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As a former baseball player recovers from a serious injury, he moves his family into a house with a pool that harbors a mysterious supernatural force. We're kicking off Haunted Water month with  Night Swim.  When this movie came out in 2024, we were so excited to give it a watch. What could be more entertaining than a haunted pool. This movie had such an interesting premise and after watching...

All but one child of a particular classroom, wake up and leave their homes at 2:17am, disappearing and leaving a community questioning how this happened and who is involved. Weapons is Zach Cregger's follow up to Barbarian, one of the biggest horror releases of 2025, and the perfect way to end The Kids Aren't Alright month. The film had a very creepy trailer that brought a ton of intrigu...

The Losers Club bands together to fight a shape-shifting entity that disguises itself primarily as a clown and feeds on children in the summer of 1989 in Derry, Maine.  It, based off the classic Stephen King novel, depicts half of the story, focusing on the kids as they fight Pennywise who is feasting on children in Derry, Maine. This film fits perfectly into the Kids Aren't Alright month as...

A small town undergoes a mysterious event where several women give birth to odd alien children who look like humans. The third week of the Kids Aren't Alright month brings in  Village of the Damned  for us to discuss. The 1995 John Carpenter remake of the 1960 movie stars Christopher Reeve and Kirstie Alley, and although it has a very interesting premise, doesn't deliver on the setup. Wh...

A young couple becomes stuck in the remote town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where the inhabiting children practice a cult, killing anyone over 18 years old.  Children of the Corn is the next film we discuss in The Kids Aren't Alright month. An adaptation of the 1977 short story by Stephen King, this movie features children forming a cult and killing off any adults in a remote town in Nebraska. While...

A political leader and his wife start to believe something is wrong with their son and that he may be the son of the devil. We're starting off The Kids Aren't Alright month with  The Omen.  This is a movie where there's definitely a kid and he's nowhere near alright. Gregory Peck stars in this film and he's one of a few strong performances in a movie that has bizarre chara...

A couple head to a cabin vacation home following a wedding and while experiencing relationship issues, they're surprised by masked intruders who make their night full of panic. The Strangers is the movie of discussion for the finale of Home Invasion month. When this movie came out, there was a lot of hype surrounding how real it felt as a home invasion movie, primarily due to the lack of moti...

A family who has profited off of selling security systems becomes the target of a violent, masked group during a 12-hour period called "The Purge" where all crime is legal. Home Invasion month kicks into high gear this week as we discuss  The Purge . Ethan Hawke and Lena Heady star in this crazy film that introduces a dystopian society that has implemented an annual 12-hour period where...

A loving husband and father stays behind while his family goes on vacation and he's visited by two young women at night, who are stranded in the rain. After showing them kindness and letting them in, the night turns deadly. Knock Knock  is next for Home Invasion month and while we don't think this movie is very good, we fully acknowledge how fun it is. Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, and Ana...

Three young burglars break into the home of a blind war vet in an attempt to steal money, but soon realize he's more than capable of defending himself. Don't Breathe is kicking off Home Invasion month and it's a movie that we saw in theaters upon release and are super happy to be revisiting it. After rewatching the movie, we still love how tense the movie becomes and how it makes yo...

A secretary, on the lam for taking money from her employer, holes up at a California motel owned by a man and his overprotective mother. Psycho is often referred to as a horror movie masterpiece. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this psychological horror stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, who owns a motel along with his mother. Without too much screen time and based on dialogue and reactions from...

Teenagers experience unsetting tactics from the counselors at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp as murderer hunts the grounds. They/Them is a very different type of horror movie as it blends elements of a teenage drama along with being a slasher. Kevin Bacon stars in this film as the head of a conversion camp, who has a welcoming smile, but a sinister way of handling the camp practices. The movie features...

A plastic surgeon applies his theory of synthetic skin that can withstand any damage on a mysterious woman, who unveils a more sinister plot. Antonio Banderas stars in an absolutely crazy movie in every single way as we discuss The Skin I Live In. The story starts in a wild fashion as a well-known plastic surgeon is keeping a mysterious woman at his house, who he's experimenting on, but it ac...

