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| 331 - The Ring (2002) Review | 31 Aug 2026 | 01:05:13 | |
A journalist begins to investigate the mystery behind her niece's death that involves a videotape, which causes anyone who watches it to die after 7 days. The Ring is the finale for Things You Don't Fuck With month and it was an American remake that made a splash in the early 2000s. We distinctly remember growing up and hearing all hype regarding how creepy this movie was. The concept of watching a video tape and receiving a call that foretold death in 7 days was always horrifying. We look forward to discussing this movie after having seen it over 2 decades ago. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 330 - V/H/S/2 (2013) Review | 24 Aug 2026 | 01:16:05 | |
A student's disappearance leads two private investigators to break into his home and look through a combination of VHS tapes. As they view the tapes, they begin to experience odd occurrences in the home and believe there's a more sinister cause for his disappearance. V/H/S/2 is up next in Things You Don't Fuck With month and this anthology is often referred to as the best in the series. As fans of the series and anthology horror movies, we love going back and watching through the shorts. This one in particular has some decent entries with one that stands not only above the rest in this film, but among the entire series. With a ghost-seeing eye, a zombie outbreak in the park, a demonic Japanese cult, and an alien invasion, this film has some crazy horror shorts that are sure to entertain. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 329 - Talk to Me (2022) Review | 17 Aug 2026 | 00:58:46 | |
A group of friends experiment with a new trend of using an embalmed hand to communicate with the dead, but when one of them breaks the rules, she starts to believe a spirit has permanently crossed over. Things You Don't Fuck With month is in full swing and Talk to Me fits very nicely into this month. With a modern take on seances and almost comparing the possession to a high, this film has a very unique take on demon possession. This is the full-length feature directorial debut of the Philippou brothers, and they deliver with an original concept that has shocking moments. They're able to successfully bridge prior family trauma and the desire to speak to a loved one who has passed on in a creative way, where this is often poorly executed in horror. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 328 - Ouija (2014) Review | 10 Aug 2026 | 00:55:23 | |
After one of their friends dies, a group of five friends attempt to communicate with her through the use of a Ouija board. In week two of Things You Don't Fuck With month, we discuss Ouija. The film stars Olivia Cooke in a very familiar horror movie where a group of friends experience loss and look to communicate with their dead friend through a Ouija board. Unfortunately, in looking to communicate with their close friend, they contact a spirit that isn't so friendly. This film is full of the classic paranormal ghost tropes you're used to seeing from teen horror movies and wasn't our cup of tea. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 327 - The Monkey (2025) Review | 03 Aug 2026 | 01:11:35 | |
After twin brothers discover their father's monkey toy and people start mysteriously dying in horrifying ways around them, they dispose of the toy only to have more deaths start popping up years down the road. The Monkey is first up in Things You Don't Fuck With month and it's very fitting because the one thing that twin brothers, Bill and Hal, mess around with in this movie is a toy monkey. This Osgood Perkins adaptation of Stephen King's short story, stars Theo James in a movie that has a lot of dark humor along with crazy deaths that follow the use of a toy monkey. We've been critical of Perkins' films in the past; how will this line up? Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 326 - Lake Mungo (2008) Review | 27 Jul 2026 | 00:59:42 | |
After a young girl is found dead in a dammed-up lake, strange occurrences start to happen around the family's home. Lake Mungo, the eerie Australian Indie found footage film, is the final movie we're discussing in Haunted Water month. Although this movie may struggle with pacing, the grainy aspects of the footage captured combined with the family trauma create such a haunting vibe that really stays with the viewer. The atmosphere is bleak and sad all the way through. The acting is excellent and the way Alice's character is portrayed is different from other ghost movies. Although it may be polarizing to different audiences, the film is original and stands out from the pack. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 325 - Triangle (2009) Review | 20 Jul 2026 | 00:59:49 | |
Jess is looking for a day off to set sail with her friends, but her day off takes a turn for the worst when their yacht encounters a mysterious storm which overturns them. As they're forced to hop aboard a convenient ship that rescues them, they soon encounter a bizarre set of events. Triangle stars Melissa George and is a psychological thriller that takes five friends out to sea and on a course they'll never forget. This film may divide audiences as it has sci-fi elements of time loops, but has a very intriguing mystery. George delivers a strong performance as a mother looking for a day off which is the backbone of this movie and sets everything in motion. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 324 - Dark Water (2005) Review | 13 Jul 2026 | 00:51:50 | |
