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June 21, 2026

All Five “Prophecy” Movies 1995-2005

Hey guys– we took the week off. Instead of new films, we’re posting five films that were originally published as “member only” reviews from <a target="_blank" href="http://horrorweekly.com">HorrorWeekly.com</a>. Yes, this time, we’re looking at all the Christopher Walken “Prophecy” films, from 1995 to 2005. Some were great, some weren’t, but hey, it’s Walken, so we were enthralled. Mostly.All this, as well as the latest issue of “Horror Monthly,” issue #57, for June 2026, is available! Check out all the back issues, as well as our other books, with one easy link: <a target="_blank" href="https://horrormonthly.com">https://horrormonthly.com</a>Mainstream Films:The Prophecy (1995)* Directed by Gregory Widen* Written by Gregory Widen* Stars Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz, Viggo Mortenson* Run Time: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneIt’s an interesting take on ideas of creation and good versus evil. It’s helped a lot by a strong cast, with Christopher Walken being an especially bright spot with what he brings to the movie. It’s a little slow at the beginning but builds well. We’d give it a thumbs up.Spoilery SynopsisSimon says that he remembers the first war, Hell was created and many angels died. Lucifer fell and it was all terrible. He never thought there would be another war… Credits roll.We cut to a big church in the middle of a ritual to ordain new priests. Thomas Dagget watches the process, but when it’s his turn to be ordained, he has a weird vision and screams. Years later, Thomas is now a police detective; “Heaven showed me too much.”Simon is perched unnaturally on a chair. Simon pulls out Thomas’s thesis; he wrote about angels. He smells something and then stops a demon who breaks through the window. He pokes out the demon’s eyes and then throws the demon out the window, and Thomas comes to investigate. The only lead is a newspaper from Chimney Rock.In Chimney Rock, it’s a funeral for an old man who died at age 85. Simon is there, clearly injured from his battle. He opens the old corpse’s mouth and kisses him.The coroner tells Thomas that the dead man never had eyes, and he’s very weird overall with both male and female sex organs. He was carrying an old handwritten Bible with an extra book at the end about a second war in Heaven.Gabriel checks out the room where Simon and the demon fought. He smells things. He talks to Jerry, who looks post-suicidal. He wants Jerry to steal stuff from the police station evidence room.Mary is playing hide and seek and finds Simon. Katherine, her teacher, comes looking for her and has a conversation with Simon, who’s hiding upstairs. He gives Mary something, and she gets sick. Katherine drives Mary home to the reservation.Thomas translates the new book and it predicts a new war of the angels and demons, that hasn’t happened yet. The weird corpse in the morgue is Usiel, an angel. Meanwhile, Gabriel finds the body in the morgue and burns it. Jerry recovers all Usiel’s things, but the Bible isn’t there. The two of them set off for Chimney Rock. Gabriel calls Jerry a “talking monkey,” his name for humans. They dig up the body of the old man Simon already met. The soul that Gabriel wants is gone from the man now.Gabriel tracks down Simon; he wants that soul. He does not want to be replaced by talking monkeys. Gabriel sets Simon on fire, demanding to know where the soul is.Katherine comes to school and the police are there, looking at what’s left of Simon. Meanwhile, Mary, a Native American, is acting sick, so her people pray over her.Thomas arrives at the cemetery where the old man is being buried a second time. The gravedigger tells Thomas about Simon’s body being found. He talks to Katherine, who mentions Mary and her strange illness. Thomas researches the old Colonel, who was accused of doing human sacrifices during the war; there’s even a film. The old man even left behind a box full of faces. He was a special kind of evil, which makes his soul a weapon that Gabriel wants.Thomas goes to the church and Gabriel finds him there. He’s weird but doesn’t really do anything. Mary dreams about the old Colonel. Gabriel visits the school and looks inside the children’s mouths for the soul.Thomas and Katherine visit Mary; she’s got the old Colonel’s soul inside her. Thomas knows that the angels want that dead, psychotic Colonel. She tells him about Gabriel. Katherine takes Thomas to the old shut-down copper mine; she thinks Gabriel is in there. They see thousands of angels, impaled on spikes.Thomas and Katherine go to Mary’s house and find Gabriel there. Jerry attacks Thomas while Katherine tries to distract Gabriel. Katherine shoots the propane tank and blows up the house, which clobbers Gabriel. But Mary says that to really kill Gabriel, they need to cut his heart out.The good guys take Mary to the Indian village to have a magic procedure done. Mary tells Thomas that this place is defensible; “One man could hold off an entire battalion.”Since Jerry’s dead for real now, he needs a new servant. He goes to the hospital and resurrects Rachael, who committed suicide.Katherine gets a very special visit from Lucifer himself. He explains the angels’ motivations and purposes. The Colonel was the “blackest soul” on Earth, and Gabriel wants it to help him win. Lucifer is actually here to stop Gabriel. He makes her an offer.Gabriel and Rachael visit a local diner, and Rachael isn’t appreciating still being alive. Lucifer visits Thomas next and gives him some tips.Night falls, and Gabriel approaches the place where the Native Americans are doing their songs. Thomas has set up boobytraps for Gabriel. There’s a bit of a battle, and Lucifer ends up confronting and killing Gabriel. Meanwhile, the ritual completes and Mary coughs up the Colonel’s soul which is destroyed by light from Heaven.Lucifer wants Katherine and Thomas to go home with him, but they refuse. He leaves them unharmed.Brian’s CommentaryI saw this when it came out and remembered this being more interesting than it was. About all I remembered from the original watch was the way the angels perched up above everything like birds; it’s still a neat touch. It’s very slow for the first hour, but the intensity of the last half hour is worth the wait.What really makes this movie is the casting. How did they get all these big-name people involved? It holds up pretty well; there are some subtle special effects, but they all mostly still work. It’s good!Kevin’s CommentaryThe cast really does help this one a lot, elevating the movie quite a bit. I also saw this when it came out, and this was my second viewing thirty years later. How time flies. I thought it held up well enough to entertain me overall.The Prophecy II (1998)* Directed by Greg Spence* Written by Gregory Widen, Matt Greenberg, Greg Spence* Stars Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Brittany Murphy, Eric Roberts* Run Time: 1 Hour, 27 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneThis one was a little bit of a step down from the first one, but not too much. There are some new characters, and a couple of actors are replaced, but Christopher Walken is still here doing his thing, with a little more dark humor to liven things up. It’s a worthy sequel.Spoilery SynopsisWe hear a voiceover from a man who has had visions of the end of Heaven and Earth as credits roll.Valerie Rosales is a nurse, and we open on her drive to work through the downtown area of the city– until someone falls onto her car. Meanwhile, at a monastery, there’s a bunch of screaming from one of the monks, Thomas Daggett, from the first movie.Lucifer walks in a dark alley and says it’s time for Thomas to go. He kisses the ground, which then breaks open and releases someone from Hell. We soon see that it’s Gabriel, and he goes straight to Thomas. He burns up Thomas and the whole apartment.Valerie talks to the man she hit with her car; he’s Danyael, and says he’s harder to kill than that. He’s being released, so they have a talk about her work and her lack of a husband. Naturally, they end up having sex a few moments later. This results in her getting visions of angels.Later, Danyael reports to his boss, who asks, “Is it done?” They are soon attacked by two opposing demons. They both beat the invaders, but Gabriel comes sniffing around afterward. He kills Danyael’s boss, Rafael.Valerie wakes up with a headache and her belly hurts. She gets a test, and sure enough, she’s pregnant, and it’s only been two days. The doctor says, no, she’s in the second trimester.We cut to Izzy and Julian, two whiny teens who are about to complete a suicide pact… as Gabriel watches. He swoops in afterward to revive Izzy; he needs a new servant.Valerie gets a call from the police; Danyael killed one of the demons, and they have the body. Joseph, the coroner from the first film, has seen this before, four years ago. He tells Valerie his experiences. A bit later, Gabriel burns that body as well.Valerie goes to see Father William about Thomas, and the old priest tells her what Thomas told him. He talks about a Nephilim, a child of angels and humans.She goes home and finds Gabriel there, waiting for her. Danyael breaks in and interrupts Gabriel before he can kill her. Danyael ends up taking her to a nearby church and tells her how important she is; she’s going to have a Nephilim. She doesn’t believe him, so he shows her his true form. He wants to take her to Michael for protection.Gabriel takes a radio and a gun from a policeman, and Izzy shoots herself with it, to no effect. He hears a report about a break in at a nearby church and goes right there; that’s where Valerie is. Danyael arrives just in time to rescue her, but he drops Father William’s book.Gabriel soon wakes up in the morgue and walks right out with Izzy. Meanwhile, Danyael takes Valerie to Eden, or what’s left of it to see Michael. They talk briefly, but then Gabriel comes to the gate, also wanting to talk to Michael. Michael… lets him inside.Danyael attacks Gabriel, one on one, as Izzy goes after Valerie. This goes badly for Danyael and Izzy. Gabriel closes in on Valerie, but she fights back. She grabs onto him and jumps off the roof. Gabriel gets impaled pretty seriously, and then Michael finishes him off. He turns Gabriel into a human and leaves him there.Michael talks to Valerie after. She knows he’s going to come and take her son away someday. Five years later, Valerie sends her son to school on the bus, which passes a homeless guy on the street; it’s Gabriel, begging for coffee. “Everything’s gonna be made right soon.”Brian’s CommentaryThey still had a pretty decent cast, even though they did end up replacing both Thomas and Lucifer from the first