Adventures in Movies: Starting Spooky Season Right
A killer October double feature: the shocking psychological turns of “Bone Lake” and the Halloween chaos of “V/H/S Halloween”.
We appreciate it when PR companies go the extra mile, and the marketing for Bone Lake has been genuinely inspiring. From suggestively placing the R rating to some cool posters, the film’s promotion has been eye-catching. The over-the-top opening adds to this with lots of nudity and a gruesome kill.
When it turns things down, it is to an almost shocking degree, which may cause people to turn away, a shame, since Bone Lake becomes an excellent psychological thriller that does a fantastic job of toying with audience expectations.
It also boasts one of the strongest performances of the year.
Since its return in 2021, the V/H/S series has produced some excellent releases. They have taken things to he past along with trying out new things like sci-fi horror. This year, the franchise tackles something that John Carpenter was never able to do. V/H/S Halloween sees the found footage anthology turn its eye towards a particular holiday in October.
There have been some fun segments, but this is the most fun V/H/S has been as an overall product in years. It perfectly captures the Halloween spirit and presents stories that range from scary to funny. And all of them are gross. This is one of the movies that will become a regular tradition.
But there is a significant caveat. V/H/S Halloween also features the darkest segment in the franchise’s history. It will be a polarizing watch that many people may skip. Others will think it is potent extreme horror.
One thing is for sure: the segment is one of the best seen in the V/H/S series, but it feels out of place in this year’s edition.
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Every week AIPT Movie Editor Nathaniel Muir and his cinema partner in crime Blake Heath discuss indie and genre movies you have have never heard of, the ones you cannot hear enough about, and the ones you never want to hear about again.
Episode 370: Mid year recap
Time moves more quickly now than it ever has. It was not that long ago that we were talking about a new show executive produced by the Duffer brothers. About a month later, it is one and done. As someone once reminded us, we are just two guys who watch movies. Production budgets and domestic grosses are only a passing interest to us. Still, there are some things that catch our attention. Were we right to say that Michael would get to $1 billion? And what does the future hold for Obsession?
There was a major change to our humble little podcast this year. We decided it would be in our best interests to be a little more focused. To that end, we went to just covering one movie each show. Despite this, we still managed to cover twenty-three movies over seventeen episodes. And twenty of them were released in 2026.
So, what do we have to talk about? And will we get as worked up as we did last week? The horrors of high school, zombies, musicals, buff nuns, and grindhouse adjacent fun. It may not all have been good, but everything left some sort of impression on us.
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Adventures in Movies! is hosted by Nathaniel and Blake. You can find Nathaniel on Instagram at nathaninpoortaste. Blake can be found on Twitter @foureyedhorror and on Instagram at foureyedhorror. You can reach us personally or on Twitter @AdventuresinMo1.
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