Cade and Kit – Details, episodes & analysis

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Real People Reel Reviews

Before we were real people doing real reviews, we were just two friends sitting on a couch… wondering if we belonged.

This week, we’re rewinding to the beginning — the night we walked into a local independent film festival expecting glitz, connection, and cinematic magic... and instead felt like high school freshmen trying to find a seat in the cafeteria.

Was it awkward? Oh yeah.

Was it inspiring? Weirdly… yes.

🎬 The Film Fest Origin Story – How a half-empty theater full of theater kids and improv comics launched this whole podcast.

🥲 Feeling Like Outsiders – That moment you realize everyone else in the room knows each other... and you’re just here because you love movies.

🍿 Why We Started This – We didn’t go to film school. We’re not industry insiders. We just love storytelling, vibes, and talking through what art makes us feel.

💡 Staying New – The goal? To keep our perspective honest, curious, and refreshingly unpolished. No film-snob energy here.

Whether you’re deep in the industry or just vibing in the last row of a theater with a soda and a dream — this episode’s for you.

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🎥 Double Feature: Little Bites & Riff Raff

It’s a split-screen kind of episode! This week we’re tag-teaming two wildly different festival films: Little Bites, a female-led horror short with serious teeth (and Cher as an executive producer!), and Riff Raff, a full-on character study wrapped in grime, wit, and questionable life choices.

We divided. We conquered. We snacked. Now we review.

This one sneaks up on you. A young woman in the depths of depression starts feeding her boyfriend ice cream laced with sleeping meds. Why? Because there’s a monster in her basement… and he’s hungry.

But plot twist: the monster doesn’t want the guy.

It wants her to deal with what she’s really feeling.

🧠 Mental health meets horror🎭 Strong female leads (Chrissy Fox! Barbara Crampton!)🧟‍♂️ Existential dread… with sprinkles on top

Produced by Cher (yes, that Cher), this is a fast, weird little gem that gives grief a grotesque face — and dares you to look it in the eye.

Grimy, grounded, and kind of… charming? Riff Raff follows a down-on-his-luck guy who gets swept into someone else's spiral. Think: mid-2000s indie energy with a darker, smarter core.

🧃 The setup: a man gets drawn into a stranger’s drama🔥 The vibe: everything’s a little too hot, a little too fast💬 The takeaway: sometimes being the “helper” is its own form of denial

This film has that slow-burn tension you don’t realize is building until you’re already on fire. Bonus points for humor and raw performances.

🎬 Little Bites – Executive produced by Cher🎬 Riff Raff – Dark indie with festival buzz

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• ​Drink: Flat soda in a motel ice bucket (you’ll get it when you see Riff Raff)
• ​Snack: Ice cream with a sinister aftertaste
• ​Activity: Watching back-to-back shorts with a friend and then trauma-dumping in the parking lot

💬 Which one hit harder for you? DM us your double feature snack lineup — or your emotional damage scale. We’ll read it on air. Maybe.

🍦 Little Bites (Cade’s Pick)🧥 Riff Raff (Kit’s Pick)

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🎥 The Substance — A Body-Horror Commentary on Beauty, Aging, and Obsession

This week we watched The Substance — and honestly, we’re still mentally recovering.

Starring Demi Moore (who gives a career-best performance while looking unreal), this one blends body horror, surreal satire, and feminist commentary into something that’s as unsettling as it is mesmerizing.

We showed up to the review in custom news anchor fits (shoutout to Revato) and made floral arrangements while unpacking a film that asks:What would you do if you could literally split off your younger, hotter self?

Demi plays a 50-year-old fitness host on a fading broadcast network. Facing industry ageism and irrelevance, she turns to “The Substance” — a black-market serum that creates a younger, idealized version of herself. It’s legal. Sort of. But nothing about the process is simple… or safe.

🎭 Duality & DissociationWhat happens when your ideal self becomes your rival? The film explores how fame, beauty, and validation are addictive — and how fast it can all turn toxic.

💅 The AestheticThink neon-lit nightmare. Vintage broadcast vibes. A soft-glow horror show. The visuals are glossy and grotesque in the best way.

🧠 Real Themes Under the GoreBehind the weirdness is a sharp critique of media, vanity, and the fear of being “past your prime.” Especially for women. Especially in entertainment.