film. Christopher Walken returns, and he leans more into his comedic talents here, with some great lines in a film that’s otherwise very serious.It’s got the benefit of not having to explain everything, since that’s already been covered. This feels like a logical progression, and also leads into it possibly becoming a series.It’s pretty good, not far off from the first one.Kevin’s CommentaryI thought this was a bit of a step down from the first one, but not too much. Christopher Walken really makes the movie, and I’m glad they went with him again. The story continues pretty well, which I liked. The writing was decent. It’s a thumbs up.The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)* Directed by Patrick Lussier* Written by Gregory Widen, Carl V. Dupre, Joel Soisson* Stars Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Davino Buzzotta* Run Time: 1 Hour, 24 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneThis continues on from the second movie, years later, with a couple of the kids grown up and Christopher Walken’s Gabriel a little older. And he’s stuck being a human, which is pretty humorous. It’s worth the watch to see the storyline get wrapped up.Spoilery SynopsisCredits roll as someone throws a Molotov cocktail into the house of a woman and her young son.We cut to long haired Gabriel, looky pretty shabby after being turned human at the end of the previous film. He walks into a sermon being given by a street preacher in an abandoned building. Suddenly, a zealot in the audience shoots the preacher about 60 times. Maggie screams and runs to help the dead young man as Gabriel watches in amusement.The zealot, who is blind, somehow manages to get away and go home. He hears voices in his apartment, “I did what you told me.” The voice wanted more done to the preacher, but the man got pushed away by the stampeding crowd and couldn’t finish the job. Whoever he’s been talking to reveals himself.Over at the morgue, coroner Joseph looks at the dead body of the preacher. Meanwhile, another angel walks the streets looking weird and creepy. The corpse is Danyael Rosales, the son of Valerie, and Joseph remembers her.Gabriel talks to a detective, and they get along really well; Gabriel seems very human now. Maggie is there to identify the body.The new angel is A.Z. Jones, and he makes the guard see that he has an FBI ID, which he doesn’t really. He goes to the morgue, and they let him right in. He walks right past Gabriel, who is on his way out. “I let myself go,” Gabriel quips to Zophael. Zophael is against “The monkeys,” but Gabriel has changed sides. “I like it here; I even learned to drive.”Meanwhile, down in the morgue, Danyael wakes up. By the time Zophael gets there, he’s gone. Maggie is very skeptical that someone gets up from the morgue and walks away. Danyael runs into Gabriel in the alley. Coroner Joseph has a research montage as he learns about Nephilim and the second war and Pyriel.Danyael is having flashbacks to being dead on a pile of corpses. He goes to the apartment of the man who shot him, and the man is dead. Zophael comes in, so Danyael leaves in a hurry.Zophael catches Danyael, and they fight. Zophael’s about to kill Danyael when Gabriel shows up in a car and smashes the evil angel.Somehow, Maggie finds Danyael. She spots Zophael and calls 911. Zophael tells Danyael about Pyriel, “The Next God” and then kidnaps Maggie to drive him around town. He explains his side of the story to her.Gabriel runs into Danyael again, and this time, he explains things. Danyael rides out to the desert and finds Mary, from the first film, who has also grown up.Zophael chases Danyael, and he injures Maggie to lure Danyael in closer. Danyael finally beats and kills the bad angel. Gabriel gives Danyael one more pep talk before comforting Maggie as she dies.Danyael finds the skeleton of an angel in the desert, and as he approaches, it reforms itself into Pyriel. Pyriel wants to wipe out all humans and start over. They argue until Pyriel is struck by Holy lightning and Danyael pulls out his heart.Danyael comes back to Gabriel, who is now an angel once again. He waves his hand and Maggie wakes up.Brian’s CommentaryThe previous film led right into this one, although it takes place several years later, as young Danyael has grown up and Gabriel has aged a bit by this time. Gabriel has “gone native” and is actually on the side of the humans now, which makes him twice as funny.A lot of screen time is Zophael wandering around with this long hair and longer coat talking cryptically and stomping around like a GQ Terminator. Probably half the movie is devoted to one character chasing another.Although there were two more films in the series, this is the end of the main storyline. What comes later… are poor imitations.Kevin’s CommentaryThank goodness for Christopher Walken who really saves this one. The story continues, and it’s okay, but there’s a lot of filler time with people wandering around and chasing each other. I liked that they had the same baffled coroner dealing with this weirdness through all three. I found it watchable, and it wraps things up. Yet there are two more sequels…The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)* Directed by Joel Soisson* Written by Gregory Widen, John Sullivan, Joel Soisson* Stars Kari Wuhrer, John Light, Jason Scott Lee, Tony Todd* Run Time: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneThis felt more like a part 2 than a sequel, perhaps something that could have just been combined with the previous film to make a slightly longer one. As it is, this one drags along a bit, taking its time to wrap things up. Tony Todd is always a pleasure to watch, which helps the time pass, and there’s some bright spots. It’s necessary to see for completion, but it’s not great.Spoilery SynopsisWe open with a flashback to Father Constantine and the book in the church basement from the previous film. As before, Allison comes down and finds the book, which leads to a whole mess. Credits roll.John Reigart appears in front of little Maria and asks her to send a message. She’s immediately run over by a truck, and we see Allison watching from afar. She starts running right past Dylan. Maria gives Allison the message… right after she dies.Dylan talks to Stark, whom we don’t see. Stark orders Dylan to shoot Allison. Rather than do that, Dylan kills himself. Stark isn’t going to let that stop him, so he brings Dylan back from the dead.Dylan immediately tracks down Allison and pulls a gun on her. He still has some doubts as to the job and wants her to convince him to let her live. Meanwhile, Stark searches Allison’s apartment and finds a decoy book, just the cover with a bunch of junk stuffed inside. Dylan and Allison end up in a foot chase, being pursued by “Thrones” who work for Stark. He disguises her and douses her with perfume to mask her scent. They look her over carefully, sniff, and even lick her but eventually let her pass.Reigart explains the “rules” to Allison. There used to be a rule against hired assassins, but Dylan used to be a CIA agent, and he’s been turned, so the rules have changed. She leaves and soon finds that she’s being stalked rather unsubtly. She joins a funeral parade, and the baddies lose her in the crowd. Turns out, it’s little Maria’s funeral! Her death was set up knowing that it would save Allison.Stark beats up Dylan for disobeying him. Allison has a conversation with Maria’s ghost until Dylan shows up. She thinks he’s on her side, but she also knows that he’s a hitman. He wastes no time in turning her over to the enemy.Stark says that he’s a Seraphim, and on Allison’s side. He wants the last page of the Lexicon, which will reveal the name of the AntiChrist, whom Stark wants to kill. He doesn’t want the apocalypse to take place. Allison realizes that there’s something special about her since Stark simply cannot kill her.Allison talks to Reigert again, and he helps her realize what Stark’s motivation is. Reigert does want Armageddon. So by keeping the book from Stark, she’s actually helping Satan himself. Elsewhere, Stark questions Dylan about where Allison tends to hang out, suspecting she’d hide the book somewhere she goes often, just to keep an eye on it.Some random lunatic stabs Allison in the park. With a little divine assistance, she gets up and kills her attacker. Stark figures out where the book is, and everyone makes a beeline to the place. Allison runs inside and learns the name of the AntiChrist. Stark chases her up to the roof, but she scatters loose pages from the book everywhere, slowing him down.Stark confronts Allison. He wants to know the name of the child so he can kill it. Dylan staggers in, and he’s looking a lot more dead. He tells her that she’s a Nephilim, but she thinks he’s lying. She’s Simon’s daughter, child of a human and angel. Dylan pulls out his pistol and… shoots Allison everywhere but in the head, knowing it won’t kill her. As she falls off the roof, pages of the book go everywhere.After a moment, Allison wakes up. Because she is a Nephilim. One little boy picks up one of the book’s pages and sees his name at the end…Brian’s CommentaryThis was filmed simultaneously with the previous film, and they were always intended to be one story. This one, however, is very short, even ignoring the “filler” scenes. Whereas the previous film was entertaining, even having ignored the first three films, this one feels unnecessary, like they were really scraping for a story.It’s not very good.Kevin’s CommentaryIt was a wrap up, but not a very good one. It was kind of a money grab I guess. Since this and part 4 were filmed at the same time, they really could and should have kept it as one slightly longer movie. I’d recommend it for completion, but it’s kind of a drag. At least it’s short.The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)* Directed by Joel Soisson* Written by Gregory Widen, John Sullivan, Joel Soisson* Stars John Light, Sean Pertwee, Kari Wuhrer, Doug Bradley* Run Time: 1 Hour, 28 Minutes* Trailer: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8hqv21">https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8hqv21</a>Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneThis was a bit of a reset of the story, without Christopher Walken this time around. It’s more of the angels battling with humanity stuck in the middle. It’s a step down from the first three, but it’s not too bad. The setting in Romania helps the atmosphere, and Doug Bradley adds some extra life to it. It was fairly entertaining.Spoilery SynopsisWe watch old footage of an unnamed tyrant in Europe. Twenty-five years later, the country is a mess. A man starts running from something. He’s in a panic and even gets hit by a car, but he doesn’t stop, making his way to a big old church.The man chasing him goes