The ghost of a former resident begins to haunt a mother and daughter in their New York City apartment building just as the two recently moved to the area and are in the midst of a custody battle. Haunted Water month rolls on as we discuss Dark Water, the remake of the 2002 Japanese ghost story, starring Jennifer Connelly and John C. Reilly. This movie has a lot going in including the challenges a mother and daughter experience in a custody battle compiled with their new apartment having a constant water leak, which is the work of a ghost. As far as atmosphere goes, this is a very mood film which plays well with the psychological impact the family, especially the mother, experiences while trying to raise a child at the conclusion of a sour relationship. The ghost story cycles a theme of abandonment and neglect which culminates into a twist we didn't see coming, but feels mixed at best. Although very well acted, this ghost story at times feels dull and doesn't fully bring everything together at the climax. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 323 - Night Swim (2024) Review | 06 Jul 2026 | 01:04:17 | |
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 it, we believe it may be more of a baseball movie than a horror movie. In any case, it takes several swings, but misses on most. The film lacks the scares with cheesy pool ghosts, uneven acting performances, and large plot holes. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 322 - Weapons (2025) Review | 29 Jun 2026 | 01:10:04 | |
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 intrigue to audiences and has an amazing cast of Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Amy Madigan, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. Mysterious, creepy, and full of well-developed characters and their various points of view, Weapons was an amazing ride and is a movie we'll continue to go back and watch. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 321 - It (2017) Review | 22 Jun 2026 | 01:23:06 | |
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 the kids in Derry are going missing and the Losers Club discovers Pennywise is hungry for their fear. The kids in this rendition of the story portray the characters well and we believe the portion of the story where the kids fight Pennywise is the better half of the story vs when the adults come back to Derry in the future. Bill Skarsgard's performance and re-brand of the infamous Pennywise was amazing and as good as the iconic Tim Curry performance from the 1990 TV mini series. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 320 - Village of the Damned (1995) Review | 15 Jun 2026 | 00:56:32 | |
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. While the movie is well acted, the second and third acts leave a lot to be desired with plotlines either going nowhere or being disappointing. However, there are some very interesting kills as these kids have mind control abilities forcing the parents and townspeople to die in bizarre ways. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 319 - Children of the Corn (1984) Review | 08 Jun 2026 | 01:06:37 | |
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 we were mixed on this movie, it was fun to see the differing power dynamics within a cult formed by children and how they all had different takes on the rules. Watching the young couple come into contact with the children was an interesting clash as they get to experience how far from the norm they've gone. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 318 - The Omen (1976) Review | 01 Jun 2026 | 01:10:05 | |
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 characters, crazy events, and creepy deaths. You won't find a movie with a kid much creepier than the one in this film. The tone of the film is ominous and it certainly holds up. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 317 - The Strangers (2008) Review | 25 May 2026 | 01:03:26 | |
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 motive from the intruders. We're uncertain the movie holds up from a terror perspective, but it's certainly entertaining, suspenseful, and a unique entry into home invasion horror movies. With solid performances from Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, and a fun cameo from Glenn Howerton, The Strangers is a fun ride that will make you want to pause going on any remote cabin trips. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 316 - The Purge (2013) Review | 18 May 2026 | 01:12:05 | |
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 all crime is legal. The thought process is that all aggression is aired out during these dangerous 12 hours, and many believe it heals the country. Although the concept is interesting, there are a lot of plot holes within the idea and the smaller story surrounding the family is also lacking. However, the movie is fun and entertaining all the way through. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 315 - Knock Knock (2015) Review | 11 May 2026 | 01:01:39 | |
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 de Armas star in this cat and mouse movie directed by Eli Roth. This film takes a loving family man's loyalty to his wife and kids to the brink as two young women drastically attempt to seduce and blackmail him. While this movie struggles with purpose and any sense of reality, it's a fun and wild movie to watch at least to see Reeves scream for most of the runtime. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 314 - Don't Breathe (2016) Review | 04 May 2026 | 01:11:29 | |
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 you question who's worse as things start to really take a turn. It's shot so well as the focus is on these young burglars who attempt to tiptoe quietly around the house initially while he's home, believing his lack of sight will make him unable to detect them. When push comes to shove, he's not the guy you want to mess with. It's a thrill ride all the way through with hardcore twists that make the film all the more worthwhile. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 313 - Psycho (1960) Review | 27 Apr 2026 | 01:04:33 | |
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 Norman, mother is a controlling influence in his life. Her influence makes Norman the sinister presence he is thoughout the movie. Hitchcock tells an interesting story overlaying element of a heist with horror and conveys a timeless twist that highlights identity and the effects of trauma. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 312 - They/Them (2022) Review | 20 Apr 2026 | 01:15:44 | |
