“The Jester 2” is a campy, Halloween-soaked slasher that improves on the original with inventive kills and a surprising underdog heroine. If 2023’s The …continue reading Movie Night: The Jester 2 (2025)
Ten GenreBlast 2025 standouts—punk-pink body horror, nunsploitation fairytales, lo-fi sci-fi, apocalyptic romance, and found-footage frights. GenreBlast has always been the fest where the fringes …continue reading GenreBlast 2025: 10 Bold Discoveries
“The Hater” (2020) is a chilling look at digital propaganda, showing how easy it is to control narratives and fuel real-world destruction. “Whoever controls …continue reading Headlines and Horror: The Hater (2020)
“Opus” is a unique psychological horror that weaponizes celebrity culture, cult dynamics, and the disturbing normalization of power abuse. Opus follows Ariel Ecton (Ayo …continue reading In Defense of: Opus (2025)
The smart, unsettling “Death of a Vlogger” blurs the line between paranormal and performance while weaponizing online smear culture. Found footage has long been …continue reading Found Friday: Death of a Vlogger (2019)
A devastatingly beautiful portrait of resistance, “Nasima” is less a sports doc and more a young girl’s epic fight against real-world horror. It might …continue reading Real 2 Reel: Nasima – The Most Fearless
“So Fades the Light” blends cult horror and queer identity in a haunting road-trip film about trauma, survival, and the search for closure. So …continue reading Indie Spotlight: “So Fades the Light” (2025)
“Rufus” is a low-budget, high-energy anthology that’s campy, chaotic, and proudly weird—a midnight movie fever dream. Anthology horror has always thrived on scrappy ingenuity …continue reading Reel Review: Rufus (2025)
“Broadcast Signal Intrusion” is a paranoid thriller about lost media, mysterious broadcast hijackings, and one man’s descent into obsession. In the current digital age, …continue reading Tubi Tuesday: Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)
“The Moogai” is a harrowing portrait of an Aboriginal mother’s realization that the spirits of Australia’s colonial past continue to haunt. For those watching …continue reading Digging Deep: The Moogai (2024)
Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures
She’s a lover, he’s a fighter. Together, they’re CHEER AND LOATHING. Tune in to hear your hosts, Stephanie (Cheer) and Casey (Loathing), clash over the films they love — and the ones they love to hate.
Guilty Pleasures: Holiday Special Featuring “Elves”
In this holiday extravaganza episode of Guilty Pleasures, join hosts Stephanie, Kelly, and our newest addition, Jonathan (Jack was tied up in tinsel and couldn't join us), as they unwrap the bizarre and unhinged world of holiday cinema. They dive into the depths of Elves, a film that's as chaotic as it is entertaining. It's a sleigh full of questionable decisions, diabolical dialogue, absurd plot twists, wildly offensive antics, and unhinged holiday mischief.
And that's not all! In the second half of the podcast, join your festive cinephile friends for a look at four more ”nutty as a fruitcake” holiday treats: A New York Christmas Wedding, Elf Bowling, A Medea Christmas, and Jack Frost. Plus, we each offer a bonus Christmas flick guaranteed to make you say, ”Ho, Ho, HO-LY Hell!”
Expect laughter, disbelief, and a spirited debate about what truly makes a movie a guilty pleasure. Don't miss this festive journey through the weirdest corners of holiday films!
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