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The Bloodlust

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We review horror movies. We tackle everything from the well-known blockbuster flicks, to the classics (with the occasional TV show thrown in). Nothing is too high or lowbrow, as we dissect everything from "Don’t Look Now" to "Leprechaun" with equal fervor. Join us, won’t you, as we revel in the blood and guts of the genre. Aficionados and noobs alike, everyone will find something to love about The Bloodlust.
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Not Rated Runtime: 1hr 34min Written & Directed by Chris Nash Stars: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic and Cameron Love Premiered at Sundance Film Festival January 22, 2024 Released in theaters May 31, 2024 RT: 81% critics / 43% audience Synopsis When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, …
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Rated PG-13 Runtime: 1hr 40min Written & Directed by Jane Schoenbrun Stars: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Ian Foreman Premiered at Sundance Film Festival January 18, 2024 Released in theaters May 17, 2024 RT: 84% critics / 68% audience Synopsis Shy teenager Owen is intrigued by a supernatural teen TV show and an older classmate named Madd…
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Rated R Runtime: 1hr 30min Directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy Written by Darach McGarrigle Stars: Millie Brady, Pollyanna McIntosh and Akshay Kumar Premiered at Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival July 1, 2023 Limited release in theaters February 9, 2024 RT: 100% critics / 73% audience Synopsis Test subjects for an experimental drug trial gone …
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Rated R Runtime: 1hr 33min Written & Directed by Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes Stars: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon and Ian Bliss Premiered at South by Southwest March 10, 2023 Released in theaters March 22, 2024 RT: 97% critics / 81% audience Synopsis A late-night talk show attempts to grab big ratings during sweeps week with a paranormal-t…
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Rated R Runtime: 1hr 59min Directed by Arkasha Stevenson Written by Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith and Keith Thomas Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson and Sonia Braga Released in theaters April 5, 2024 RT: 81% critics / 70% audience Synopsis Another young novitiate from the U.S. arrives at her new home in an Italian convent and soon realizes that t…
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Rated R Runtime: 1hr 29min Directed by Michael Mohan Written by Andrew Lobel Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte and Simona Tabasco Premiered at South by Southwest March 12, 2024 Released in theaters March 22, 2024 RT: 71% critics / 59% audience Synopsis A young novitiate arrives at her new home in a remote Italian convent and soon realizes that th…
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Rated R Runtime: 1hr 33min Directed by Robert Morgan Written by Robert Morgan and Robin King Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Stella Gonet and Tom York Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 24, 2023 Available on streaming starting March 15, 2024 RT: 89% critics / 52% audience Synopsis An animator who works under her overbearing mother starts to come unglu…
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Not Rated Runtime: 1hr 38min Written & Directed by Stephen Cognetti Stars: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown and James Liddell Limited theatrical release October 24, 2023, premiered on Shudder October 30, 2023 RT: 87% critics / 82% audience Synopsis Faux documentary about an internet sleuth who, along with her partner and her brother, sp…
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Rated PG-13 Runtime: 1hr 44min Written & Directed by Alejandro Amenábar Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan and Christopher Eccleston Premiered August 2, 2001 RT: 84% critics / 77% audience Synopsis A woman who lives with her photosensitive children in the countryside and waits for her husband to return from WWII becomes convinced that their ho…
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Rated R Runtime: 1hr 52min Stars: Efren Ramirez, Greg Grunberg and Sonya Eddy Premiered at the Fantastic Fest September 25, 2022 Released on VOD September 14, 2023 RT: 91% critics / 45% audience Synopsis Wraparound segment - “The Traveler” Directed by Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider! Tales of Halloween) The sole survivor of a massacre is interrogated b…
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Directed by J.A. Bayona Written by J.A. Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques, Nicolas Casariego (based on book by Pablo Vierci) Rated R Runtime: 2hr 24min Stars: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustin Pardella, Matias Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi Premiered at the Venice Film Festival September 9, 2023 Released in limited theater December 23, 2023 and on Netflix J…