through the scared man’s pants; he’s Dani, a cop. Serban is the running man, a drug dealer.We cut to a church, where Dani makes eye contact with Allison. Allison helps out the old priest there. Father Constantine goes into a hidden area of the basement with a pickaxe and opens one of the tombs. He finds an ancient book inside. He reads it in Romanian, and new words appear on the page. He has a massive heart attack and dies.Dani goes outside and meets John Reigert from Interpol. Dani tells him to get lost and tries to leave, but then his car won’t get going, which is awkward when John walks up and gets into the passenger seat. They get a call that a man has jumped from the roof of a church; it’s Serban. It looks like his heart has been removed. John says the heart was removed before he fell.They meet two local cops who introduce themselves as Laurel and Hardy. There’s a message written on the wall, “Welcome Dani Simionescu.”Clara, a waitress, walks through the park and sees dogs attacking a woman on the ground; she runs the dogs off. Something from the woman on the ground possesses Clara and she walks off– straight to that same old church. She goes down into the basement, where she talks to a glowing entity, Simon, who calls her Belial. Simon says that the book is gone.Allison has the book after finding dead Father Constantine with it, and Simon warns her that Belial is coming for it. “He is going to rip you apart.”Reigert has Dani drop him off at home, but when Dani goes around the corner to follow, Reigert has vanished. The next day, the two get called to the woman who was killed by the dogs; her heart is gone too.Carla/Belial goes to the morgue to see Father Constantine. She rubs his eyeball to see what happened when he died. The undertaker comes in, and she transfers Belial into him. Florian then tears her heart out.Dani starts to do research on the case, and gets an online response from the coroner Joseph from the previous films. He warns that angels are involved; “All angels are terrifying.” They go to an old house that used to be the headquarters for the old Communist Secret Police. They go into the basement and Dani gets a vision of the tortures that used to go on here. He watches his own parents murdered by the Communists. Reigert says the killer was a man named Treptow. Reigert continues and reveals that Dani had a sister who was taken away: Allison.Allison goes to talk to Ion, a priest, and shows him the book. He gets a nosebleed as he explains that Revelation is not just the last chapter of the Bible, but it’s incomplete, waiting for God to write the ending. He goes to the restroom, and it goes badly for him. Inside her head, Simon warns her that Belial is approaching once again. She doesn’t know it, but Belial is now inside Ion.Reigert wants Dani to meet his sister and explains that she’s at the heart of a prophecy. Laurel calls, and he’s done facial recognition on Reigert, and he dates all the way back to the seventies. Reigert admits that he’s an angel and gives a brief overview of the war in Heaven. The book that Allison has is capable of ending the world.Reigert demonstrates to Dani that he’s not necessarily a “good guy.” Laurel and Hardy come in and they all discuss Reigert. They have Ion in custody, and he has a staring contest with Reigert. Ion/Belial has a seizure. Something nasty comes out of his mouth and goes into Laurel, who walks out the front door– after killing Hardy.Allison calls another priest friend and gets the scoop on who Belial is. Dani explains that Laurel is going to try to kill Allison before she gets to the old government house. There’s a brief chase, and everyone ends up at the old torture asylum.Allison goes inside, and she also gets visions of what used to go on there. Treptow was behind it all, killing his own people and then himself. Dani, Reigert, and Belial come in, separately, Belial talks, and it seems that he and Reigert were once on the same side; Reigert is the devil himself. They all argue over who gets the book.Dani points his gun at Belial, who promises to possess him next. Dani says he’ll kill himself if that happens. Dani shoots him, but Belial takes him over as promised. Allison then shoots Dani. Belial then goes into Reigert, who just sort of absorbs him and walks away says that Belial is where he belongs now, with him.Allison goes outside and talks to Reigert. He says it’s over for now, but there are more out there.Brian’s CommentaryRomania was a very inexpensive place to make movies, and there were a lot of them filmed here around this time period. “Hellraiser VII: Deader” (2005) even had the same stars. Still, it’s a very alien and exotic place, and it adds a lot to an otherwise fairly bland story. This was filmed simultaneously with the following film, “The Prophecy: Forsaken” (2005).This one doesn’t have Christopher Walken, but it’s still got good points. Still, it’s definitely a step down from the predecessors. We get a flash of what’s to come… in the next film.Kevin’s CommentaryI was bracing myself for a boring abomination of a sequel dragging the story on beyond where it should have ended in the third movie, and I was pleasantly surprised. While it’s not a terrific film, I thought it was quite good and it entertained me. If you enjoyed the first three, I’d recommend carrying on with this one.Contact Info:Email: mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:email@horrorguys.com">email@horrorguys.com</a>Websites:* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrorguys.com">https://www.horrorguys.com</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrormonthly.com">https://www.horrormonthly.com</a> This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.horrorweekly.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.horrorweekly.com/subscribe</a>

June 14, 2026

Hokum, Iron Lung, Exit 8, Chum, and Return of the Living Dead II

We’ve got a lot of newer movies this week plus one oldie. We’ll open with “Hokum,” a cool haunted hotel story. “Exit 8” is a weird import that’ll get under your skin. “Chum” and “Iron Lung” take us into two very different oceans. Lastly, we’ll have some fun with “Return of the Living Dead II” from 1988.All this, as well as the latest issue of “Horror Monthly,” issue #57, for June 2026, is available! Check out all the back issues, as well as our other books, with one easy link: <a target="_blank" href="https://horrormonthly.com">https://horrormonthly.com</a>Mainstream Films:2026 Hokum* Directed by: Damian McCarthy* Written by: Damian McCarthy* Stars: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot* Run Time: 1 Hour, 47 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneAn American writer visits Ireland to scatter his parent’s ashes and do some writing. But there might be ghosts and witchery afoot, and his trip gets more complicated than he expected. Adam Scott does a good job in a dramatic role, and the whole thing is well put together. The script is excellent, and we both thought it was very entertaining.Spoilery SynopsisA man in armor wanders across the desert and consults a map. He soon runs out of water but sees a big circle in the sand.We cut back to a man writing a story about the conquistador in the desert. “They were doomed,” says the story. The writer, Ohm Bauman, gets distracted by someone in his house. A ghost? He considers shooting himself, but decides to go to Ireland instead (is that better?). Credits roll.Ohm soon arrives at the remote hotel in the woods. A man inside tells the story of a witch to two terrified children. Ohm arrives, and he’s already pretty judgmental of the locals. The old man is the owner of the hotel, and Ohm makes an impression on everyone.Ohm has a photo of his mother standing next to a big redwood tree, and he tracks down the tree. He pours out his parents’ ashes on the tree. An old man, Jerry, watches and offers him a drink of moonshine. He’s also got some psilocybin-laced milk. They talk about the local goats which have a tendency to climb on cars and mess up the paint.Fiona, one of the staff, talks about the honeymoon suite, which is supposed to be haunted. The owner, old man Cobb, has locked a witch inside, or so they say. He tells Fiona about his mother, who was shot in the face by someone too young to prosecute. Alby, the bellboy, also believes the story. Ohm says it’s all “Hokum” and gets snarky with the man. Not long after, Fiona finds Ohm hanging from the ceiling, apparently dead from suicide.Ohm wakes up in an elevator, in black-and-white land. He later wakes up for real in the hospital, after having a vision of his dead mother. When he recovers, he goes back to the hotel, which is about to close for the season. He learns that Fiona has gone missing since his incident– but she’s not the first. Old Jerry, the man with the milk, has also gone missing under suspicious circumstances. Ohm wonders if she might have gotten into the Honeymoon Suite.On the way out of town, Ohm runs into Jerry in the woods. Jerry admits he killed his sick wife, but he had nothing to do with Fiona’s disappearance. He’s seen her ghost, and he has the key to the suite. The plan is for Jerry to go back after the hotel is closed and empty, but now he invites Ohm to go with him.The two soon arrive at the hotel, now closed for the season, and go inside. Turns out, Fergal, the manager, is still there and he chokes out Jerry and ties him up. Fergal takes Jerry and drives away.Ohm, on the other hand, hears the bell ringing for the honeymoon suite. It’s been neglected for a long time. He goes to sleep and dreams about how he shot his own mother. Mal comes in and wakes him up. Mal insists that there’s nothing in the creepy basement elevator shaft. When ohm finds what’s left of Fiona, Mal locks him inside the suite.We get a flashback to Halloween night and what actually happened to Fiona. Mal drugged her and took her to the honeymoon suite, where he put her in the dumb waiter and left her. She left a recording explaining that she was pregnant by Mal, who wasn’t happy.Elsewhere, Jerry escapes from Fergal and jumps out of the van.After trying to get out of the suite, Ohm notices that Fiona’s body is gone. He then watches the best children’s TV show ever. He then figures out how to take the dumb waiter down to the basement. After a quick look around, he finds that he’s trapped down there as well. He sees someone else down there just as the dumb waiter returns him to the suite.The witch follows him right upstairs, and, as she closes in, he remembers what he’s been told about chalk circles and uses it.In the morning, Mal returns and finds Jerry trying to get into the honeymoon suite. Mal explains how he drove Ohm to the airport last night. Ohm rings the bell, and Jerry knows he’s there. Jerry heads up to the honeymoon suite to free Ohm