🌸 Cade & Kit Reviewed While Arranging FlowersBecause that’s the energy. And because sometimes you need beauty to balance out the brutality.

This one won’t be for everyone — but if you like your horror high-concept and a little unhinged, The Substance might just be your new favorite fever dream.

🎬 The Substance – Starring Demi Moore🧥 Styled by: Revato (bespoke & bold)🎟️ Premiered wide on the festival circuit; distribution TBD

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• ​Drink: Cold rosé or a martini with too many olives
• ​Snack: Frozen grapes
• ​Activity: Floral therapy (trust us)

💬 Would you take The Substance? Or would you become it? Tell us your chaotic doppelgänger fantasies on IG.

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Best Films, Hot Takes & Superhero Fatigue

We’re back for Part 4 of our Q&A with Producer Michael — and this round is all about what we’re loving (and side-eyeing) in the film world right now.

What was the best film we’ve seen this year?

What upcoming movies are giving us goosebumps?

Are superhero flicks dead yet?

Let’s talk about it.

• ​In a Violent Nature – Slow, eerie, genre gold.
• ​The Last of the Sea Women – Emotional, haunting, unforgettable.Both = Cade & Kit Certified™.

🎥 What We’re Hyped For –

• ​The Substance
• ​Riff Raff
• ​ParvalosBig vibes, bold stories. We’ll be there.

🦸 Superhero Fatigue?

Kinda, yeah. But not entirely. We talk about why the formula is fading — and why we’d still love to see the Shadowman story from Valiant Comics make its way to screen.

🗣️ Cade & Kit = Film Nerds With Opinions We’re not just here to critique — we’re here to feel. If it moved us, you’ll hear about it.

Whether you’re a festival junkie or just wondering what’s actually worth watching this year — this episode’s got the recs and the real talk.

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Until next time…We’re Cade & Kit. We’re real people, doing real reviews.

Film History & Culture (aka Cade & Kit Get Nerdy)

Welcome to Part 3 of our Q&A series with Producer Michael — and this time we’re going full cinema studies... but make it unhinged.

From Italian murder mysteries to ‘90s slashers and the rise of AI in film — this episode’s for the genre geeks, the film nerds, and anyone who’s ever debated whether practical effects still reign supreme.

🔪 Slashers to Fetish Flicks – How the genre evolved from gritty to glossy — and why Scream still slaps.

🎭 Giallo, Not Shallow – A love letter to gloved killers, broken mirrors, and stylish “whodunnit” tension in 1970s Italian cinema. (And no, Kit is not shallow, thank you.)

🤖 How Film Has Evolved – From single-camera shoots to AI-assisted visuals — technology has made things shinier, faster, but maybe not always better?

🎬 Why We Still Love the Old Stuff – There’s just something about a fog machine and a weird synth soundtrack…

This ep is for the film fans who love deep cuts, dated vibes, and strong opinions.

🕶️ Favorite Era of Film? – 1985–1995, no contest. Give us the color, the chaos, the practical gore, the neon weirdness. Also... Cade says Italian giallo thrillers are their whole personality now.

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We’re back with Part 2 of our sit-down Q&A with Producer Michael — and this time, we’re breaking down how we approach film as “real people.”

Not critics. Not insiders. Just two folks with popcorn and opinions.

It’s: Did the story make sense? Did it feel good? Did we care?

🛠️ Yes, We Know the Craft – We’ve worked with cinematographers and editors. We know why certain things are done. But we also know most audiences don’t care about the specs — they care about the feels.

👀 Real People Reviews – Our philosophy? If you’re going to an indie or festival screening as just a person (not a film school grad), what’s your reaction?

🌄 Beautiful Visuals Are a Bonus – A stunning shot is great, but if the story flops, it won’t save the film.

🎧 Cade & Kit Unfiltered – No film-snob energy here. We’re talking gut reactions, first impressions, and why accessibility matters.

🎬 What Do We Focus On First? – It’s not the lighting. It’s not the color grading. It’s not the camera angle.

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This week, we’re flipping the script. Instead of reviewing a film, we’re reviewing… ourselves.

