Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review (2026)

Episodes

#298 – Anything for Jackson (2020)

Episode | 114 min | Dec 21, 2020

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child but end up summoning more than they bargained for.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss a grandparent's love, unexpected pregnancy, and the satanic Shudder exclusive, Anything for Jackson.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:35)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:10)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:42)

Rotten Tomatoes (56:48)

Trivia (62:56)

Cooter of the Week (74:20)

What We've Been Watching (81:47)

Hotline Scream (101:52)

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114 min

#297 – Rare Exports (2010)

Episode | 95 min | Dec 15, 2020

In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss a giant Santa Claus, naked elves, and the Finnish Christmas horror film, Rare Exports.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:05)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (11:43)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (15:49)

Rotten Tomatoes (57:10)

Cooter of the Week (63:21)

What We've Been Watching (71:00)

Hotline Scream (81:32)

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95 min

#296 – Possessor (2020)

Episode | 123 min | Dec 7, 2020

Possessor follows an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies - ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss futuristic assassins, data mining, and Brandon Cronenberg's latest film, Possessor.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:20)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (12:07)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (18:27)

Rotten Tomatoes (72:30)

Trivia (77:21)

Cooter of the Week (83:52)

What We've Been Watching (93:36)

Hotline Scream (103:12)

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123 min

#295 – Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Episode | 119 min | Nov 30, 2020

A young couple trying for a baby move into a fancy apartment surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss cults, Faustian deals, and Roman Polanski's classic, Rosemary's Baby.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:13)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:59)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:27)

Rotten Tomatoes (73:29)

Trivia (79:18)

Cooter of the Week (85:54)

What We've Been Watching (93:40)

Hotline Scream (99:52)

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119 min

#294 – Perfect Blue (1997)

Episode | 123 min | Nov 23, 2020

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss psychological horror, anime, and Satoshi Kon's extremely influential, Perfect Blue.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:50)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:12)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (13:17)

Rotten Tomatoes (68:08)

Trivia (73:29)

Cooter of the Week (82:10)

What We've Been Watching (91:24)

Hotline Scream (100:29)

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123 min

#293 – Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Episode | 104 min | Nov 17, 2020

The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins in, Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:54)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (5:36)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:43)

Rotten Tomatoes (65:09)

Trivia (71:43)

Cooter of the Week (78:05)

What We've Been Watching (87:10)

Hotline Scream (97:15)

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104 min

#292 – Terrified (2017)

Episode | 96 min | Nov 9, 2020

When strange events occur in a neighborhood in Buenos Aires, a doctor specializing in the paranormal, her colleague, and a police officer decide to investigate further.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss coexisting dimensions, haunted neighborhoods, and loud ass neighbors in the Shudder exclusive, Terrified.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:33)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (14:58)

Rotten Tomatoes (63:46)

Cooter of the Week (70:31)

What We've Been Watching (76:39)

Hotline Scream (87:44)

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96 min

#291 – Seconds (1966)

Episode | 131 min | Nov 2, 2020

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Rock Hudson, life changing surgical procedures, and John Frankenheimer's, Seconds.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:03)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:11)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (12:26)

Rotten Tomatoes (78:50)

Trivia (84:44)

Cooter of the Week (89:46)

What We've Been Watching (99:47)

Hotline Scream (117:10)

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131 min

#290 – Triple Feature: Halloween 4 (1988), Halloween 5 (1989), Halloween 6 (1995)

Episode | 198 min | Oct 26, 2020

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?

Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Michael Myers, Druidic Cults, and Paul Rudd in one of the most baffling horror trilogies of all time, Halloween 4,5, & 6.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:27)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (8:02)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (11:34)

Rotten Tomatoes (51:27)

Trivia (57:06)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (62:40)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (68:35)

Rotten Tomatoes (110:26)

Trivia (113:07)