while Mal sets up a fire to start before heading to the honeymoon suite himself with his crossbow. He kills Jerry and intends to lock Ohm in again but also gets locked in himself.Ohm goes back down to the basement, taking the key with him. Mak gets ready to follow him. The witch makes another appearance, but this time, Ohm knows how to protect himself and starts to draw a chalk circle, but the witch is right behind him and grabs him before he can complete it. Mal comes down and finds the key among the witch’s souvenirs, and she gets him too. Ohm talks to the ghost of his mother and makes peace with her. Ohm gets out; Mal does not.Ohm goes down to the main floor in the elevator and finds the whole place ablaze. He passes out, but Fergal comes in and finds him.Some time later, Ohm works on his book in the hospital when Alby comes for a visit. He explains that they found Fiona and Jerry’s bodies, but not Mal’s. Alby admits he spikes Ohm’s whisky with Jerry’s mushroom milk. Was anything he experienced real?He finishes his book, this time giving it the happy ending that Fiona wanted.Brian’s CommentaryThere’s gotta be a better way to break a glass bottle. What was with the goats? The business with Ohm’s mother’s death seems a little tacked on, and I didn’t have much to do with the main plot.It’s a really well-done haunted house story mixed with a murder mystery, and most of it makes sense.Overall, I liked it.Kevin’s CommentaryIt was strange seeing Adam Scott in such a grim and serious role after seeing him in so much comedy, but he does a really good job with it. He’s been in other horror films, such as “Krampus” and “The Monkey,” but those had a thread of humor. This movie does not.I liked the script. The elements of bad people doing bad things in tandem with supernatural forces.It was a winner!2025 Exit 8* Directed by: Genki Kawamura* Written by: Kotake Create, Kentaro Hirase, Genki Kawamura* Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asanuma* Run Time: 1 Hour, 35 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneA man becomes trapped in an endless subway station and has to complete a mission to escape. Kind of like a video game, which this movie is based on. We are both in agreement that it’s a cool idea and very well made. We are split opinion though, with Brian finding it too repetitious, and Kevin finding it just about right.Spoilery SynopsisA man scrolls through his phone on a crowded train. A businessman yells at a crying baby, which is sure to help. It’s all pretty unpleasant, so he cranks up the music in his earbuds. The man’s girlfriend calls and asks where he is. She’s pregnant and wants him to come to the hospital. Our guy starts coughing uncontrollably and uses his inhaler.He’s in the subway tunnels, so his cell signal isn’t very good. He approaches Exit 8, the way out. Suddenly, he’s alone; all the people are gone. He passes one man walking– twice. Did he just walk in a circle? No, he’s very clearly not going in a circle, and then he passes that man again. About the fifth time passing, the strange man stops and smiles maniacally. It soon becomes clear that something weird is going on.The Lost ManThe Lost Man notices a poster for an “Escher exhibition,” with one of those famous impossible loops on it. Suddenly, the poster drips blood. He finds a sign about finding anomalies and turning back. “Do not overlook any anomalies.”The man starts taking photos of everything to compare for anomalies, but the photos in the phone get corrupted. The smiling man, however, clearly isn’t normal. He passes the sign for Exit 1 and then Exit 2, so he must be doing it right. He passes the photo booth and lockers we’ve seen before, but this time, he hears a baby crying inside one of the lockers. No– all the lockers have babies, which could indicate an anomaly.He spots the eyes of people in posters following him, and then makes it to Exit 4 and then 5. Progress! His girlfriend calls again, wanting to know where he is. He tells her he can’t get out, walking in circles, and she laughs at him. She can’t decide what to do about the baby, after all, the two broke up not long ago. He doesn’t see her right there in the tunnel with him, and he’s now back at Exit 0, needing to start all over again. He finds a little boy in the tunnel, but he might not be an anomaly.The Walking ManWe cut to the Walking Man’s point of view, and he’s lost as well. He’s made it up to Exit 4. He also counts the posters, lockers, and photo booth. He, however, passes a girl in the hallway and walks with the little boy. The girl asks to join them on their search for the way out. She wonders if they’re dead and in Hell. She gets creepy fast, He turns back and hits Exit 6. He misses a weird doorknob and goes back to zero.No– he sees the stairway to Exit 8 and runs to it. The little boy with him refuses to go up there. The man runs up the stairs, and the little boy goes back into the maze. He then runs into the Lost Man, and we’ve seen this part before.The BoyThe boy follows the lost man through the maze of tunnels. This time the man notices the odd doorknob and turns back. Then he sees some real horror weirdness and freaks out. The boy sees his mother, but it’s also the Lost Man’s pregnant girlfriend.They’ve made it up to 5 and this time one of the side doors is open. They look inside and the lost man sees himself in the distance from earlier when he was riding the subway listening to music. That’s an obvious anomaly, so they turn back and they’ve made it to 6. Suddenly, the Silent Hill siren goes off. The tunnel violently fills with water. And then the lost man is on the beach with his girl and the boy, who is their boy. She talks about deciding the right thing to do. Then he and the boy are back in the tunnel, and the lost man saves him by putting him up on top of the ceiling sign before he is swept away himself. The boy wakes on the floor in the corridor now filled with what looks like the aftermath of a tidal wave. He goes back, and he has made it to 7. He goes forward through his 8th, and the lost man comes through a moment later for his 8th pass - no anomalies. And he comes to the stairs down for exit 8.Eventually, he finds the exit, and he’s back in the normal subway. He buys a water from the vending machine, puts his earbuds back in, and calls his girlfriend. She’s still at the hospital and asks “What are we going to do?” He gets on the train, and we see the same routine as in the opening sequence with the man screaming at the baby. Our guy, who was ashamed at not intervening the first time, still does nothing– or does he? Will it all be different this time?Brian’s CommentaryThis one is all about paying attention to the visual cues and trying to find the anomalies before the characters do. But oh boy, did that middle section drag and drag and drag.It was a very cool concept, and it was very well produced, but it was a bit too repetitive, which, unfortunately, was the entire point of the film.Kevin’s CommentarySome of the anomalies are obvious and some are pretty subtle. If the maze really wanted to be a jerk about it, something super subtle like the number of rows of tiles could change.I thought it was great. I didn’t find it too repetitious like Brian and some reviewers have. I thought it was just about right. It was a good time, and I’d recommend it.2026 Chum* Directed by: Jonathan Zuck* Written by: Dick Grunert, Ryan R Johnson, James Kondelik* Stars: Alice Eve, Eric Michael Cole, Jim Klock* Run Time: 1 Hour, 27 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneA newlywed couple, and some friends, on a yacht excursion encounter the double whammy of a psycho guy and a psycho shark who make their trip the worst ever. Flaky people doing clumsy things and making bad decisions accelerate the chaos. It’s not the worst shark movie, or the worst CGI, that we’ve seen, but it’s not a great film. It’s stupid, but at least it wasn’t dull and had some entertainment value.Spoilery SynopsisWe get a very ominous voiceover about a woman going missing in the sea. After that, we cut to a woman swimming in the ocean. We get an underwater view of something under there near her. Chomp– one bite! Her husband jumps in after her, and that goes badly too. Credits roll as we hear about global warming changing predator’s hunting habits.We open on Tina’s wedding, and her father gives a speech about her and Tom. We soon see that the happy couple doesn’t really like each other very much. The next morning, the groom wakes up out on the beach, with her back in the room. Everyone is happy for the couple– except for the couple.Tom’s friend Rick rents a boat for the wedding party. Tina hates the ocean, and can’t swim. Tom doesn’t really feel it either. Still, it’s a three-hour tour , and Rick paid a lot for it. They all get on the boat, peer pressure and all. The captain explains that there’s never been a shark attack in these waters, and then they set sail.Tina admits to her friends that she’s getting an annulment. Tom’s a heavy-duty environmentalist, and she’s a lawyer for the big corporations. This has broken up their romance. Tina’s sister says he’s always been too high-and-mighty for her. During all this, we see a huge fin following the boat. The boat hits “something” and both the anchor and the captain go overboard. He soon comes up, but then a shark bites his leg off.Through a series of rapid bad decisions, Tina goes overboard, Tom dives in after her, and the boat catches fire. A fishing boat arrives on the scene and pulls Tom and Tina out of the water. The four people on the burning boat swim over to the fishing boat before their boat explodes. The shark finishes off the captain.The fishing boat captain says there’s a storm coming, so he can’t take them back to their resort. Everyone thinks there’s something “off” with this new guy, Roy. He serves them food, and they’re mostly all condescending toward him. He’ll go south, and says there’s a port there.Tom and Tina explore their feelings. Roy picks up on it and talks to Tina, giving her a pep talk. Roy says it’ll take a few hours to get them to port, but they stopped seeing the shore a while ago. Suddenly, everyone passes out; Roy drugged them all. “Get some rest. Tomorrow’s gonna be a long day.”When they all wake up, Brittany is tied up in a shark cage as Roy prepares to lower her into the water. He cuts her and drops her in… as bait. The CGI shark rapidly approaches. Roy shoots at the shark when it gets close. Brittany gets out of the cage, and this time, the shark gets her.Roy explains that he wants revenge on the shark. That was his wife in the opening sequence. He’s been using homeless people as bait, but now he’s got a bunch of stranded tourists.Suddenly, a police siren approaches, and a tiny little boat with two cops, out looking for their missing