Producer Michael sat down with us to ask 10 questions all about our personal film histories, what we look for in a great movie, and how this whole “real people doing real reviews” thing even started.

(And yes — it gets chaotic. And charming. And maybe a little weird.)

🍿 What Makes a Good Film? – Pacing, acting, worldbuilding, emotional punch — we share what makes us lean in… or check out.

🎬 Favorite Genres – Horror. Thrillers. Weird indies with ambiguous endings. Cade’s all about the vibes, and Kit loves anything with depth and darkness.

🧠 Why We Review – It’s not about being right. It’s about being real. We’re just two people feeling feelings and talking through art.

🎧 Producer Michael Hosts – 10 questions. Endless tangents. Occasional wisdom.

🎞️ First Movie Memories – From Reservoir Dogs to Gumby: The Movie (no, seriously), we go back to where it all began.

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🎥 We just watched The Last of the Sea Women — and we did it while carving pumpkins. Because what pairs better with sharp knives than a deeply emotional documentary about aging Korean free divers?

This is part two of our fall mini-series, and this one hit us square in the chest. Quietly powerful. Unexpectedly moving. And yes… Cade cried.

🎬 Malala’s Production House – Produced by Extracurricular Productions, founded by Malala Yousafzai. It’s giving power to stories that need to be told — and this one is unforgettable.

📷 Cinematic Stillness – With sweeping underwater shots and soft interviews, the documentary captures exhaustion, dignity, tradition, and quiet strength.

🧜‍♀️ No Glam, All Grit – These women aren’t doing it for legacy or attention — they’re doing it because it’s who they are. And it’s beautiful.

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Energy – We reviewed this while wielding kitchen knives and munching chips. The vibe was chaotic. The movie? Anything but.

If you’re the type to skip docs — don’t skip this one.

If you need something grounding and human — watch this now.

If your grandma ever taught you how to be tough and tender at the same time — this will hit home.

🎬 The Last of the Sea Women – TIFF Premiere📽️ Produced by Extracurricular Productions🎞️ Directed with a ton of care (even if we butchered the name)

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• ​Drink: Hot ginger tea or soju (your call)
• ​Snack: Kettle chips, again
• ​Activity: Carving pumpkins while having an existential moment

💬 What’s a documentary that cracked you open?Let us know. We love stories that stick with you.

🌊 The Haenyeo Sisterhood – A group of aging women from Jeju Island, South Korea, who dive without oxygen tanks to harvest seafood and support their families. This is the final generation of these sea women — and their story is disappearing with them.

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🎥 We just watched In a Violent Nature — a slow-burn, ultra-minimalist slasher that flips the script on traditional horror by showing everything from the killer’s POV.

Set deep in the woods of Canada and filmed with eerie stillness, this one had us asking:

“Is this horror… or a nature documentary with body parts?”

There’s very little dialogue. No real backstory. Just long, quiet shots of trees, creeks, rustling leaves… and a dead-eyed man in a rusty mask walking toward you. Slowly. Very slowly.

But wow — when it hits, it hits hard.

🍁 Canadian Core – Shot entirely in Canada, which made us feel oddly patriotic (and terrified).

🔨 Brutal Kills – The gore is sparse but memorable. You’ll never look at a logging hook the same way again.

🕯️ Minimalist Mood – Sparse sound design. Long silences. Almost meditative. But don’t relax too much.

🎞️ Indie Aesthetic – Low budget? Maybe. But it works. This is art-house horror at its finest.

Was it terrifying? Not really.Was it unsettling, stylish, and strangely beautiful? Absolutely.

In a Violent Nature doesn’t scream at you — it just walks slowly through the woods until you can’t breathe.

🎬 In a Violent Nature – Premiered at Sundance📍 Filmed in Canada🎟️ Distribution details TBD, sequel teased 👀

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• ​Drink: Black coffee or craft beer in a can
• ​Snack: Kettle chips (quietly)
• ​Activity: Sitting alone in a cabin... if you dare

💬 What did you think of this film?Too slow? Too smart? The future of horror? Tell us everything on social.

🌲 A Killer's POV – What if Jason Voorhees was the main character? That’s the unsettling beauty of this film.

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Until next time...We’re Cade & Kit. We’re real people, doing real reviews.