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 some fun moments, but doesn't deliver on dialogue, acting, or even a solid mystery. While at times it felt nothing like a horror movie, kills eventually pick up, however, it is highly predictable. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 311 - The Skin I Live In (2011) Review | 19 Apr 2026 | 01:07:42 | |
A plastic surgeon applies his theory of synthetic skin that can withstand any damage on a mysterious woman, who unveils a more sinister plot. Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 310 - Let the Right One In (2008) Review | 07 Apr 2026 | 01:13:48 | |
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. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 309 - The Hole in the Ground (2019) Review | 30 Mar 2026 | 01:00:06 | |
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 the ground and its potential effects on her son, there's deeper themes at play as she works to navigate the relationship with her son who's changing. As the single mother discovers that her neighbor's son also exhibited similar behavior changes as her son, she beings to suspect that her son may not actually be her son. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 308 - Silent House (2011) Review | 23 Mar 2026 | 00:59:23 | |
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 guide the narrative. Even though Olsen's performance is serviceable, there isn't enough happening in the movie to keep up the investment. The twist of the movie is highly predictable, especially if you've seen psychological horror films in the past, and profound character actions towards the end don't have the proper buildup. We've been critical of this movie in the past and there are too many holes references to count to leave it out of Staring into Holes month. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 306 - Jeepers Creepers (2001) Review | 16 Mar 2026 | 01:09:35 | |
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. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 307 - Jug Face (2013) Review | 16 Mar 2026 | 00:58:23 | |
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. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 305 - Glorious (2022) Review | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:58:39 | |
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 after a breakup and finds himself locked in a bathroom stall. The film's strengths lie in the odd conversations he has through a glory hole with a mysterious entity in the adjacent bathroom stall, played by J.K. Simmons. The two leads have great dialogue, which keep up the mystery and add to the twists in the third act that really make this an entertaining film. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 304 - Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment (1985) Review | 23 Feb 2026 | 00:50:26 | |
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 gruesomeness. While not a good movie, it does feature a few scenes that are very difficult to sit through. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 303 - August Underground's Mordum (2003) Review | 16 Feb 2026 | 00:49:20 | |
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 violence, bringing back a surviving killer from the first movie while introducing a new group of disturbing companions. Is this movie a successful sequel and how does it rank against the other Fucked Up February movies? Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 302 - Nekromantik (1988) Review | 09 Feb 2026 | 01:07:08 | |
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 way that will shock audiences, while leading to a very memorable conclusion. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 301 - Irreversible (2002) Review | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:59:44 | |
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 Bellucci and Vincent Cassel star and have memorable performances where love, regret, pain, hopelessness, and vengeance all converge and are on full display. This movie is often remembered for one very disturbing scene in the middle of the film, but the impact is felt both in the beginning and the end. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 300 - House of Wax (2005) Review | 26 Jan 2026 | 01:22:25 | |
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 it's one of the more underrated horror movies from the 2000s with a fun cast of Chad Michael Murray, Elisha Cuthbert, Jared Padalecki, Paris Hilton, and Robert Ri'chard. While it has some plot holes, it really delivers on everything 2000s horror had to offer and never ceases to entertain us. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 299 - Wish Upon (2017) Review | 19 Jan 2026 | 01:10:56 | |
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 kills, and even more nonsensical character decisions. It offers up the intriguing premise of what a young high school teenager would be willing to give up and how far they would go to have their wishes granted, with some unexpected turns. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 298 - One Missed Call (2008) Review | 12 Jan 2026 | 01:08:22 | |
A group of friends start receiving voicemails from their future selves just moments prior to their deaths and then they start to die one after another. One Missed Call is the remake of a 2003 Japanese horror movie from director Takashi Miike and after watching this movie again, we come to the same conclusion. This movie has an interesting concept, but poor execution with a convoluted storyline, plots that lead nowhere, characters that are either developed badly or don't serve a purpose, and cringeworthy CGI. Multiple viewings of this movie haven't changed our opinion over the years and while it has a similar feel to movies like Final Destination, The Ring, and Feardotcom where there's a countdown to death, this film fails to deliver on an interesting premise. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 297 - Y2K (2024) Review | 05 Jan 2026 | 01:15:53 | |