boat. When they see Brittany’s arm floating past, the jig is up, and there’s a shootout. Both cops wind up as shark food, and Rick gets shot as well. Tom also gets knocked out and thrown overboard.Rashinda jumps overboard to swim to the police boat, but Roy runs her over with his boat– the propellers chew her up better than the shark.Way out in the ocean, Tom wakes up, not drowned or eaten. He starts making his way over to the police boat. He uses their radio to call the police.Everyone gets untied and fights back all at once. Out of nowhere, the shark leaps up onto the boat and eats Rick. Soon after, Roy lowers Tina into the ocean in the shark cage. The rope holding the cage breaks, and the cage sinks to the bottom and opens right up. Since she can’t swim, she soon drowns. Out of nowhere, Tom shows up in scuba equipment and rescues her. When the shark comes after Tom, Tina grabs a knife, jumps on its back (like a bucking bronco ride that was mentioned earlier) and stabs it repeatedly.Tom, Tina, and Tina’s sister sneak back onto Roy’s boat and cover him in chum. He gets the drop on them until Tina shoots him with an air tank. “Come on, finish him!” they yell at the shark. The shark does his part. CHOMP! CRUNCH CRUNCH.Eventually, the boat police show up. We watch Roy’s stripped skull landing next to his wife’s stripped skull at the bottom of the ocean.On the news, Tina is now talking against the corporations; she’s on Tom’s side now.Brian’s CommentaryThe CGI isn’t atrocious, but it is pretty obvious. The sequence of nonsense that led to the first boat’s demise was so contrived that it’s ridiculous. The growling and bone-crunching noises when the shark eats someone is a nice touch.It’s very similar to last year’s “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrorguys.com/2025-dangerous-animals/">Dangerous Animals</a>” only with a larger cast of idiots. Except it’s really, really stupid.Kevin’s CommentaryRoy said that he’s been tracking this one particular shark because he tagged it. He had tagging stuff along with him on their honeymoon in that opening scene? But that’s the only real point to nitpick in this movie, everything else is spot on.We like sharks that growl and make bone crunching juicy noises when they attack people.It wasn’t truly awful all things considered. It’s a really stupid movie, but I’m going to give it a moderate thumbs up.2026 Iron Lung* Directed by: Mark Fischbach* Written by: Mark Fischbach, David Szymanski* Stars: Mark Fischbach, Caroline Kaplan, Troy Bake* Run Time: 2 Hours, 5 Minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneIn a far future where “The Quiet Rapture” is making stars and space stations and populated planets vanish, a convict is sent to explore a moon covered with a vast ocean of blood in a clunky submarine in the hopes of finding something to help mankind survive.For it being two hours plus of mostly just a guy in a room, a lot goes on. The acting, story, and effects are great. It’s that two hours plus that we both thought was its only real fault. It’s on the long side.Spoilery SynopsisWe’re told about the end of civilization and that they might be able to survive on a planet’s moons. One moon seems special since it has an ocean of blood; maybe there’s life there. We see a man wearing a cloak in what appears to be a submarine. He’s a convict, and this is some kind of redemption mission. “You did test this thing right?” “This is the test,” the radio explains. All they have are surface scans, and they don’t know what they’re going to find under the surface.He descends to the maximum depth and then stops. The radio cuts out, leaving him on his own. He figures out the camera and finds a map. He figures out how to make the sub move and gets going as credits roll.He’s not sure, but it looks like there are living creatures swimming around outside his ship. He also hears things out there. Yes, the thing outside is attacking the sub, and he gets knocked all over the place.He gets on the radio and reports seeing a skeleton on the bottom. The people on the surface get really excited and they bring him back up. He’s welded inside the thing, so they don’t have time to switch him out for another pilot. The captain explains that this is really important and that he really has no choice. They’re changing his deal.He turns on the camera, which blasts all the people outside with radiation– it’s an x-ray camera since you can’t see through blood, but he didn’t know that because they didn’t tell him. They send him back down. There’s someone new on the radio now; the others had to get radiation treatments.The prisoner sees someone inside with him, but that might only be a hallucination. He finds a note: “Cross the wires.” When he does, a computer activates, and he learns about a previous mission where the pilot died. He takes more pictures, and that skeleton from earlier is gone now. The captain gets back on the radio and says again that he’s the first one they’ve sent down. They argue over whether or not humanity is done for.He finds the skeleton again, and this time, they want him to grab a sample. He needs to ram the skeleton with the ship, and it’ll grab a piece of it. They start to bring him back up, but something grabs the ship.When he wakes up, the power is mostly off, but he finds a light and learns that the sub has a basement level. He finds the dynamo and gets the power back on. He explores a bit, but then there’s a hull breach and he gets blood from outside splattered on himself. Oh, and there’s a fire as well.Once he gets all that under control, he starts mapping the ocean floor and goes through a cave. He sees more of those big living creatures outside and finds another submarine. Somehow, he makes radio contact with the people on that sub. Ava, on the other ship, says the light was what caused the Quiet Rapture and the end of the universe. They might have some answers as to why that happened.There’s a lot of talking but then Simon notices the speaker has been unplugged the whole time. Are the aliens talking to him? He gets a weird bloody vision.The captain calls him back again, and suddenly, the speaker is plugged in again. She says it’s been days and he should have run out of oxygen long again. She says they aren’t going to bring him back up– they just want to observe now. When she learns that he found the missing SM-8 sub, they get really interested. “If you want it, you have to get me out!” She promises to get in another sub and meet him in 30 minutes. It sounds really important– all of humanity will be saved.Simon returns to the dead sub and starts the process to recover the other ship’s “black box.” He’s running out of oxygen and has a hard time functioning. The voice on the recording says the oceans are actually made of blood– human blood at that. So maybe that’s where everyone has been disappearing to.As Ava approaches, he hears her, but he also hears the alien voice, and they contradict each other. The crawlspace under the sub is slowly filling with blood, but Simon has to go down there and retrieve his own black box. He ties it to the life preserver he found, but by this point, the entirety of the ship is covered in blood and growing gross things all over. Simon himself starts growing into the ship.The ship is destroyed. The black box, however, is recovered.Brian’s CommentaryI was not aware going in that this was based on a video game; I’ve not heard about that one. I’d recommend subtitles for this one, as the voices on the radio are very garbled and often hard to understand.It’s a really good concept, with good acting from the start, and the set is perfect for the story. It’s just too long though. The last half hour is really hard to understand what’s going on. There’s just too much here that’s not explained (maybe it’s in the videogame?).The first hour and half is good, but the last part was incomprehensible.Kevin’s CommentaryI was glad of the subtitles. The radio voices tend to be garbled and Simon mumbles a lot with echoey acoustics in the sub.I can see how they set the record for most fake blood used in a movie production.Mark Fischbach is great in the role, the story is good, the setting and effects are very cool. I liked everything about it except the length, I thought it could have been tightened up timewise.1988 Return of the Living Dead II* Directed by: Ken Wiederhorn* Written by: Ken Wiederhorn* Stars: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy* Run Time: 1 Hour, 29 minutes* Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneOnce again, a barrel of Trioxin ends up where it shouldn’t be and is opened by a clueless couple of guys. Since it’s right next to a cemetery, hilarity ensues as the living dead return again to terrorize a community. It’s pretty entertaining, but less so than the first one. If you loved the original and wish you could see it almost the same again but not quite as good or funny, this is for you.Spoilery SynopsisWe’re told about the army’s experiments with Trioxin, which didn’t work out. It has since all been destroyed— or so they claim. We cut to a truck full of the stuff, driving through the rain. The truck driver is having a much better time than he should, and some canisters fall off the truck into the river.Some annoying children go to the cemetery to hang out. This leads to a foot chase, and one kid hiding in a storm drain, where the canister is. They open it up, because of course they do, and inside, they see a face. They run and lock Jesse into a mausoleum.Ed, Joey, and Joey’s girlfriend Brenda arrive at the same cemetery. Ed’s a bit of a graverobber. They open the crypt that little Jesse’s been locked into.The canister bursts open, and the other two kids breathe in the gas, which quickly spreads throughout the cemetery. It then rains and soaks all the gas into the ground.Jesse’s sister, Lucy lets in Tom, the cable guy, and Jesse sneaks outside. He goes over to Billy’s house, and Billy is really sick after breathing the gas. Jesse goes back to the canister and finds it empty now. He writes down the army’s phone number from the can and sees the “Tar Man” there. “Brains” yells the monster, and Jesse runs away. He soon spots the dead rising out of their graves. We then get a musical montage of zombies.Ed and Joey take a break from head hunting to have a sandwich. Brenda gets tired of waiting and comes looking for them. All three of them soon figure out that they’re in trouble. They steal Tom the cable guy’s truck and make a run for it, but Joey’s an awful driver and knocks out the phone lines.Back at home, Jesse calls the army’s phone number and reports the canister. The colonel comes to the phone just as Jesse loses phone service. Meanwhile, Billy’s dad gets his brain eaten. Everyone piles into Jesse’s house, much to Lucy’s surprise. The head in