Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review (2026)

Episodes

#377 – The Black Phone (2022)

Episode | 116 min | Jun 29, 2022

After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13 year old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Joe Hill, Ethan Hawke and Madeleine McGraw in Scott Derrickson's, The Black Phone (2022).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:45)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:28)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (16:55)

Rotten Tomatoes (71:02)

Trivia (76:46)

Cooter of the Week (81:18)

What We've Been Watching (89:06)

Hotline Scream (98:38)

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116 min

#376 – Threads (1984)

Episode | 118 min | Jun 22, 2022

The movie outlines the rising tensions between the Soviet Union, Iran and the United States resulting in nuclear war. The effects of nuclear fallout on the working class city of Sheffield, England are devastating and only get worse as they are documented over the course of the following decade.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss nuclear fallout, nuclear winter and the end of civilization as we know it in, Threads (1984).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:15)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:21)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (17:16)

Rotten Tomatoes (72:19)

Trivia (77:04)

Cooter of the Week (82:12)

What We've Been Watching (85:36)

Hotline Scream (99:11)

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118 min

#375 – Possum (2018)

Episode | 127 min | Jun 15, 2022

After returning to his childhood home, a disgraced puppeteer is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life.

On this week's episode...

Join the crew as we discuss troubled childhoods, unruly Uncles and Matthew Holness' Possum (2018).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:27)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:02)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:13)

Rotten Tomatoes (66:39)

Trivia (73:04)

Cooter of the Week (78:27)

What We've Been Watching (85:13)

Hotline Scream (105:24)

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127 min

The Overlook Film Festival Recap (2022)

Episode | 47 min | Jun 13, 2022

Randy and Bob attended the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans June 2-5 and have returned to tell the tale!

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, Roger Corman: The Pope of Pop Cinema, Resurrection, Nosfera2, Who Invited Them, Piggy, The Black Phone, Swallowed, Summoned and the various other hijinks we got into while partying down in the Crescent City!

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47 min

#374 – Men (2022)

Episode | 109 min | Jun 8, 2022

Following the death of her husband, a young woman takes a solo vacation to the English countryside. While there, she encounters several men who torment her in various ways.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss misogyny, grief and Alex Garland's folk, body horror mash up, Men (2022).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:36)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:25)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:24)

Rotten Tomatoes (71:08)

Cooter of the Week (77:37)

What We've Been Watching (86:21)

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109 min

#373 – Clue (1985)

Episode | 115 min | Jun 1, 2022

Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner. After the host is killed, they must work with the staff to identify the killer as the bodies pile up.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd and the board game turned feature film, Clue (1985).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:15)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:39)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (17:56)

Rotten Tomatoes (82:12)

Trivia (89:47)

Cooter of the Week (96:16)

Hotline Scream (105:03)

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115 min

#372 – Basket Case (1982)

Episode | 117 min | May 25, 2022

A young man carrying a wicker basket containing his deformed, previously conjoined twin brother, seeks vengeance upon the doctors who separated them.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss conjoined twins, New York City and Frank Henenlotter's drive-in classic, Basket Case (1982).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:08)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:53)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:49)

Rotten Tomatoes (73:57)

Trivia (80:42)

Cooter of the Week (88:35)

What We've Been Watching (95:49)

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117 min

#371 – The Sadness (2022)

Episode | 91 min | May 18, 2022

A young couple try to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss viral zombies, Taiwanese horror, and Rob Jabbaz' blood-soaked film, The Sadness (2022).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:24)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:25)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:55)

Rotten Tomatoes (64:10)

Trivia (71:01)

Cooter of the Week (74:22)

Hotline Scream (80:10)

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91 min

#370 – Jason X (2002)

Episode | 119 min | May 11, 2022

Jason Voorhees is frozen for over 400 years, discovered and taken to space. The crew of spaceship Grendel are in for a rude awakening when Jason wakes up and slashes his way into the 25^th century.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Jason Voorhees, cyborgs and nanotechnology in the 10^th film in the Friday the 13^th franchise, Jason X (2002).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:45)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:40)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:48)

Rotten Tomatoes (74:26)

Trivia (80:01)

Cooter of the Week (84:23)

What We've Been Watching (94:50)

Hotline Scream (110:52)

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