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Directed by Laura Moss Written by Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'Brien Rated R Runtime: 1hr 41min Stars: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes and A.J. Lister Premiered at Sundance January 20, 2023 Limited release August 18, 2023 RT: 96% critics / 75% audience Synopsis A morgue technician has developed a method to reanimate the dead using embryonic tissue. When s…
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Directed by Kevin Greutert Written by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg Rated R Runtime: 1hr 58min Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Synnøve Macody Lund Released September 29, 2023 in theaters RT: 80% critics / 89% audience Synopsis John Kramer returns, and he still has cancer! This time, John is swindled by a group pretending to provide a mirac…
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Directed by Eli Roth Written by Jeff Rendell Rated R Runtime: 1hr 46min Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon and Ty Olsson Released November 17, 2023 in theaters RT: 84% critics / 79% audience Synopsis One year after a Black Friday riot killed multiple people, a masked killer starts picking off those involved in gruesome ways. Join us next time whe…
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**Director**: Jalmari Helander **Writers**: Jalmari Helander, Juuso Helander **Stars**: Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila **Synopsis**: On the border of Finland and Russia, 486 meters deep within the Korvatunturi mountains, lies a long-buried secret of Christmas. After a group of excavators unearth this secret, the nearby village learns th…
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Directed by David Slade Written by Michael Gilio, based on the novel by Norman Partridge Rated R Runtime: 1hr 36min Stars: Casey Likes, Emyri Crutchfield and Jeremy Davies Released October 13, 2023 on VOD RT: 71% critics / 48% audience Synopsis The teenage boys in a small town compete in a macabre contest each Halloween to hunt down and devour a mo…
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Written & Directed by Demián Rugna Unrated Runtime: 1hr 34min Stars: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Luis Ziembrowski and Demián Salomón Premiered at TIFF September 13, 2023 Released in limited theaters October 6, 2023 and on Shudder October 27, 2023 RT: 99% critics / 57% audience Synopsis Two brothers in a small village discover a possessed man on their neigh…
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Written & Directed by Anna Zlokovic Rated TV-MA Runtime: 1hr 34min Stars: Hadley Robinson, Emily Hampshire and Kausar Mohammed Premiered at South by Southwest March 11, 2023 Released on Hulu October 2, 2023 RT: 52% critics / 62% audience Synopsis A stressed-out young woman finds that her anxieties are manifesting themselves in strange ways, as a gr…
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Not Rated Runtime: 1hr 50min Stars: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone and Jordan Belfi Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 22, 2023 Released on Shudder October 6, 2023 RT: 73%/71% Synopsis Total Copy (frame story): Directed by David Bruckner No Wake (Segment 1): Directed by Mike P. Nelson God of Death (Segment 2): Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero TKN…
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Written & Directed by Jennifer Reeder Stars Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Lowell Not Rated Runtime: 1hr 41mins Premiered at Berlin International Film Festival February 17, 2023 Released September 1, 2023 RT: 80% critics, 32% audience Synopsis Teenage outcast Jonny is sent to live with her strange aunt in a town where girls have …
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Directed by Samuel Bodin Written by Chris Thomas Devlin Stars Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr and Cleopatra Coleman Rated R Runtime: 1hr 28mins Released in the July 21, 2023 RT: 59% critics, 71% audience Synopsis A lonely little boy with overprotective parents is kept up at night by a tapping on his bedroom walls. Join us next time when we’ll be reviewi…
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Directed by Justin Kurzel Written by Shaun Grant, based on the book by Debi Marshall and Andrew McGarry Stars Lucas Pittaway and Daniel Henshall Not Rated Runtime: 1hr 59mins Premiered at Cannes May 16, 2011 Released in the US March 2, 2012 RT: 85% critics, 66% audience Synopsis Based on the true story of John Bunting, Australia’s most prolific ser…
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Directed by André Øvredal Written by Bragi F. Schut and Zak Olkewicz Stars Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi and Javier Botet Rated R Runtime: 1hr 58mins Released August 11, 2023 RT: 49% critics, 74% audience Synopsis Based on a single chapter, the Captain's Log, from Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel "Dracula", the story is set aboard the Russian sc…
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Directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou Written by Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman and Daley Pearson Stars Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto and Alexandra Jensen Rated R Runtime: 1hr 35mins Premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival October 30, 2022 Released July 28, 2023 RT: 94% critics, 83% audience Synopsis A teenager grieving the loss of her moth…