Ed’s bag starts moving, and now they all know what’s happening. There’s a lot of screaming.Tom fights one of the dead and accidentally turns on Lucy’s Jazzercise video, which the dead find entertaining.The group heads to the neighbor’s house for a car, and the doctor lets them use it. There are some automotive hijinks, as Ed fights a disembodied hand. There’s a lot more screaming until the group arrives at the local hospital. The doctor looks at Joey and Ed, but they aren’t looking good. The doctor thinks they’re already dead.Tom, Lucy, and Jesse drive into town to the police station, but it’s locked up; the zombies are already here. They break into a house and grab some guns.Brenda loads Joey and Ed into a car and drives off. She runs into the army, which has arrived. Ed and Joey go full zombie and eat Brenda’s brain.The rest of the cast convenes at the meat packing plant and loads up with animal brains. They then drive through town, leading the dead behind them pied-piper-style. They stop at the electric generator plant and Tom the cable guy rewires the city’s power grid as an electrical trap.Billy’s been a zombie the whole time, and now he’s with the others, but he’s got an axe to grind with Jesse. Jesse, on the other hand, has a screwdriver and isn’t afraid to use it. Jesse throws the switch, turns the power back on, and fries all the zombies outside.The army comes in and burns what’s left of the zombies. Tom, Lucy, Jesse, and the Doc all walk off– they’re going to have to explain this all in the morning.Brian’s CommentaryThe original “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrorguys.com/return-of-the-living-dead-1985/">Return of the Living Dead</a>” (1985) is a huge classic of horror comedies. James Karen, one of the stars of that film, reappears here as Ed, not the same character, and Thom Matthews is back as his sidekick. “It’s almost like we’ve been here before,” Joey jokes at one point.The dialogue is very 80s, but it works here. The creature effects are really good, with some being makeup and some animatronic.It’s entertaining, but definitely a step down from the original.Kevin’s Commentary Someone thought it would be hilarious to have Thom Matthews and James Karen return as basically the same characters with different names in different jobs, which did help the movie, I think. The effects are excellent and there are some laughs, but the originality is low. It didn’t do it for me like the first movie did, but it’s okay.Contact Info:Email: mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:email@horrorguys.com">email@horrorguys.com</a>Websites:* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrorguys.com">https://www.horrorguys.com</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrormonthly.com">https://www.horrormonthly.com</a> This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.horrorweekly.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.horrorweekly.com/subscribe</a>

June 6, 2026

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mist, Catnado, and Wishmaster 2

Only one new film this week, a documentary about an old musical that you may have heard of: “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” came to streaming this week. Of course, we had to watch the original 1975 film as well.To offset all that fun, we had to watch 2007's “The Mist” to calm down. “Catnado” and “Wishmaster 2” both had us eager to Do the Time Warp Again.All this, as well as the latest issue of “Horror Monthly,” issue #57, for June 2026, is available! Check out all the back issues, as well as our other books, with one easy link: <a target="_blank" href="https://horrormonthly.com">https://horrormonthly.com</a>Mainstream Films:1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show* Directed by: Jim Sherman* Written by: Richard O’Brien, Jim Sherman* Stars: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick* Run Time: 1 Hour, 40 Minutes* Trailer:Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneIMDB.com has a good succinct description. “A rain-soaked couple takes refuge in the castle of a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation.” They neglect to mention that it’s also a musical, and it’s got some songs in it. It was originally a stage musical titled “The Rocky Horror Show” which premiered in 1973 with Tim Curry and the same trio playing the servants and Jonathan Adams (now Dr. Scott) as the Narrator/Criminologist. It’s weird and funny, with very catchy songs. We’d recommend it.Spoilery SynopsisA giant mouth comes on screen and sings about sci-fi movies as credits roll.We cut to a wedding, as the happy couple leaves with rice and a cheering crowd. We get a quick look at Tim Curry in the background in a second role as the preacher. Plus Richard O’Brien and Patricia Quinn as church custodians (American Gothic custodians, at that!). And is that Nell Campbell as a third custodian?Best man Brad congratulates the groom, and then his girlfriend Janet catches the bouquet, so he may be next. Brad and Janet talk about their future, which leads Brad to sing to Janet, dammit. He wants to go tell his old teacher about their impending engagement.But first, we cut to a criminologist who introduces the case of Brad and Janet. He’s going to narrate the story for us.The young couple’s car breaks down on the road, and they have to walk to the nearby castle for help. They sing on the walk there. A strange hunchback man opens the door and reluctantly invites them in. There’s a party going on, and the two servants lead them to the party, where they all do the Time Warp (again). The criminologist enjoys that a little too much, but it’s more than Janet can handle.Their host, Dr Frank-N-Furter, makes an appearance, and he’s really something; something Brad and Janet have never seen before, at least. He explains in song how he’s a transvestite from Transexual Transylvania. He invites them up to visit his laboratory upstairs, where he’s got a whole audience awaiting to see his newest project.Yes, Dr. Frank-N-Furter has a whole Frankenstein setup, and he knows how to use it. Soon, the creature starts to move. He’s Rocky, and he’s here to sing another song. Dr. Frank-N-Furter clearly put some time into assembling this body. Frank is smitten with his creation, and he has to sing about that as well.Suddenly, a motorcycle breaks through the wall, and Eddie, a biker, breaks through and interrupts with a rock and roll number that has everyone dancing. Frank is not amused that he’s lost control of the event. Eddie was one of Frank’s previous experiments, and he’s lost half his mind to Rocky. Frank grabs a pick and kills him dead, ending the song. Then he sings and dances his way to the honeymoon suite with Rocky.The party breaks up, and Brad and Janet go to separate rooms, both watched by Riff-Raff and Magenta through the closed-circuit TVs. Frank visits Janet, who protests her innocence, but Frank’s all into that. She doesn’t protest all that much, though. Meanwhile, Riff Raff torments the monster because that’s what Frankenstein’s henchmen do, and Rocky escapes. Frank then visits Brad in the same way as Janet, and it has almost exactly the same result.Guilt-ridden Janet makes her way to the lab, sees Brad and Frank on the monitor, then finds Rocky hiding there. She sings her feelings to him; she’s got an itch to scratch, and she wants him to touch her, which he does, as Columbia and Magenta watch on the monitor from their room.Dr Everett Scott arrives at the front door, and he’s Brad’s old high school science teacher— and an expert on UFOs. Frank thinks this is all a conspiracy to spy on his work. Scott says he’s here looking for his nephew, Eddie.They all stop and have a very awkward dinner. Dr Scott sings about Eddie. Eddie sent him a note begging for a rescue, but it’s too late for that. Frank then makes it clear what happened to Eddie. Janet flees with Frank chasing and singing, and everyone makes their way to the lab again, where Frank petrifies Brad, Janet, and Dr. Scott into statues.All the action stops as Columbia yells at Frank about his behavior. He statues her too and Rocky for good measure. Riff Raff and Magenta argue briefly with Frank and then give each other sneaky looks. They’re up to something.Meanwhile, Frank has moved all the statues to a stage and releases them one at a time for a burlesque confession dance show. Which morphs into a pool orgy with Frank in the lead. And suddenly they are in a rocking chorus line song and dance. It gets just a little weird at this point.Riff Raff and Magenta break into the room, and they look different now. They’re definitely aliens, and they’ve revealed themselves. They’ve had enough of Frank’s extremes and are ready to go home to Transylvania, but first, Frank sings to explain himself and rejoice that he’s going home. But when he’s done, Riff Raff admits that only he and Magenta are going home, and he’s got a laser capable of emitting a beam of pure antimatter. Columbia is killed. And Frank tries to climb the curtain to get away unsuccessfully. Rocky freaks out at Frank’s death, but Riff Raff’s beam doesn’t work on him with just one shot. He finally dies when he falls from the RKO radio tower that he tried climbing with Frank’s body.As Janet, Brad, and Scott leave, the whole castle blasts off into space. The criminologist comes back to the scene and concludes the story. One final song plays over the closing credits, as well as an instrumental reprise of The Time Warp.Brian’s CommentaryMost of the cast were pretty inexperienced at screen acting, but all of them went on to long careers (most are still alive fifty years later). This is all pretty tame by today’s standards, but this was way out there in ‘75.The main thing here is, of course, the very catchy songs, and the soundtrack is one of the best ever.This was actually only my second time watching it. I don’t know that I’d want to watch it every weekend, as some do, but it’s pretty darned good.Kevin’s CommentaryIt was, and still is to a lesser degree, a thing to go see the movie at the theater, preferably at Midnight, and participate with lines echoing and mocking the dialogue, use props (such as throwing rice during the wedding), interact with the screen, dance to the Time Warp, and there would often be a cast of fans (known as The Floor Show) acting out the movie in sync down in front and in the aisles - often in costume and makeup.In the late 1980s, I saw this 150 some times at midnight showings. I even played Frank-N-Furter, Janet, and the Criminologist a few times in The Floor Show when they were short on people and needed bodies. And of course, I joined in dancing the Time Warp every time.It took a lot of self-control watching this with Brian and not bombing him with the audience participation lines.I’ve also seen several