Oskar, a young, bullied boy, forms a friendship with his new neighbor Eli, a young girl, who holds the secret of needing to consume blood. Let the Right One In is a Swedish vampire, coming-of-age film based off the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist of the same name. This movie explores the challenges of navigating bullying, growing up, and finding friendship among the oddest of circumstances. While t...

A single mother adjusts to living in rural Ireland with her son, who starts to exhibit strange behavior that she believes is connected to a large hole in the middle of the forest behind their house. The Hole in the Ground  is the last movie in Staring into Holes month and was the movie that inspired the theme. While the story simply revolves around a mother's discovery of a mysterious hole in...

A young girl finds herself trapped in her family's lake house while they're renovating and is haunted by a mysterious invader.  In the fourth week of Staring into Holes month, we discuss Silent House, a psychological horror movie featuring Elizabeth Olsen in her first starring role. While this movie takes on the style of a continuous shot, it relies on acting and character developing to...

A brother and sister travelling home for spring break are hunted by a creature who eats human flesh and is in the midst of its feeding season. It's another month of Staring into Holes and it's time to discuss the long-awaited, Jeepers Creepers. One of Justin Long's earliest starring roles, Jeepers Creepers is a nostalgia trip for us. It introduces the Creeper, a creature that has a...

When a young girl is chosen to be a sacrifice by a worshipped pit in her backwoods community, she fights to survive even at the expense of those around her. Staring into Holes month continues with indie heater, Jug Face. This movie tells the unique story of a backwoods community that worships a pit in a forest. Sometimes when wrongdoing is amidst, the pit will call for a sacrifice, which is the ca...

After a breakup and drowning out his sorrows outside of a rest stop, Wes finds himself locked inside a bathroom stall and in an otherworldly encounter with a mysterious entity in the neighboring stall.  Staring into Holes month kicks off with  Glorious, a cosmic, mystery horror film that takes place in a rest stop bathroom. This movie stars Ryan Kwanten who plays, Wes, who's feeling down afte...

A video uncovers the torture of a woman over 10 horrific stages by two men. In the last week of Fucked Up February 2026, we discuss Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment, a found footage style movie and a film that is not for the faint of heart. This movie has had a lot of hype due to the graphic nature of a woman being tortured over 10 different stages throughout the duration that escalate in their...

A killer gathers more sick and twisted degenerates to continue the violent rampage and capture everything on camera. Another week of Fucked Up February and we discuss another extremely fucked up movie. This week, it's August Underground's Mordum, which is the follow-up to the 2001 found footage horror movie,  August Underground.  In this one, they crank up the grotesque nature of the vio...

A cleaner takes a corpse home to spark his romantic life and find fulfillment. In Fucked Up February, anything can happen including the combination of necrophilia and romance. Jörg Buttgereit's Nekromantik is a shock value horror movie that is a response to movie censorship at the time and explores desensitization to violent and disgusting cinema. The film blends comedy and horror in a unique...

The events of a tragic night in Paris are unveiled in reverse. Irreversible is the first move of Fucked Up February for 2026 and it's a strong start to an always disturbing month. Gaspar Noe's camerawork, lighting, and creative storytelling are on full display in this movie as he reveals the horror of one night's events in reverse, creating more shock as the movie continues. Monica...

Teens headed to a football game find themselves holed up in an almost abandoned town with an odd wax museum. It's the 300th episode and to cap off Mike G's Wet Dream Month, we are discussing  House of Wax . This movie is a loose remake of House of Wax from 1953 and that movie is a remake of Mystery of the Wax Museum from 1933. As a movie that often gets some hate, we've always said...

After a young girl discovers a mysterious box that is able to grant wishes, she starts to experience deadly consequences at the cost of fulfilling her desires. Wish Upon  is a guilty pleasure teen horror movie that we have spoken about quite a bit and are happy to discuss it. While it's not a perfect movie and has a lot of plot holes, it's a fun time with classic horror cliches, crazy ki...