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Directed by Patrick Wilson Written by Scott Teems Stars Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne Rated PG-13 Runtime: 1hr 47mins Released July 7, 2023 RT: 37% critics, 70% audience Synopsis The Lambert family is split up, with Josh and Renai divorced and Josh estranged from his sons. After a college class rekindles repressed memories for son Dalt…
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Directed by Tim Story Written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins Stars Antoinette Robertson, Dewayne Perkins and Sinqua Walls Rated R Runtime: 1hr 37mins Premiered at Toronto International Film Festival September 16, 2022 Released June 16, 2023 RT: 86% critics, 85% audience Synopsis A group of college friends reunite ten years later to celebrate J…
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Written & Directed by Kyle Edward Ball Stars Lucas Paul, Ross Paul and Dali Rose Tetreault Unrated Runtime: 1hr 40mins Premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival July 25, 2022 Released January 13, 2023 RT: 71% critics, 44% audience Synopsis A brother and sister awake to find that all the doors and windows have vanished from their house, and …
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Directed by Rob Savage Written by: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, Mark Heyman (adapted from Stephen King short story) Stars Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair Rated PG-13 Runtime: 1hr 38mins Released June 2, 2023 RT: 62% critics, 66% audience Synopsis Sisters grieving the recent death of their mother find that they have a new horror to con…
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Written & Directed by Ari Aster Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone and Amy Ryan Rated R Runtime: 2hr 59mins Released April 21, 2023 RT: 68% critics, 71% audience Synopsis A man learns of the death of his mother and then experiences the subsequent complete destruction of his life. Join us next time when we’ll at long last be watching and reviewing …
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Written & Directed by Brandon Cronenberg Stars Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman Rated R Runtime: 1hr 57mins Premiered at Sundance January 21, 2023 Released January 27, 2023 RT: 86% critics, 52% audience Synopsis A bored couple on vacation in a small foreign country runs afoul of the government and must face an unexpected punishme…
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Written & Directed by Lee Cronin Stars Mirabai Pease, Anna-Maree Thomas and Alyssa Sutherland Rated R Runtime: 1hr 37mins Premiered at SxSW March 15, 2023 Released April 21, 2023 RT: 85% critics, 80% audience Available in theaters Synopsis New book, same old story - this time the evil book is discovered by a young family and possesses their mother.…
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Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick Stars Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega Rated R Runtime: 2hr 2mins Released March 10, 2023 RT: 77% critics, 91% audience Available in theaters Synopsis The fucks are at it again! This time several different people want to be the next Ghostfa…
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Written & Directed by Carlota Pereda Stars Laura Galan, Richard Holmes, and Carmen Machi Rated NR Runtime: 1hr 39mins Released October 7, 2022 RT: 92% critics, 57% audience Available on Hulu and AMC+ Synopsis An overweight bullied teen girl finds sympathy from an unexpected source and soon finds herself at the center of a town mystery. Join us next…
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Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Written by Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow Stars Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton Rated R Runtime: 1hr 34mins Released October 3, 1987 RT: 83% critics, 74% audience Available on Shudder and AMC+ Synopsis A young man is bitten by a pretty girl who turns out to be a vampire and is taken with her and her gang on …
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Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Written by M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman, Based on the novel The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge Rated R Runtime: 1hr 40mins Released February 3, 2023 RT: 67% critics, 64% audience Available in theaters Synopsis A family’s vaca…
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Written & Directed by Wes Craven Stars Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill and Wendy Robie Rated R Runtime: 1hr 42mins Released November 1, 1991 RT: 70% critics, 59% audience Available to rent Synopsis Facing eviction, a young boy agrees to help two men break into their weirdo landlord’s home to find gold coins. Once inside, however, they find th…
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Directed by Gerard Johnstone Written by Akela Cooper, Story by Akela Cooper and James Wan Stars Allison Williams, Violet McGraw and Amie Donald Rated PG-13 Runtime: 1hr 42mins Released January 6, 2023 RT: 94% critics, 78% audience Synopsis A robotics engineer creates an extremely lifelike child robot and allows it to bond with her recently orphaned…