productions done on stage, and they don’t always get the element of Frank being both trans and someone who could kick serious ass if he wanted to, which Tim Curry does have in the movie version.I watch this through a filter of nostalgia, and I still find it really entertaining and fun.2026 Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror* Directed by: Linus O’Brien* Written by: Avner Shiloah* Stars: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Richard O’Brien* Run Time: 1 Hour, 29 Minutes* Trailer:Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneThere’s not a story to spoil. This is a documentary about how the play and movie came to be, interviewing actor writer musician Richard O’Brien and his past, and much about the people involved with Rocky Horror. It’s loaded with interviews and vintage footage and stills. Clearly the folks in this had a good time back in the day, and in the making of this documentary. It’s really well put together and a lot of fun to watch.Spoilery SynopsisWe open on Richard O’Brien in New Zealand, talking about his “historic house.” We see a statue of Riff Raff in front of a museum. O’Brien then talks about his life as a barber. We then cut to scenes from the movie and views of the crowds as credits roll.We hear from a guy who talks about being gay and learning about the show; he often participated in the live show. He eventually became a drag actor.O’Brien talks about his early career and Method Acting. He’d been in several major parts in musical theater and then became a father to Linus, this film’s director. He eventually decided to write his own musical, and he sings “Science Fiction Double Feature” for us live. He wrote most of the play in a hurry because time was so limited.We hear from the costume designer next; most people turned down the job. Tim Curry and Nell Campbell explain how they got involved. They all talk about opening night at the theater, and the tickets sold out very quickly— a huge hit. O’Brien then talks about his sexuality in the younger days and how that went in the 50s and 60s— that just didn’t fly. His wife at the time didn’t approve, but his kid was fine with it.We then shift to the initial production of the movie version of the play. They brought in many of the cast and crew from the London play, which was unusual for a film. It wasn’t taken over by the Hollywood crowd; the small theater group basically did the whole thing for a budget of about a million dollars. Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon came in at this point as outsiders, just like their characters. The producer explains that a lot of the low-budget, cheap-looking special effects were actually intended to be cheesy, and he often told the effects people to tone it down and make it look goofier.Jack Black tells us about seeing the film when he was nine years old and what an influence Meat Loaf had on him. Peter Hinwood, as Rocky, wasn’t an actor, but hired for his muscle.Linus reads fan letters to his father, and it’s clear that the movie changed some people’s lives.After three years in London and Hollywood, the play moved to Broadway, but the critics and New Yorkers hated it. It soon closed. The film was released, and it was a flop as well. They eventually landed the idea of showing the film at midnight in theaters, and that brought in a whole new audience. It was a surprise hit. People kept going to see it over and over, every week, which surprised everyone.We move on to talk about the film’s audience and how they dressed up, brought props, and acted out scenes. The whole concept of a “shadow cast” was a new thing. The dressing up, cross-dressing, and message of sexual freedom was an outlet for young, queer people through the 70s, 80s, and onwards.As the film winds down, we’re told that the Rocky Horror Picture Show is the longest-running theatrical release in history.Brian’s CommentaryIt’s surprising that so many of the people involved are still alive, but they’re all looking good and eager to talk about their work. The stories are interesting and relevant, and it’s clear that they all owe a lot to the play and movie.I’m a relative newcomer to Rocky, but I liked it a lot, and this film helps explain the appeal and history of the whole phenomenon. It was definitely worth watching.Kevin’s CommentaryThis was very cool. I’d never seen this much of the history of Rocky Horror, and I didn’t know that much about Richard O’Brien. I’m glad this was made at this time when almost all the main folks were still available to interview.2007 The Mist* Directed by: Frank Darabont* Written by: Frank Darabont* Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden* Run Time: 2 Hours, 6 Minutes* Trailer:Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneIn a small Maine town, people are trapped in a supermarket after a strange mist envelopes the town. There just might be creatures in the mist, too. There’s a strong cast with a lot of recognizable faces, a suspenseful story with action, and decent special effects. It’s on the long side, but it moves well. It’s one of the better Stephen King adaptations, and we both thought it was very entertaining.Spoilery SynopsisWe open on David Drayton, who appears to be Stephen King’s personal artist. There’s a weird storm, and the family heads down to the basement just before a tree falls on the house. In the morning, they assess the damage and notice there’s a strange mist coming down off the mountain.The next-door neighbor Brent, has a bunch of damage as well. The two, along with little Billy, pass a bunch of military trucks on the way into town. Rumor has it that there’s a crashed alien saucer up the military base on the mountain.The three head into the local grocery store, which is packed and without power. While there, we meet some of the town’s quirkier characters. They notice a lot of army people in town this morning for some reason.Suddenly, the tornado siren goes off. Dan Miller runs in, covered in blood, yelling “There’s something in the mist!” The fog rolls into town, and they all hear people screaming out there. Then there’s an earthquake, and everyone in the crowded store knows they’re in big trouble.Everyone has somewhere else they’d rather be, but one woman left kids home alone and insists on leaving. The mist is so dense that they don’t know what happened to her. Billy goes into shock from the fear. Old Irene introduces Amanda, the new teacher in town. Mr. Carmody says it’s Judgment Day for all the sinners.David goes into the back room and something outside really wants in through the loading dock door. David immediately comes to the conclusion that there’s a monster outside, but the others are skeptical. Norm crawls out under the door into the mist to unclog the ventilator for the generator, but something with a huge tentacle grabs him, and it’s quite a violent scene.David, Ollie, Myron, and Jim watch Norm die and wonder how they’re going to keep the monsters out of that giant plate-glass window in the front of the store. They tell Norton about the situation, and he thinks it’s a prank.David explains the monsters in the mist to the gathered crowd, but it’s a hard sell. Bud the store manager, goes back to see the mess from the attack, and now he’s a believer. Everyone gets to work reinforcing the windows. Mrs. Carmody prays hard, wondering if everyone in the store is a sinner; she’s not very nice.Norton and Carmody have their own views about what’s going on, and the bring a bunch of dissent to the crowd. Amanda contributes a gun to the cause.Norton and some of the group decide that enough is enough and leave the store. They tie a rope to big biker dude and he goes out with them; what they pull back in is just a bloody mess. Now, no one is doubting.Night falls, and the lights inside attracts some bugs. Big bugs. Carmody goes on about locusts. Then come little dragon-looking things to eat the bugs. Soon, the windows break and things start coming in for the lights. Sally gets bitten by a bug and quickly dies, as do many others. There’s quite a battle, and there are more deaths throughout the night.David points out that it’s just a matter of time until Carmody turns the locals against them and do a human sacrifice or something. It doesn’t take very long until that happens.A group decides to go next door to the pharmacy to get some painkillers for the wounded. The doors on the pharmacy are wide open, so anything could have gotten in.There’s a spider web and human carcasses in it, including one army guy who’s only mostly dead and says that it’s all their fault. Things escalate very quickly, and we lose a few more characters.Carmody continues preaching to the crowd all day. David, Ollie, Irene, Amanda, and some of the others still want to leave. David and the last remaining soldier talk about “The Arrowhead Project” up at the army base. He admits he heard stuff about a doorway to other dimensions to see what was on the other side. The creatures probably came from another world.Goaded by Carmody, the crowd attacks the soldier and throws him outside, where something really big gets him.David’s group is ready to leave, but now Carmody forbids it— and her followers are ready to enforce what she says. At least until Ollie shoots her, and her followers scatter like rats. The group makes a run for the car, but there are more deaths on the way.David, Billy, Amanda, Dan, and Irene make it to the car, but the others are killed by things. They start the car and slowly drive out of the store’s lot. They drive and drive, and everyone they pass is dead. David’s house is covered in spider webs, so his wife has to be dead.They head out of town, and they don’t see anything better. They spot one creature that’s just about mountain-sized; it doesn’t even notice them. Everyone gets more and more depressed, and they eventually run out of gas.Without any hope of rescue, David offers to kill them all, and the others agree. He uses the gun to kill his four companions, but then he doesn’t have a bullet for himself. He tries, but four bullets is four bullets. He gets out the car, planning to be eaten, but then he hears engines,Turns out, the army, with tanks and heavy weapons, were right behind them, along with a truckload of survivors. The army is fighting the monsters and winning, and the mist is even breaking up, but it’s too late for David, who just shot all his friends and his son.Brian’s CommentaryThe casting in this is amazing— so many recognizable faces. The pacing is really good, as it’s long but never drags.It’s got probably the bleakest ending of any movie, but its also really appropriate and works well. Stephen King actually preferred this to his own book’s ending.The creature effects hold up pretty well, but the characters and rising tension are what really drive this one. It’s