Two high school friends crash a Y2K party in the hopes of getting laid, but as midnight arrives, the night takes another direction in the form of a computer assimilation plot. Y2K is a late 90s nostalgia trip, bringing us back to when we remember hearing about a technological apocalypse in the new millennium. This film explores the idea of computers taking humans over, leaving it up to high school kids at a party to save each other. This movie features coming-of-age elements as well as silly jokes with nostalgia often being forced in just in case anyone forgot when the movie was taking place. While we had mixed feelings about this one, it's definitely a movie that captured our generation and a conspiracy we lived through. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 296 - Holidays (2016) Review | 29 Dec 2025 | 01:30:58 | |
A dark and twisted spin on everyone's favorite holidays in an anthology exploring traditions and what we've come to know and love. Holidays is a horror anthology that tells 8 tales based on several popular holidays including Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Christmas, and New Year's Day. This film has a strong director lineup including stories from Kevin Smith, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Dennis Widmyer, and Scott Stewart among others, as well as some surprise acting appearances from Seth Green, Harley Morenstein, Sheila Vand, and Lorenza Izzo. While the movie had an interesting theme and some standout stories, it's a mixed bag with half of the stories unable to deliver and lacked a wrap around. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 295 - The Lodge (2019) Review | 22 Dec 2025 | 01:09:00 | |
Two children stay at their family cabin along with their father's girlfriend during a snowstorm. Tensions heighten when odd events occur which shakes their troubled relationship. The Lodge is a heavy movie that explores grief, loneliness, and guilt set in an isolated cabin in the middle of a snowstorm and delves into how these complex emotions can affect an already fragile relationship. The acting is great in this movie especially from Riley Keough, who plays Grace, a lone death cult survivor, who is trying to rebuild her life, but dealing with the lasting impact of her past. Shane's brother and frequent guest, Nick Smith, joins us to discuss how this movie creates a bleak atmosphere, builds tension, and delivers strong twists. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast
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| 294 - Red Christmas (2016) Review | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:52:03 | |
A cloaked man pays Diane and her family a visit on Christmas Day and he ensures this is a Christmas they'll never forget. What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 293 - Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991) Review | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:54:54 | |
Killer toys, programmed by an older toymaker who works along with his son, are designed to kill children. Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker may be even more bizarre to watch than the last Silent, Deadly Night movie if it's possible. In a series with little to no continuity or identify, this installment features a drunken, elderly toymaker making toys programmed to kill children. A young boy appears to be the next target after the boy's father dies mysteriously from a toy left at their doorstep, and the event renders the boy mute. This movie is very fun to watch and has so many crazy storylines converging that are hard to make sense of. It all leads up to a few twists towards the end of the movie that are absolutely insane. While we have different opinions of this movie, we all agree it's very entertaining. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 292 - It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) Review | 06 Dec 2025 | 00:49:37 | |
After Winnie, puts an end to a killer in her town, life is meaningless. When she wishes she wasn't born under the aurora, she's transported to a parallel universe where life is going on without her and it's not promising. What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 291 - A Quiet Place (2018) Review | 25 Nov 2025 | 01:01:55 | |
After the arrival of strange creatures who use their strong hearing to hunt, a family fights to stay alive by living their lives in silence. A Quiet Place is directed by John Kraskinsi, who also stars in the film alongside Emily Blunt. While not his directorial debut, it's Krasinski's first horror movie and he makes an impact on the genre immediately. In what many, including us, believe is a modern day classic, Krasinski paints a sad world where a loving family is forced to live a silent existence in order to stay alive. This movie has so much going for it with excellent character development, interesting creatures, a theme of guilt that leads to an excellent conclusion, tense moments, and unique storytelling. The film doesn't overstay its welcome and while nobody expected something like this from Krasinski, it delivers in every way. YouTube | The Final Podcast What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 290 - Heretic (2024) Review | 17 Nov 2025 | 01:22:33 | |
Two young Mormon women discuss their faith in the house of a strange man who has plans to make it a night no one will forget. Heretic is a psychological horror movie like no other led by a strong and unlikely, Hugh Grant, performance. The film also stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East who also deliver strong performances in a movie that's highly dialogue-driven, but tense throughout. From the character expressions to the theological debates, this movie had us unconformable from start to finish and one that we believe is a modern classic. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 289 - Saw IV (2007) Review | 12 Nov 2025 | 01:06:29 | |
Although Jigsaw is dead, the games continue as Lieutenant Rigg is tested in order to save his colleagues. What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 288 - I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) Review | 03 Nov 2025 | 01:05:59 | |
