Straight Chilling: Horror Movie Review (2026)

Episodes

#259 – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Episode | 124 min | Mar 23, 2020

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss fairs, sleepwalking, and the 100 year old, German Expressionist film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (5:50)

What We've Been Watching (10:57)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (22:53)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (32:22)

Rotten Tomatoes (83:43)

Trivia (89:53)

Cooter of the Week (92:30)

News (99:24)

Hotline Scream (113:05)

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124 min

#258 – The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)

Episode | 90 min | Mar 17, 2020

Join the crew as we discuss carnivals, MST3K, and the movie with the longest title in cinema history, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:30)

What We've Been Watching (9:00)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (23:50)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (30:25)

Rotten Tomatoes (62:40)

Cooter of the Week (68:20)

News (75:40)

Hotline Scream (82:35)

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90 min

#257 – The Invisible Man (2020)

Episode | 120 min | Mar 9, 2020

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss the Universal Monsters, Elisabeth Moss, and Leigh Wannell's latest film, The Invisible Man.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:30)

What We've Been Watching (6:52)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (24:28)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (28:25)

Rotten Tomatoes (82:50)

Trivia (87:25)

Cooter of the Week (96:52)

News (101:50)

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120 min

#256 – Witchboard (1986)

Episode | 105 min | Mar 2, 2020

When his girlfriend becomes dangerously obsessed with a ghost she contacted using a ouija board, Jim reluctantly joins forces with her ex - his own estranged childhood best friend - to identify and exorcise the evil spirit.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss Ouija boards, the similarities between pregnancy and possession, and the 80's cult film, Witchboard.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:55)

What We've Been Watching (7:40)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (15:00)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (21:08)

Rotten Tomatoes (78:00)

Trivia (82:30)

Cooter of the Week (87:09)

Hotline Scream (94:14)

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105 min

#255 – High Tension (2003)

Episode | 101 min | Feb 24, 2020

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss New French Extremity, mental illness, and Alexandre Aja's, High Tension.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:40)

What We've Been Watching (12:45)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (27:25)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (31:20)

Rotten Tomatoes (76:20)

Trivia (80:16)

Cooter of the Week (83:16)

News (88:15)

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101 min

#254 – Come to Daddy (2020)

Episode | 108 min | Feb 17, 2020

A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss New Zealand, Elijah Wood, and the genre bending directorial debut from Ant Timpson, Come to Daddy.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (3:25)

What We've Been Watching (16:38)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (33:11)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (37:56)

Rotten Tomatoes (84:00)

Cooter of the Week (90:35)

Hotline Scream (97:23)

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108 min

#253 – The Being (1983)

Episode | 117 min | Feb 10, 2020

A mutated creature is wreaking havoc in a small town in Idaho. A police chief and a government scientist team up to save their rural town from its menace.

On this week's episode…

Join the crew as we discuss eco-horror, political allegory, and the Idahoan anomaly, The Being.

Show Notes:

Housekeeping (2:45)

What We've Been Watching (12:36)

Back of the Box/Recommendations (24:39)

Spoiler Warning/Full Review (29:21)

Rotten Tomatoes (83:43)

Cooter of the Week (87:30)

News (92:15)

Hotline Scream (102:10)

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