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Don't worry, you'll learn your place in society. The first time I saw this I thought it was a fever dream but luckily I've got Rory with me this time as we watch Society (1989) Bill thinks there's something wrong with his family, his Mum, Dad and Sister all act so strangely - he even tells his therapist he thinks there might be some incest afoot. Luckily for Bill he's not the only one who thinks t...

This entire situation could've be avoided if we'd only had a conversation. Bronwyn joins the Cherry Pop Horror family this week as they show me The Clinic (2010) Beth is travelling with her partner across the Australian outback to visit family for the holidays. When they start to run out of gas they decided to stop for the night at a local Motel. Beth, being near the end of her pregnancy, is in hi...

"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti" Kaleb joins the Cherry Pop Horror family this week and adds Hannibal Lector to their repertoire as it's their first time watching The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) Clarice (Jodie Foster) is an FBI agent in training when she's given the job of profiling one of the most dangerous killers currently held in custody. Hannibal Lector (Anthony...

Are we getting hooked on this week's movie? Sarah joins the Cherry Pop Horror family this week and introduces me to a slasher that I've been meaning to watch for the longest time - I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) On a night of celebration a group of high school friends accidently run over and kill a man and, scared that they'll be done in for murder, they decided instead to hide the body. A...

It's a bit hard to describe what I want, so I drew you a picture instead. Becky has brought me a very interesting film to take a look at this week - American Mary (2012) Mary is a financially struggling medical student who's just trying to make enough money to get by. After checking jobs online she finds an opening at a strip club but during her interview she's rushed into surgery in the club's ba...

CHERRY-PIE that means neither myself nor my guest had seen this movie before the podcast. How many kids is too many kids? JP is back again and we finally found a movie they haden't seen before, this week it's The Brood (1979) Frank is a loving father who has recently ended their relationship with Ex-wife Nola. He's trying his best to be a good Dad but still shares visitations with Nola who is curr...

CHERRY-PIE that means neither myself nor my guest had seen this movie before the podcast. On the first day you hear him, on the second you see him and on the third he finds you. Eve is back this week to look at a modern interpretation of urban legends. James, an ex-undercover cop, goes on the search for a young girl Amanda who disappears from her home. While delving into the mystery he learns abou...

At last we learn the origins of this curse. Dylan is back again to conclude our look into the Fear Street storyline - Fear Street Part Three 1666 (2021) Deena, now in the body of Sarah Fier, in 1666 relives the last few days of her life leading to the inevitable curse that's plagued them their whole lives. We learn how the witchcraft was put into motion and more importantly why the name Fier strik...

CHERRY-PIE, that means neither myself nor my guest had seen the movie before the podcast. Can worms unlock truck doors? Kat D returns this week with another bizarre film. This week it's Squirm (1976) Due to a freak storm the town of Fly Creek is without power, instead the broken powerline is filtering its electricity to the muddy soils of Georgia. Geri, who lives at home with her Mother and sister...

It's just a game of Capture The Flag, why are they taking it so seriously? Dylan is back with the continuation of our delve into the Netflix trilogy they love so much - Fear Street Part Two 1978 (2021) Deena and Josh (and a mildly possessed Sam) head to see C. Burman who they previously found out had seen the legendary witch Sarah Fier and managed to escape. C. Burman sits them down to tell them t...

It was perfect. Kat (Komfort Zone With A K) is back with another psychological thriller, this time it was their first watch of Black Swan (2010) When professional ballet dancer Nina (Natalie Portman) finally secures the role of a lifetime as the Swan Queen in the studio's production of Swan Lake she thinks life can't be any better. There's something she needs to work on though, in this production...

There's Shadyside and Sunnyvale, there is no in between. Dylan is ecstatic this week to be tackling one of their favourite movies and is more than happy to introduce me to it - Fear Street Part One 1994 (2021). Deena and Sam used to be high school sweet hearts, that is until Sam moved from Shadyside to the far more affluent Sunnyvale, it's then their relationship fell apart. If there's one thing t...