An easily frightened hospice nurse arrives at the house of a sick author and while caring for her, she discovers one of her stories may reveal secrets about the house. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is Osgood Perkins' second movie and while we enjoyed Longlegs and the style of storytelling Perkins used in that movie, this one didn't land for us. This film, while clearly artsy, came off as a basic ghost story with little-to-no substance for us. While this movie certainly has a fan base, it just wasn't one of our favorites. Oftentimes ghost stories can be unique and very interesting, but unfortunately, it just didn't work for us. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 287 - Totally Killer (2023) Review | 27 Oct 2025 | 01:03:05 | |
35 years after the "Sweet Sixteen Killer" murders, the infamous killer returns and takes another victim. Incidentally, a young girl travels back in time to 1987 and attempts to stop the initial killings. Totally Killer is a fun, light-hearted horror film to close out Spooky Season. There's nothing worse than a horror comedy that isn't funny. Good thing that's not the case with this one. This movie delivers on laughs, music, and vibes as an infamous serial killer is tracked through time and our protagonist has a personal stake to attempt to stop the killer in the past to preserve the future. The movie has a great array of characters that translate well both in the present and the past and adds new elements to the time travel piece where even minor impacts in the past will cause major ripples and change the future. While this movie didn't have a ton of buzz, it certainly delivers. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 286 - Haunt (2019) Review | 20 Oct 2025 | 01:13:12 | |
After partying on Halloween, a group of friends enter a haunted house that turns their deepest fears into reality. Haunt is our next review for Spooky Season and it sure is a fun watch. There's nothing like watching movies about extreme haunted houses in October. There's a bit here for everyone as there are slasher elements, some psychological horror, as well as a mystery. While this movie doesn't reinvent the wheel, it is a nice addition to Halloween horror and one that we believe can be an every-year Halloween staple. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 285 - Victor Crowley (2017) Review | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:49:41 | |
After 10 years, Victor Crowley starts killing again in the Honey Island Swamp. Victor Crowley is the fourth installment of the Hatchet movies and if nothing else, this slasher series continues to have crazy kills in the bayou. What we've come to love from these movies is that they maintain the same premise in all movies which is a group heading into the Honey Island Swamp, only to be met and absolutely torn to pieces in different ways by Victor Crowley. This movie resurrects the curse of Victor Crowley where he continues his killing spree with new victims. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 284 - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) Review | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:55:03 | |
Michael and a mysterious cult come to Haddonfield to locate Jamie's newborn child for the evil and dastardly deeds. Spooky Season is back and like usual, we are discussing Michael Myers and now we're reviewing Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. This is the sixth installment in the Halloween franchise and by far the most convoluted. This film stars Paul Rudd in an underwhelming performance, but it's not all on him as the script is all over the place. This film not only has Michael coming to Haddonfield, but also a cult who are on paths to locate Jamie's newborn child. Will the cult be able to get their hands on the newborn for their ritual? Will Michael continue his reign of terror and kill everyone in his path? Watch the movie and catch our review? YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 283 - Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) Review | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:56:58 | |
Contestants of a reality show titled "The Apocalypse" start filming and find their shooting location is occupied by a family of inbred cannibals who want nothing more than to kill and eat them. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is the unlikely finale of Sequel September 2025, but it's the follow-up to one of our favorite horror movies growing up and is a fun movie with a ton of crazy kills. The reality show element is ridiculous, but provides an interesting setting as it leaves all the contestants vulnerable to an unforeseen horror in the woods of West Virginia. While not as good as the first, this movie is a lot of fun, and doesn't shy away from the blood and gore, and is overall gross throughout. It's also always entertaining to see Henry Rollins play a badass who takes the fight back to the deformed inbred cannibals. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||
| 282 - Scream (2022) Review | 22 Sep 2025 | 01:14:38 | |
Old hidden secrets come to haunt teens in Woodsboro as a Ghostface killer resurfaces and anyone related to individuals from previous murders become targets. Scream thematically maintains the clever parody of previous slasher movies and tropes, but weaves in new horror insights into a fresh film that still maintains the integrity of the franchise. The Scream movie series continues to have the same types of red herrings in the mystery while remaining innovative. While not as good as the first couple of movies in the series, this movie doesn't disappoint and has another great cast with newcomers like Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, and Mikey Madison, and brings back series favorites like Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette. More great kills, funny deliveries, and unforeseen twists. Watch the movie and catch our review. YouTube | The Final Podcast Music Credit: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio What should we review next? Toss us a vibe and send over a recommendation! | |||