Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review (2026)

Episodes

#348 – Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

Episode | 116 min | Dec 6, 2021

A meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect like creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. Gamera shows up to deal with the ever evolving space oddity, but the battle may result in him losing his bond with humanity.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss kaiju films, tokusatsu and everybody's favorite Toho turtle in, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:33)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:16)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (23:04)

Rotten Tomatoes (77:06)

Trivia (82:44)

Cooter of the Week (85:57)

What We've Been Watching (90:25)

Hotline Scream (103:46)

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116 min

#347 – Bride of Chucky (1998)

Episode | 129 min | Nov 29, 2021

Chucky is reunited with his previous lover and the two go on a killing spree in attempt to rid themselves of their doll bodies.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Don Mancini, Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, and Katherine Heigl in Ronny Yu's Bride of Chucky.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:05)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (14:20)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:49)

Rotten Tomatoes (72:30)

Trivia (77:55)

Cooter of the Week (83:10)

What We've Been Watching (91:05)

Hotline Scream (102:50)

News (107:38)

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129 min

#346 – Ghosthouse (1988)

Episode | 87 min | Nov 22, 2021

Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Italian horror, Umberto Lenzi and the sequel to Evil Dead you didn't know existed, Ghosthouse.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (6:43)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:28)

Rotten Tomatoes (63:37)

Cooter of the Week (69:22)

Hotline Scream (74:20)

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87 min

#345 – Jennifer's Body (2009)

Episode | 117 min | Nov 15, 2021

A possessed high school girl turns into a succubus and begins killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put a stop to it?

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Diablo Cody in Karen Kusama's teenage bloodbath, Jennifer's Body.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:24)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (6:50)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (12:33)

Rotten Tomatoes (73:18)

Trivia (80:23)

Cooter of the Week (86:06)

What We've Been Watching (92:08)

Hotline Scream (103:53)

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117 min

#344 – Scooby-Doo (2002)

Episode | 116 min | Nov 11, 2021

After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Raja Gosnell's live action interpretation of Scooby-Doo (2002).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:25)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:14)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:30)

Rotten Tomatoes (64:44)

Trivia (71:58)

Cooter of the Week (80:20)

What We've Been Watching (86:57)

Hotline Scream (102:52)

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116 min

#343 – Carrie (1976)

Episode | 116 min | Oct 31, 2021

Carrie White, a shy, friendless girl who is sheltered by her hyper religious mother unleashes her telekinetic powers on her high school classmates after being humiliated.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, and Brian DePalma's adaptation of Stephen King's first novel, Carrie (1976).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:52)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:16)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:20)

Rotten Tomatoes (83:32)

Trivia (88:45)

Cooter of the Week (93:51)

What We've Been Watching (100:11)

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116 min

#342 – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V-VII (1994-1996)

Episode | 128 min | Oct 25, 2021

The satiric adventures of a working class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss episodes V-VII of the Simpsons Halloween tradition, Treehouse of Horror.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:52)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (6:26)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (8:15)

Hotline Scream (102:00)

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128 min

#341 – Halloween Kills (2021)

Episode | 125 min | Oct 18, 2021

Picking up where Halloween 2018 leaves off, Michael Myers survives Laurie Strode's burning basement and continues to slash his way through Haddonfield on Halloween night. Who lives? Who dies? Does it matter? Tune in and find out.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Michael Myers, Jamie Lee Curtis, and the entire town of Haddonfield in the second installment of David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy, Halloween Kills.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:54)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:07)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:25)

Rotten Tomatoes (86:26)

Trivia (92:28)

Cooter of the Week (99:12)

What We've Been Watching (102:44)

Hotline Scream (113:12)

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125 min

#340 – Triple Feature: Halloween (1978), Halloween 2 (1981), Halloween H2O (1998)

Episode | 186 min | Oct 12, 2021

Halloween:

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

Halloween 2:

Picking up where the original film left off on Halloween night 1978, a now traumatized Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital. Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt the evil Michael Myers as he continues to terrorize Haddonfield.

Halloween H2O:

Picking up 20 years after the original massacre, Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school, must battle Michael Myers one "last" time.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Michael Myers, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Donald Pleasence in the birth and rebirth of John Carpenter's iconic Halloween franchise.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:15)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:59)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:44)

Rotten Tomatoes (56:32)

Trivia (59:23)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (66:43)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (69:14)

Rotten Tomatoes (119:07)

Trivia (122:12)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (126:19)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (130:48)

Rotten Tomatoes (168:12)

Trivia (172:48)

Cooter of the Week (176:36)

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186 min

#339 – The Guest (2014)

Episode | 109 min | Oct 4, 2021

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe and Ethan Embry in Adam Wingard's, The Guest.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:26)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:25)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:40)

Rotten Tomatoes (69:54)

Trivia (76:12)

Cooter of the Week (80:23)

What We've Been Watching (84:28)

Hotline Scream (94:30)

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