Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review (2026)

Episodes

#368 – The Northman (2022)

Episode | 122 min | Apr 27, 2022

An action filled epic that follows a young Viking prince who vows to avenge his father, save his mother and kill his traitorous uncle.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Vikings, the legend of Amleth and Robert Eggers' third film, The Northman (2022).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:30)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:57)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (17:02)

Rotten Tomatoes (80:28)

Trivia (86:53)

Cooter of the Week (94:35)

Hotline Scream (101:29)

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122 min

#367 – The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Episode | 111 min | Apr 20, 2022

While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life, only for it not to behave the way he intended.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Hammer horror, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Terence Fisher's, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:38)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:20)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:18)

Rotten Tomatoes (75:22)

Trivia (79:34)

Cooter of the Week (84:42)

What We've Been Watching (89:42)

Hotline Scream (102:44)

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111 min

#366 – Turbo Kid (2015)

Episode | 98 min | Apr 13, 2022

In post apocalyptic 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favorite hero to save his enthusiastic friend from a tyrannical overlord.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss kids on bikes, insane gore and 90's nostalgia in RKSS' extremely entertaining, Turbo Kid (2015).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:50)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (16:53)

Rotten Tomatoes (64:56)

Trivia (71:40)

Cooter of the Week (75:00)

What We've Been Watching (78:30)

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98 min

#365 – Private Parts (1972)

Episode | 118 min | Apr 6, 2022

Cheryl moves into her estranged Aunt Martha's skid row hotel. One of the residents takes a special interest in her as she begins to suspect another girl was murdered.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss shitty Aunts, bondage priests, inflatable dolls and the psychosexual, Private Parts (1972).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:45)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:15)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:21)

Rotten Tomatoes (70:50)

Trivia (75:25)

Cooter of the Week (79:22)

What We've Been Watching (87:35)

Hotline Scream (102:30)

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118 min

#364 – X (2022)

Episode | 125 min | Mar 30, 2022

In Texas 1979, a young group of amateur filmmakers set out to make a porno. When their elderly hosts find out their not just renting a cabin for vacation but using it as a film set, they have to fight to survive the night.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss fleeting youth, the art of filmmaking and Ti West's slasher, X (2022).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:44)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (13:37)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (17:06)

Rotten Tomatoes (75:42)

Trivia (82:32)

Cooter of the Week (89:30)

What We've Been Watching (99:35)

Hotline Scream (112:31)

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125 min

#363 – The Beyond (1981)

Episode | 117 min | Mar 23, 2022

A young woman inherits an old hotel in New Orleans. After a series of supernatural accidents she learns the building was constructed on top of one of the entrances to Hell.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Italian horror, Dardano Sacchetti and Lucio Fulci's video nasty, The Beyond (1981).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:26)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:40)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:34)

Rotten Tomatoes (75:20)

Trivia (80:32)

Cooter of the Week (91:04)

What We've Been Watching (94:34)

Hotline Scream (109:41)

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117 min

#362 – Fresh (2022)

Episode | 119 min | Mar 16, 2022

The horrors of modern dating as seen through one young woman's defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend's unusual appetite.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Sebastian Stan, Daisy Edgar-Jones, online dating and black market cannibalism in Mimi Cave's, Fresh (2022).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:03)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:52)

Rotten Tomatoes (78:00)

Cooter of the Week (84:13)

What We've Been Watching (93:06)

News (105:41)

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119 min

#361 – Nosferatu (1922)

Episode | 125 min | Mar 9, 2022

The Transylvanian vampire, Count Orlock, expresses interest in purchasing real estate in Wisborg, Germany. With him he brings the shadowy death bird who engulfs all it encounters, strangling their hearts and damning their souls to rot eternally in the cursed Earth Belial's seed was born from.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss vampires, Bram Stoker, and F.W. Murnau's Symphony of Horror, Nosferatu (1922).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:14)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:47)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (19:02)

Rotten Tomatoes (84:48)

Trivia (91:46)

Cooter of the Week (98:04)

What We've Been Watching (106:32)

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125 min

#360 – Get Duked! (2019)

Episode | 108 min | Mar 2, 2022

An anarchic hip-hop inspired comedy that follows 4 city boys on a wilderness trek as the try and escape a mysterious huntsman.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Run the Jewels, Vince Staples, Danny Brown and 4 impressionable youths getting stoned in the wilderness in Ninian Doff's comedic romp, Get Duked! (2019).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:30)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:57)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:03)

Rotten Tomatoes (75:00)

Cooter of the Week (83:00)

What We've Been Watching (87:56)

Hotline Scream (100:13)

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108 min

#359 – Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

Episode | 121 min | Feb 23, 2022

After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Leatherface, Sally Hardesty, and Fede Alvarez in David Blue Garcia's sequel to an all time classic, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:38)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (6:47)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:03)

Rotten Tomatoes (73:13)

Trivia (78:58)

Cooter of the Week (86:23)

What We've Been Watching (90:38)

Hotline Scream (102:21)

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