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Directed by Mark Mylod Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy Stars Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult and Janet McTeer Rated R Runtime: 1hr 47mins Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 10, 2022 Released November 18, 2022 RT: 89% critics, 76% audience Available in the US on HBO Synopsis A group of 12 high-brow foo…
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Written & Directed by Kasi Lemmons Stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield Rated R Runtime: 1hr 55mins (Director’s Cut) Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival September 7, 1997 Released November 7, 1997 RT: 84% critics, 89% audience Synopsis “The summer I killed my father I was 10 years old.” So begins th…
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Amy and Jamie go through the horror movies they covered in 2022 and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. Next time you hear from us, it’ll be the year 2023. Keep a close eye on our social media accounts to hear what our first movie of 2023 will be! Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Comm…
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Written & Directed by Damien Leone Stars Lauren LaVera, David Howard Thornton and Elliott Fullam Not Rated Runtime: 2hr 18mins Premiered at Fantastic Fest September 22, 2022 Released October 6, 2022 RT: 86% critics, 81% audience Synopsis Art the Clown is resurrected and returns to Miles County to wreak havoc once again. This time he targets a teena…
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Shredding Written & Directed by Maggie Levin A band plays a gig in an abandoned club where a now infamous punk band was killed Suicide Bid Written & Directed by Johannes Roberts A sorority pledge spends the night in a coffin as part of a hazing ritual Ozzy’s Dungeon Directed by Flying Lotus, Written by Flying Lotus and Zoe Cooper When a young conte…
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Directed by David Gordon Green Written by David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Chris Bernier and Paul Brad Logan Stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak and James Jude Courtney Rated R Runtime: 1hr 51min Released October 14, 2022 RT: 40% critics, 57% audience Synopsis The final chapter in David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy. There’s a new “Michael M…
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Directed by Damon Thomas Written by Jenna Lamia, based on the novel by Grady Hendrix Stars Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller and Christopher Lowell Rated R Runtime: 1hr 37min Released September 30, 2022 RT: 52% critics, 38% audience Synopsis Gretchen and Abby are best friends navigating high school in 1988 suburbia. After a night of taking LSD at a lake h…
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Directed by Ti West Written by Ti West and Mia Goth Stars Mia Goth, David Corenswet and Emma Jenkins-Purro Rated R Runtime: 1hr 43min Released September 16, 2022 RT: 89% critics, 82% audience (X was 94%/75%) Synopsis The story of Pearl, a young married woman living on her parents’ farm during WWI while her husband is away at war. Pearl feels stifle…
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Directed by Rebekah McKendry Written by Joshua Hull, David Ian McKendry and Todd Rigney Stars Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons Unrated Runtime: 1hr 19min Released June 18, 2022 RT: 87% critics, 53% audience Synopsis A man wakes up to find himself trapped inside a rest stop bathroom with a Lovecraftian hell god voiced by character actor J.K. Simmons. N…
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Written & Directed by Chloe Okuno, based on a screenplay by Zack Ford Stars Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman and Burn Gorman Rated R Runtime: 1hr 31min Premiered at Sundance January 21, 2022 Released June 3, 2022 RT: 88% critics, 67% audience Synopsis An American woman moves with her husband to Bucharest, Romania so that he can take a new job. Often left…
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Directed by Halina Reijn Written by Sarah DeLappe, Based on a story by Kristen Roupenian Stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova and Rachel Sennott Rated R Runtime: 1hr 34min Premiered at SxSW March 14, 2022 Released August 5, 2022 RT: 88% critics, 72% audience Synopsis Quiet Bee travels with new girlfriend Sophie to the home of her wealthy best fri…
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Written & Directed by Jordan Peele Stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun Rated R Runtime: 2hr 10min Released July 22, 2022 RT: 82% critics, 69% audience Synopsis OJ and Emerald Haywood are siblings trying to keep their family’s horse training ranch in business after the unusual death of their father. Once the strange, supernatural event…
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Directed by Anthony DiBlasi Written by Anthony DiBlasi and Scott Poiley Stars Juliana Harkavy Rated R Runtime: 1hr 28min Debuted at Frightfest in London October 24, 2014 Released October 5, 2015 RT: 100% critics (9 reviews), 51% audience Synopsis A rookie cop is tasked with patrolling a closing precinct where a horrific massacre once took place. Ne…
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