The RedRum Podcast

Send us your movie recommendations! A sequel entirely unrelated to the first film! This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 1987 supernatural slasher film, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II directed by Bruce Pittman. The film discussion begins around 13:11.

Send us your movie recommendations! Need an escape from the looming threat of AI in your day-to-day life? Well, this episode isn't for you then. This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 2024 science fiction horror, AfrAId , directed by Chris Weitz.  Featuring a stacked cast (John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dastmalchian, and Keith Carradine), this film fo...

Send us your movie recommendations! Captain and Wilson are back this week to discuss the 2018 cosmic horror film, "Annihilation," directed by Alex Garland. It stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac.

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 2005 psychological thriller "Stay," directed by Marc Forster! It stars Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, and Naomi Watts. One Letterboxd review said this is "Mulholland Drive" for boys(???).

Send us your movie recommendations! Troll Month, part 2!!  Captain and Wilson discuss the 1991 comedy horror film, "Ernest Scared Stupid," directed by John Cherry. It stars Jim Varney (Toy Story) and Eartha Kitt (Emperor's New Groove, Holes, and an illustrious singing career).  The film discussion begins around 4:37.

Send us your movie recommendations! IT'S TROLL MONTH! This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 1986 cult classic, "Troll."  The film discussion begins around 9:21.

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 2005 horror/comedy, "Cursed," directed by none other than Wes Craven! It stars Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Judy Greer. Cursed is an especially fun one because it was fraught with studio involvement, which led to its poor performance, but also possibly its cult following. The film discu...

Send us your movie recommendations! Welcome to Season 9 and year 10(!!) of the RedRum Podcast! Captain and Wilson kick off the new year with the 2019 horror survival film, "Sweetheart," directed by J. D. Dillard. It stars Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, and Andrew Crawford. It begins with a woman who washes ashore on a remote island, but soon wishes she could have st...

Send us your movie recommendations! Welcome to our holiday episode, which marks the end of the season! Captain Wilson will return in 2026. This week, Jay is back to cover the 2023 Norwegian comedy horror film, "There's Something in the Barn"! Directed by Magnus Martens, it stars Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia, and Kiran Shah.  Want to know what's in the barn? Grab some hot chocol...

Send us your movie recommendations! Captain and Wilson book a trip out in the woods for this week's discussion, "Knock at the Cabin," an apocalyptic psychological thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan. 

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson dig up the 2019 Australian horror film, "Awoken," directed by Daniel J. Phillips.  Starring Sara West, Erik Thomson, and Benson Jack Anthony, Awoken traces how real sleep science and messy demon lore collide in a locked basement lab. Captain and Wilson unpack FFI, prions, and why bargaining with evil is never a treatment p...

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson hop aboard the USS Tiger Shark as they discuss the 2002 horror, "Below," directed by David Twohy. It stars Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Davis, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, and Zach Galifianakis. The film discussion begins around 16:30.

Send us your movie recommendations! Happy Halloween! For this year's Halloween special, Captain and Wilson dive into the 2015 horror/mystery "Pay the Ghost" starring Nicolas Cage and Sarah Wayne Callies. The film discussion begins around 22:22.

Send us your movie recommendations! A blueberry vodka soda becomes a legend, a TikTok rabbit hole opens Baltimore’s catacombs, and a straight-to-DVD parasite flick dares them to defend it. Join Captain and Wilson this week as they discuss the 2010 iTunes hit, "Growth," directed by Gabriel Cowan.  The film discussion begins around 13:27.

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson expand their horizons a bit and discuss a thriller - "The Commuter," which is a 2018 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. It stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Sam Neill, and more. The film discussion begins around 19:00.

Send us your movie recommendations! Jay is back! This week, Captain, Wilson, and Jay dive into the 2019 supernatural horror film, "The Cleansing Hour." Directed by Damien LeVeck, this film stars Ryan Guzman, Kyle Gallner, Alix Angelis, and Chris Lew Kum Hoi. The Cleansing Hour centers around an exorcism, but with a fresh twist. Jay also brings us another one of his famous commercials - b...

Send us your movie recommendations! Do you bowling? Demonic wishes? 80s low-budget filmmaking? This week, you get one of the strangest cult horror-comedies ever made.  Captain, Wilson, and our returning guest, Jay, unpack the bizarre 1988 film, "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama." It's as terrible as you would expect, but also kind of good? Directed by David DeCoteau, it s...

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 2024 horror, "Stream," which is a modern slasher with streaming twist. It takes place at an isolated hotel that is turned into a murderous arena where killers compete for the highest body count while online viewers place bets on the bloodshed.  The film features Jeffrey Combs, Tim Reid, Dee Wallace, Danielle Ha...

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 2008 horror, "The Ruins," where a group of tourists in Mexico visit a hidden Mayan temple and discover a deadly surprise. Who would have guessed exploring a restricted area is dangerous? The film stars Jena Malone (Donnie Darko), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), Jonathan Tucker (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake), Laura...

Send us your movie recommendations! In this episode, we dive deep into the morgue with our review of "The Autopsy of Jane Doe," the 2016 supernatural horror film starring Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch.  Before tackling this clinical nightmare, we talk about a Cult-O-Rama film event and Sydney Sweeney's controversial bath soap. The film discussion begins around 13:51.

Send us your movie recommendations! In this week's episode, we unpack the 2001 thriller "The Glass House," where appearances are as transparent as the architecture, but motives remain dangerously opaque. Join us as we follow the journey of Ruby Baker (Leelee Sobieski), a teenager who loses her parents in a suspicious car accident only to find herself and her younger brother trapped...

Send us your movie recommendations! How well do you really know the people closest to you? This week, Captain and Wilson break down the 2024 horror, and next M. Night Shyamalan installment, Trap. It stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Night Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, and Alison Pill.

Send us your movie recommendations! Captain and Wilson discuss the 2009 horror, Deadline , which was Brittany Murphy's final film before her passing. 

Send us your movie recommendations! This week, Captain and Wilson discuss the 1986 horror film, "Chopping Mall"! Eight mall employees decide to have an after-hours party that turns deadly when lightning strikes the mall's new security robot system, causing the robots to malfunction and hunt them down. The group must use their wits, weapons from the mall's stores, and explosive...

Send us your movie recommendations! Captain and Wilson dive into John Carpenter's 1995 sci-fi horror film Village of the Damned, a remake that fails to capture the magic of the 1960 original but delivers some campy entertainment value. It stars Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, and Mark Hamill. The film discussion begins around 20:30.