Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review (2026)

Episodes

#308 – Oldboy (2003)

Episode | 118 min | Mar 2, 2021

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Korean revenge films, hammer-fu, and the tentacle filled thriller, Oldboy.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:25)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (9:56)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:50)

Rotten Tomatoes (74:52)

Trivia (80:39)

Cooter of the Week (85:20)

What We've Been Watching (92:22)

Hotline Scream (99:45)

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118 min

#307 – Saint Maud (2021)

Episode | 111 min | Feb 23, 2021

Follows a pious nurse who becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss live-in nurses, Coney Island, and the latest A24 production, Saint Maud.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:45)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:50)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (12:29)

Rotten Tomatoes (67:22)

Cooter of the Week (72:15)

What We've Been Watching (81:41)

Hotline Scream (91:00)

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111 min

#306 – My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Episode | 123 min | Feb 14, 2021

A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss love triangles, harmonica duets, and the most romantic slasher every put to celluloid, My Bloody Valentine (1981).

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:12)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (6:13)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:58)

Rotten Tomatoes (75:07)

Trivia (80:56)

Cooter of the Week (87:40)

Hotline Scream (96:55)

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123 min

#305 – The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)

Episode | 107 min | Feb 9, 2021

Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss children's horror movies, various places to put peanut butter, and Michael Rubbo's oddball film from 1985, The Peanut Butter Solution.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:05)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (7:56)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:00)

Rotten Tomatoes (64:03)

Trivia (67:19)

Cooter of the Week (73:50)

What We've Been Watching (81:53)

Hotline Scream (90:24)

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107 min

#304 – Synchronic (2021)

Episode | 107 min | Feb 1, 2021

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss New Orleans, designer drugs, and Aaron Benson and Justin Moorhead's time bending, Synchronic.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:08)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:58)

Rotten Tomatoes (69:10)

Trivia (74:42)

Cooter of the Week (79:56)

What We've Been Watching (85:12)

Hotline Scream (94:56)

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107 min

#303 – Timecrimes (2007)

Episode | 113 min | Jan 25, 2021

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss time loops, the concept of fate, and the Spanish language mind bender, Timecrimes.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:48)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (10:17)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:10)

Rotten Tomatoes (67:51)

Trivia (72:50)

Cooter of the Week (77:05)

What We've Been Watching (84:23)

Hotline Scream (96:30)

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113 min

#302 – Shocking Dark aka Terminator 2 (1989)

Episode | 101 min | Jan 19, 2021

In a polluted future Venice, researchers work to improve the water quality. When the scientists start mysteriously dying, a team of soldiers are sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Bruno Mattei, Italian horror, and the Alien/Terminator knockoff, Shocking Dark.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (4:58)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:41)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (16:48)

Rotten Tomatoes (67:28)

Cooter of the Week (72:37)

What We've Been Watching (79:09)

Hotline Scream (95:05)

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101 min

#301 – Insidious (2010)

Episode | 127 min | Jan 12, 2021

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss James Wan, Leigh Wannell, and Patrick Wilson in, Insidious.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:15)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:00)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (16:52)

Rotten Tomatoes (79:08)

Trivia (83:34)

Cooter of the Week (90:46)

What We've Been Watching (100:23)

Hotline Scream (115:32)

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127 min

#300 – In Memoriam

Episode | 127 min | Jan 3, 2021

As you may have seen in headlines and on the news, the Straight Chilling Crew tragically perished in a jet-ski accident last week. Let us gather and reflect upon what a monumental loss this is for the horror podcast community.

On this week's episode…

Join Anthony from Something Ghoulish, Nichole from Light and Shadow, and John from Horrorphoria as they celebrate the lives and careers of the late Straight Chilling Crew.

Show Notes:

In Memoriam: (00:47)

Housekeeping: (25:10)

Overview of the last 100 shows/Trivia: (33:47)

Straight Stats: (48:53)

Regretted Scores: (59:40)

Who Said That!?: (71:47)

Listener Questions: (81:45)

Hotline Scream: (95:45)

Clip Reel: (112:30)

Shouts Outs: (120:32)

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