annual Shark Week! This year we are braving the hurricane to talk about Tommy Wirkola’s Netflix disaster-thriller, Thrash.  Follow us @Reviewedtodeath  Music: Wonder by creatormix.com Haunted Staircase by zapsplat.com Game Show Theme by Jays Green Screen and Sound...

To close out this spectacular season of spooks,we are pulling up a chair in front of a snowy television screen to review the 1982 masterpiece: Poltergeist. Joining us for this blockbuster finale are special guests Blaire and Magan! Together, we are talking about why this PG-rated classic remains one of the most terrifying, influential, and enduring haunted house movies ever made. Follow us @Review...

Ghost Movie Summer continues to haunt your feed! This week we are stepping inside the ultimate mechanical trap to review the high-gloss, high-gore 2001 remake: Thir13en Ghosts. Produced by Dark Castle Entertainment, this film took the gimmick-filled bones of the William Castle original and covered them in early-2000s industrial aesthetics and the great monster makeup. Follow us @Reviewedtodeath  F...

Ghost Movie Summer is in full swing, and this week, we are revisiting a 1999 supernatural thriller that often finds itself in the shadow of The Sixth Sense , but stands entirely on its own in  Stir of Echoes. We’re heading to the streets of Chicago to follow Kevin Bacon’s descent into obsession after a backyard hypnosis session goes hauntingly wrong. Joining us is a very special guest, horror auth...

Reviewed to Death is officially kicking off the summer season with a brand-new theme: Ghosts. To start things off, we are revisiting the modern titan of supernatural cinema that launched a billion-dollar franchise: James Wan’s 2013 masterpiece, The Conjuring. We’re heading to Harrisville, Rhode Island, to look at the "true" story of the Perron family and the Warrens. But we aren't ju...

War Horror Month has reached its conclusion.  After trekking through submarines, snowy battlefields, and aerial nightmares, we are ending this tour of duty deep behind enemy lines in the terrifying, industrial-horror spectacle: Frankenstein's Army. This movie follows a Soviet reconnaissance squad in WWII-era Germany that stumbles upon a secret laboratory where the line between flesh and machin...

War Horror Month climbs out of the muddy trenches and takes to the skies! This week we are strapping into the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress to review the 2021 creature feature: Shadow in the Cloud. Released quietly in the winter of 2021 when theaters were mostly shuttered and VOD releases routinely slipped through the cracks, this is a movie that most of the horror community completely mis...

War Horror Month continues, and we are moving from the claustrophobic depths of the Atlantic to the chaotic, blood-soaked mountains of Norway. This week, Marcus and Luke are tackling the high-octane, over-the-top madness of Tommy Wirkola’s 2014 sequel: Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead. Just like last year we have brought reinforcements. Kevin and author R. Jacob Honeybrook from The Midnight Terrors podca...