Ready Or Not here we come. Shawn joins Cherry Pop Horror this week with the amazingly hilarious Ready Or Not (2019) Grace (Samara Weaving) is enjoying her wedding day. She's never had a family of her own and is excited to get to know and meet her husband's kin. Like every family the Le Domas have traditions, in their case Grace needs only to join them for a game come midnight of their wedding nigh...

No matter what you do you'll always be my miracle baby. Jess returns this week with a Superhero horror, Brightburn (2019) Couple Kyle and Tori have been trying for the longest time to get pregnant when one day something falls from the sky. They adopt Brandon whom they find in the woods and all seems well... until puberty hits. While Kyle can see the monster their Son is becoming Tori is determined...

Welcome to Santa Carla, the murder capital of the world. Pip's come back to help me tackle Cherry Pop Horror's first vampire flick. Brothers Michael and Sam, along with their mum Lucy, move out to California with their Grandfather in the sunny seaside town of Santa Carla...there's just one problem with this town, the suspicious number of missing persons. Sam makes friends with the Frog Brothers, t...

There's a monster under my bed. Jess D joins the Cherry Pop Horror family this week with their first film, the family friendly Little Monsters (1989) Brian (Fred Savage) and his younger brother Eric have just moved house but there's something scaring little Eric when he goes to bed at night - is it the ongoing trauma of having to listen to his parents constant fighting or is there more to their ne...

We're not using the 'Z' word... we totally use the 'Z' word. Jade comes back this week to talk about another comedy horror, this time it's Shaun Of The Dead (2004) Shaun (Simon Pegg) is somewhat of a mess, stuck in a dead-end job, his relationship is falling apart and he goes through the day-to-day like a mindless slave. That is until after a particularly drunken night when he and his best friend...

CHERRY-PIE, that means neither myself nor my guest had seen this movie before the podcast. There's something wrong with my husband, he's not been the same man since he started gardening. This week Ryan is back with another cult classic, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978). Matthew (Donald Sutherland) a health inspector, teams up with his co-worker, scientist and close friend Elizabeth to delve i...

There'll never be another invention quite like the Telepod Laura joins me back on the couch to talk a Cronenberg classic, The Fly (1986) Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) has put his genius to the test by trying to master the science of teleportation. He can successfully transport inanimate objects but hasn't quite managed to figure out living cells. Veronica (Gina Davis) is following his progress as h...

CHERRY-PIE, that means neither myself nor my guest had seen this movie before the podcast. Take some time for yourself and relax in the great British countryside. Rory re-joins me this week talk about a movie neither of us had yet seen, Men (2022) Harper is just coming to terms with the sudden and grizzly end of her relationship with husband James and so takes to renting a British country-house in...

There's something in the corner of the room. This week Eve sits down to talk about one of James Wan's first big movies. Before The Conjuring there was Insidious (2010) Couple Josh, Renai and their three kids have just moved into a new house when Dolton (one of the couple's young boys) falls from the rung of a ladder. Things seem alright until the next morning when Dolton cannot be roused. Renai be...

Sometimes you go for a swim and you just don't come back again. Alice, a fourteen year old girl, went swimming with her family one day and vanished. Now we follow along as her family tries to track down whether or not Alice is really dead, if her ghost is among them or if all this is nothing but a hoax. A thrilling story with twists and turns galore. This week Jake introduced me to this documentar...

Sometimes you just can't trust yourself to do the right thing. Jess joins a group of strangers on a sailing trip after being asked out by a regular at the diner where she works. Everything's going well, with Greg giving all the signs of a caring and sweet potential boyfriend when the boat is capsized by a sudden storm. The group's escape comes in the form a cruise ship but the vessel is seemingly...

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside. I do like to beside the sea. Kat D returns this week to do a movie of their own request - Tusk (2014) Wallace, a podcaster and all round douche-nozzle, heads to Canada to do a follow up interview with a kid who's become internet famous after accidently cutting their leg off with a samurai sword. Unfortunately the interview can't take place but, not wanting t...

It's time to explore the ruins beside the mill. Ofelia, a young girl obsessed with fairytales, is thrust into the heart of a civil war. Spain 1944, is in turmoil as the fascist militia war the freedom fighting rebels. But there's something at the heart of those ruins that calls to her, a world of fairies, fauns and creatures from another world. She must choose between her Mother and soon-to-be bro...