“Home Movie” is a chilling found footage essential from the late 2000s that turns ordinary family videos into something deeply unnerving. Some horror movies …continue reading Found Friday: Home Movie (2008)
“Compliance” is an ambitious, unsettling conspiracy thriller that weaponizes modern paranoia for maximum discomfort. 2012’s Compliance, directed by Craig Zobel, is one of my …continue reading Fantaspoa 2026: Compliance
Banfitch follows up “The Outwaters” with another found-footage nightmare steeped in grief, ghosts, and the impossible task of escaping pain. Writer and director Robbie …continue reading Brooklyn Horror Film Fest 2025: Tinsman Road
“Shelby Oaks” blends found footage, family trauma, and atmosphere for a film haunted by passion and potential—even if its story falters. There are some …continue reading Movie Night: Shelby Oaks (2025)
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 …continue reading Adventures in Movies: Starting Spooky Season Right
“V/H/S/ Halloween” is one of the franchise’s best entries—grisly, inventive, and terrifyingly fun. A perfect October anthology treat. The V/H/S franchise has always been …continue reading Found Friday: V/H/S/ Halloween
“Don’t Peek” (2025) blends found footage, slasher menace, and supernatural dread into one of the year’s most unsettling indie horrors. Found footage horror is …continue reading Found Friday: Don’t Peek (2025)
A hidden found footage gem, “Final Prayer” is a slow-burning descent into religious dread and folk horror with a soul-snatching climax. Note: I’ll be …continue reading Found Friday: Final Prayer/The Borderlands (2013)
“Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project” is a hilarious horror-comedy mockumentary: indie filmmaking chaos meets genuine scares. Max Tzannes’ Found Footage: The …continue reading Found Friday: “Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project”
Smartly satirical and sidesplitting, “The Rebrand” is a demented and gloriously queer horror comedy that strikes all the right notes. The Rebrand opens with …continue reading Sapphic Sunday: The Rebrand (Panic Fest, 2025)
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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