Great ink by @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social in @colsunderground.bsky.social about #BleakWeek: Cinema of Despair at the Wex June 4 - 10. The brainchild of @americancinematheque.com.web.brid.gy, it's exciting to bring it to 614! Schedule in the comments. columbusunderground.com/a-week-of-bl...

3 out of 4 winners this week!

Rocky Horror fans! New streaming doc Strange Journey is a gift to all of us:

“Backrooms, because it’s so singular in its vision, won’t sit with everyone. But for those of us who have nightmares of being trapped in room after windowless room of fluorescent buzz and mildew smell, this is our Skinamarink. I mean that in the best way possible.”

“This year, the Wexner Center for the Arts has been invited to participate.” MORE: columbusunderground.com/a-week-of-bl...

This week: 2 out of 3 new horrors are good, new Boots Riley is great, new Star Wars and Jack Ryan flicks, and we have a question about full body deodorant…join us:

Great ink by @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social in @colsunderground.bsky.social about the upcoming Pride film series at the Wex! Kicks off May 27 with #AnnapurnaSriram's F*CKTOYS! Schedule in the comments. columbusunderground.com/a-celebratio...

There’s a brand new #frighrclub podcast approved #horror movie in theaters this weekend!

Some great new movies in theaters this weekend! Reviews via @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social : columbusunderground.com/wild-origina...

“Beginning Wednesday, May 27, you can take in Pride: A Celebration of Queer Movies.” MORE: columbusunderground.com/a-celebratio...

And really fucking hard

I unironically love this movie!

There’s a lot to like in theaters this weekend: columbusunderground.com/god-wishes-a...

In Obsession, I love that his name is Bear, and he denies Nikki a choice in their relationship. After so much discussion about women “choosing the bear,” it’s a sly way to point out the importance of having a choice at all.

“Violence and destiny, family trauma, classism and misogyny, and rage—Is God Is finds poetry and honesty and blood in all of it.” Our review:

Two of the year’s best and one snoozer in this week’s haul of new films. Can you guess?

Let’s talk cursed curios and react to Obsession (spoilers!) with a fantastic live crowd:

We dug it!

So @oscmy333.bsky.social & I just got back from @frightclub.bsky.social #Live w/ a early screening of #Obsession damn what a fun watch, talked #Fave #CuriosityShopHorror I was surprised #Cronos Didn’t make the list thanks to @gatewayfilmcenter.bsky.social & @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social for hosting

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Did you hear the #horrormovie news? A remastered director’s cut 4k restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils is coming!

“Is Mortal Kombat II as dumb as the first? Almost. Is it as fun? Not quite. But as a bloody, lightningy time waster, it’s A-OK. B-OK. It’s B-OK.”

4 new flicks to break down this week, plus fresh studio news, join us:

#FrightClub podcast got a sneak peek at the new horror flick, Obsession! What’d we think?

Press play on #Synchronic #FrightClub! Links to film in pinned post. Also on more services.

#FrightClub podcast with the skinny on what’s leaving @shudder.com in May! Get your viewing planned!

What if "choose the bear" was a horror movie? Heresy, a Dutch folk horror debut from concept artist Didier Konings, suggests the forest might be safer than the village. Anneke Sluiters carries every indignity in her expression. #HeresyFilm #FolkHorror #AnnekeSluiters

What was the most divisive #FrightClub Live? It’s getting an @arrowvideo.bsky.social 4K release!

Renny Harlin returns to shark-infested waters with Deep Water. The result: a derivative, unscary mess where counting borrowed movie references is the only fun. Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley deserved better. #DeepWater #RennyHarlin @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social

Found your new favourite weird horror movie: SALT ALONG THE TONGUE. A mother possesses her daughter to protect her from the evil eye. Food as a gateway. Dina Panozzo plays twins. This supernatural drama is like nothing else this year @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social

“The food on display opens up a gateway to illicit desires and the past, with Proustian reverie giving way to demonic nightmares. There’s more than enough to chew on here.” Our take on Salt Along the Tongue:

That bittersweet irony shadows everything about Didn’t Die, transforming its questions about loss from abstract genre exercise into something uncomfortably real. @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social https://gnofhorror.com/didnt-die-2025-review-zombie-dramedy-at-sundance/

Netflix’s “Swapped doesn’t do enough to set itself apart from other animated wonders, but what it does it does really well. It’s a powerful story beautifully animated and well told.”

“The Devil Wears Prada 2 ends up being a jacket that doesn’t fit quite as well as it did years ago, but it’s comfortable and it still looks pretty good.”

“Do I respect what Andy Serkis is trying to do? Yes. Do I wish he did it with an original story not named Animal Farm? Also yes.”

“And if this first year is a hit, Vecchio looks forward to making Columbus an annual trip.” columbusunderground.com/horror-con-c...

“Charlize Theron’s real rock climbing and Taron Egerton’s cherubic menace elevate Apex above its script. A fun, physically demanding thriller.” Apex Review: Charlize Theron’s Real Stunts Save This Netflix Thriller gnofhorror.com/apex-review-... @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social

Heresy “gives you what you need to understand why women choose the bear.” Our take:

We wrote a preview of this weekend’s fun for @colsunderground.bsky.social

Loved Hokum! "Scene after scene balances a funhouse vibe with Irish folktale spookiness."

Lowery’s Mother Mary is a heady, silk-draped chamber piece about fame as a slow-motion disappearance. Hathaway bleeds on screen; Coel steals every frame. Difficult art, fully committed. No tidy endings, just something rare. gnofhorror.com/mother-mary-... @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social

“A squirm-inducing delight that leans hard into its R-rating. Pretty funny. Pretty gross.” Over Over Your Dead Body Review: Jason Segel vs. Samara Weaving in a Bloody Romp gnofhorror.com/over-your-de... @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social

Bunch of polarizing movies plus talk of a bomb threat, and moonwalking. Reviewing what we watched this week in the Screening Room:

Deep Water “is caught awkwardly between giving in to sharksploitation silliness and striving for a well-plotted thriller.”

#FrightClub podcast first reaction to the new Irish #horror Hokum!

Headed to the movies this weekend? Here’s 6 spoiler-free reviews to help you decide what to see: columbusunderground.com/moon-walking...

“"It’s definitely the way Kormákur frames the action, and the way his actors push themselves physically, that make Apex such a fun watch." Our Apex review, on Netflix Friday:

“Over Your Dead Body is an entertaining genre blast that’s pretty hard to ignore. And by pretty, I mean pretty funny. And pretty gross.”

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