a classic!Kevin’s CommentaryAn early draft of the script had a prologue scene of Project Arrowhead running an experiment during the thunderstorm that gets out of control and opens a portal to another dimension through which the mist and critters come through. They decided not to include it.This was very good, but I actually prefer the novella that it’s based on. And I dislike the ending of the movie versus the novella that was more open ended.2022 Catnado* Directed by: Curtis Everett, Donald Farmer, Alaine Huntington* Written by: Blake Blasko, Curtis Everett, Donald Farmer* Stars: Rebecca Rinehart, Blair Kelly, Joshua Gotte* Run Time: 1 Hour, 28 Minutes* Trailer:Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneIMDB says, “It’s like Sharknado, but with cats,” and that’s a pretty apt description. It also has a harsh rating of 1.7 out of 10 at the time of this posting. This is an anthology, and as a voice on the radio warns, those catnadoes can pop up anywhere, anytime. It is a supernaturally powered tornado full of evil, angry cats, for some reason. The movie is stupid and bad, yet entertaining and quite hilarious at the same time.Spoilery SynopsisA woman talks about the day that the sky went dark and then cats started killing. “This was no ordinary tornado. This was a catnado. No one was safe.” We’re going to see some of those stories in this anthology…Crimes and FelinesOn Halloween, we see the neighborhood is all decorated. A man talks about not being able to book their vacation cruise because of the catnadoes, which is a lot like the COVID hoax.A woman picks up her ex from prison; he’s just been released. He’s got a lead on 1.3 million dollars hidden in a mattress. They need some cash to get there, so they rob a woman coming out of the pet store.They arrive at the victim’s house, and it’s full of cats. Suddenly, the tornado siren goes off. Could it be a catnado? Yes, it’s a tornado full of cats, spitting them out all willy-nilly and killing people. There’s nothing worse than stirred-up cats!To make it worse, a cat bursts out of the boyfriend’s belly and kills the girl. The pet shop lady then takes her money back.Of Cats and MenA man arrives at his home in the country and gets a storm warning on his phone. He then sits outside and drinks beer until the storm hits. He runs out of beer and goes after more— he runs into a cat with his truck, and it makes a big splat.He’s about to get into a fight with another motorist when they hear a bunch of meowing. Soon, the cat-astrophe is upon them, and Mal gets hit by a car himself.Everyone wakes up in a cabin, and they argue a lot as the yowling surrounds the house. They all go over their family drama and some deaths in the past; they all have a backstory. The drama continues until the cats get inside.Storm WindowA man who doesn’t like storms reads Bible verses. He finds that he’s locked in a storm shelter with several cats who talk in funny accents (where did these cats grow up to learn these accents? That’s not what real cats talk like). The cats trash-talk Raymond until he slowly goes insane. “The catnado is coming for you, Raymond!”Apocalypse MeowA scriptwriter writes a story about a cat plague that kills millions of cats. There’s even a cat church now. The two guys, Jerry and Oliver, have a cat, but one of them is afraid of the cat. There’s a storm coming, and the weather report is pretty weird. Maybe the cat vaccine has something to do with it.Something scratches at the door, and Oliver doesn’t want to let it in. Jerry, on the other hand, has a gun. The vaccine made millions of killing machines and hundreds of catnadoes. The two soon form a vigilante group to look for pussy.The pair soon encounter a really big catnado. Oliver is killed, and Jerry puts on his silly hat. Somehow, Oliver has become a cat-man and comes after Jerry.Cat BurglarA woman talks about a man who stole her cat. There’s been a “cat burglar” in the neighborhood, and he’s wearing a mask. The detectives check out one of their informants, and he’s seen the man.We then cut to the cat burglar, in a mask, and there’s some science-y stuff going on. The burglar promises to conjure up a catnado. There’s a shootout with the detectives, and the burglar is killed.Nightmare at 10,000 FeetA couple of guys are flying their small plane home, but they hear something on the roof of the plane. There’s a gremlin-cat left over from a catnado on the wing of the plane! They use a cat toy to get its attention, and the reject from “Cats” takes it away from them.Cosmic CatnadoAfter the credits, another segment appears. It doesn’t make any sense at all, something about “Stinky cheese of the soul” and “Astro the Space Hero.”Brian’s Commentary“It’s raining cats and …” “When there’s no more room in the cat box, cats shall rule the Earth!” So many “pussy” jokes.This has some of the worst special effects I’ve ever seen, but they’re still hilarious. It’s extremely low budget, but it’s so silly it’s hard not to like it.Kevin’s CommentaryWho doesn’t love a vortex of cats sweeping across the land?It’s low-budget and bad, but in a good way. The effects are terrible. I thought it was funny and entertaining. Don’t expect great cinema, but if you’re a fan of sharknado-level movies, you can expect a good time.I have no regrets seeing it.1999 Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies* Directed by: Jack Sholder* Written by: Peter Atkins, Jack Sholder* Stars: Holly Fields, Chris Weber, Al Foster, Andrew Divoff* Run Time: 1 Hour, 26 Minutes* Trailer:Spoiler-Free Judgment ZoneDuring a botched robbery, Demerest the Wishmaster is accidentally released, and he becomes linked to the surviving thief. The djinn has to collect 1001 souls in exchange for wishes to trigger an apocalypse. So he gets to work, causing mayhem and death - very few of his granted wishes are benevolent. Andrew Divoff is great again as the djinn; it’s got a decent story, and the effects are very good. But the pacing is clunky, and we both thought it was pretty dull.Spoilery SynopsisWe open on a group of thieves in the museum. They take paintings, but when they break some glass, the alarm goes off. During the ensuing gunfight, a statue gets shot and spits out a huge gemstone, which one of the thieves grabs. Morgana shoots a guard and then gets shot herself, but the jewel stops the bullet. Eric also gets shot, but he stays behind to die— except the jewel reveals something to him. The Wishmaster comes out of the jewel, and he’s quite a mess. Eric wishes he’d never been born. He suddenly de-ages down to the fetus level and then vanishes. “Done,” says the Wishmaster. When the police show up, the creature has turned into his human form, Nathaniel, and they promptly arrest him. Nathaniel tries to get the detective to make a wish, but the cop isn’t biting.In the jail cell, Nathaniel tries to “help” some of the inmates. One guy wishes to walk right through the bars, which soon happens— like Play-Doh through the extruder. With another prisoner, he offers to make his lawyer suffer.Meanwhile, Morgana takes Eric’s death badly. She has a nightmare about the Wishmaster demon and then goes to church. She meets an old friend, Gregory, who is now a priest. She tells him all about her odd dreams, which all seem to involve a prophecy.Meanwhile, the djinn continues making deals for souls in prison where he’s being held. He ends up talking cryptically to Morgana in jail. Later, he makes a prison bully’s henchmen beat him to death because he wished to get “wasted.” Morgana tries to convince Gregory that evil is happening, and she keeps having visions. Gregory goes to see the djinn himself, and he’s convinced that he’s not of this world.Gregory looks up djinns and explains the thing about needing 1,001 souls to free the Wishmaster’s entire race, and he has to finalize it by giving three wishes to the one who released him. Morgana then cuts off her pinky finger as a sacrifice to become “pure.”Nathaniel gives a guard his wish, a minute alone to dance. He then steals the guard’s skin to walk out the front door along with his friend Osip. He soon meets Pushkin, a mob boss. Pushkin wants his enemy’s head, and he’s soon wearing it— so his men kill him. Suddenly, Morgana rushes in and shoots Nathaniel, who turns into his demon form. He offers her a wish as a reward for waking him, but she runs away.Morgana and Gregory return to Osip, who refuses to help them. He shoots Morgana to prevent the prophecy, and she’s OK with that. Somehow, that doesn’t work - she’s locked in with the Djinn until he finishes his work. Meanwhile, Nathaniel goes to the Vegas casinos, where lots of people have wishes. It’s not going to take long for him to get the 800 more souls that he needs.Not long after, it seems everyone is a winner at the casino. Then, everyone he granted wishes to starts dropping dead as he collects their souls from them. Now, he has only to grant Morgana’s three wishes, and he wins the Earth.The Wishmaster takes Morgana to Hell for a chat. He’s torturing Gregory, and getting him released is her first wish. Gregory dies; that’s a release, right? She tries a lot of things, but none of them work against him. He takes her back to the casino, which has gotten all possessed, and it’s killing the patrons. Morgana wishes the guard she killed in the opening scene were alive again— this makes her pure enough to put the Wishmast back in his crystal. As she says the magic words, all his victims’ souls are returned to their owners.Back in Hell, the Wishmaster doesn’t look happy. He’ll probably be back.Brian’s CommentaryIt’s been a while since we saw the first film, so here’s a link. This is more of the same. The deaths seem a little less creative this time, and the characters didn’t do much for me either. Andrew Divoff, as the djinn, is the only thing worth seeing here, and it’s clear that at least he’s having a good time.I was a little bored with this one.Kevin’s CommentaryI was initially thinking I’d seen this, but I now think it was just a compilation of some key scenes on YouTube.It’s pointed out that when Andrew Divoff is in his human form, in this movie and the first movie, he doesn’t blink. Trivia says the director was impressed that he was doing it, but Andrew said he didn’t even realize that he was. I agree with Brian that Divoff is the bright spot in this. He’s perfect in the role, and it’s clear he’s really into it.It’s on the dull side overall.Contact Info:Email: mailto:<a target="_blank" href="mailto:email@horrorguys.com">email@horrorguys.com</a>Websites:* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrorguys.com">https://www.horrorguys.com</a>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.horrormonthly.com">https://www.horrormonthly.com</a> This is a public episode. 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