Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe and Ethan Embry in Adam Wingard's, The Guest.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:26) Back of the Box...

On Halloween night, a slumbering demon is awakened by some unsuspecting teenagers. The scythe wielding, Jack-O means to kill the descendants of those that buried him long ago and will slaughter anyone who stands in his way. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Fred Olen Ray, Steve Latshaw, Linnea Quigley, and the pumpkin-headed demon named, Jack-O.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:39)...

Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living hell. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Halloween parties, Linnea Quigley's makeup routine, and Kevin Tenney's demon possession movie from 1988, Night of the Demons.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:36) Back...

Madison Mitchell starts having visions of brutal murders as they happen in real time. She teams up with the police to try and hunt down the elusive killer. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss James Wan, the size of his balls, and the extremely polarizing film, Malignant.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:15) Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:15) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:23) Ro...

Marc, a traveling musician, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in a backwoods town. The locals seem friendly at first but soon he finds out they have no intentions of letting him leave. Prepare yourself for The Ordeal. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss New French Extremity, Biblical allegory, and the feel good Christmas film from 2004, Calvaire.   Show Note...

As we return to the now gentrified Cabrini Green, we see a local artist finding new inspiration for his work via the local legend Candyman. If you dare to utter his name 5 times while looking in a mirror, you shall summon him and meet your demise. How much of yourself should you give to make good art? Find out, in Nia Dacosta's, Candyman. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Clive B...

Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Ray Wise, Kiefer Sutherland and David Lynch's feature length follow up to his beloved cult TV show, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (5:00) Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:52) Spoile...

A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered while trying to reopen Camp Crystal Lake. The same campsite where a boy drowned and two counselors were murdered several years earlier. Are the murders somehow connected? Is there a death curse? Find out, on Friday the 13th. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Kevin Bacon, Jason Voorhees and Sean S. Cunningham's classic slasher fl...

In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress and it passes from person to person with devastating consequences. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss mindless consumerism, cursed clothing and Peter Strickland's art house film, In Fabric.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:22) Back of...

A fantastical retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Dev Patel, Arthurian legends, and the latest film from A24, David Lowery's The Green Knight.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:00) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:55) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:35) Rotten Tomatoes (69:20) Cooter of the Week (74:13) What We've Be...

Part One: 1994 A circle of teenage friends, accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Part Two: 1978 Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for...

A flock of mutated birds descend upon the quiet town of Half Moon Bay, California. With the death toll rising, two citizens manage to fight back, but will they survive the Birdemic? On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss low budget filmmaking, Alfred Hitchcock, and climate change in James Nguyen's cult film, Birdemic.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:05) Back of the Box/Recommendations (...

After her prostitute mother is murdered, a teenage girl is sent to a remote orphanage run by a mysterious woman and her handyman. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss crooked social workers, crooked cops, and the crooked proto-slasher from 1971, Blood and Lace.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:50) Back of the Box/Recommendations (14:33) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (23:38) Rotten Tomato...

When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a sheriff, a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss the 4th of July, a giant killer shark, and Stephen Spielberg's classic film, Jaws.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:00) Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:00) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:37) Rotten Tomato...

A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss absurdist filmmaking, psycho-kinetic tires, and Quentin Dupieux' head popping film, Rubber.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:38) Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:50) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:50)...

A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss found footage, folklore, and the under-seen 2018 film, Butte...

The murder of a wealthy countess, which was erroneously deemed suicide, triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to take over her large estate. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Italian horror, slashers, and Mario Bava's highly influential film, A Bay of Blood.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:40) Back of the Bo...

The Warrens investigate a murder that may be linked to a demonic possession. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and the next exciting adventure for Ed and Lorraine Warren, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (5:55) Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:22) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:12) Rotten Tomatoes (66:45) Trivia (...

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, and the sequel to John Krasinksi's hit creature feature, A Quiet Place Part 2.   Show Notes...

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there. As she's running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss claustrophobia, science fiction-horror, and Alexandre Aja's latest Netflix movie, Oxygen.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (2:48) Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:55) Spoiler W...

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Sam Raimi's grassroots, blood soaked, cabin in the woods classic, The Evil Dead.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:45) Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:03) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:05) Rotten Tomatoes (85:00) Trivia (92:22) Cooter of the Wee...

Clown like aliens terrorize a small town by wrapping its residents up in cotton candy cocoons. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss the Chiodo brothers' creative, clown filled, creature feature from 1988, Killer Klowns from Outer Space.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:50) Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:35) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:35) Rotten Tomatoes (62:58) Trivia (70:14)...

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and Stephen Sommers' adventure-horror, The Mummy (1999).   Show Notes: Housekeeping (3:12) Bac...

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss Michal Cain, trans representation in cinema, and Brian De Palma's erotic thriller, Dressed to Kill .   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:38) Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:14) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:38) R...

A puritan Police Sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl who the locals claim never existed. On this week's episode… Join the crew as we discuss sex cults, Scotland, Christopher Lee, and the 1973 classic, The Wicker Man.   Show Notes: Housekeeping (4:08) Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:05) Spoiler Warning/Full Review (16:06) Rotten Tomatoes (79:00) Trivia (85:...