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ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR (2025) is largely a rehash of the original that feels like White Lotus-lite
We’re big fans of the original A Simple Favor, a fun satire on true crime and mommy bloggers that seemed very timely given the rise of bloggers like Bailey Sarian, who mixed makeup tips with breakdowns of serial killers. Queue that up with Blake Lively playing against type of her public persona and Paul Feig’s…
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VIDEO REVIEW – ROSARIO (2025) an intriguing take on Latino culture in a horror setting.
Hey guys, we had the chance to catch ROSARIO, directed by Felipe Vargas at the Overlook Film Festival in April in New Orleans. Here’s a video review for the film, which hits theaters this weekend May 2nd. Stay tuned for more reviews and Overlook content and and a more in-depth written review of this film…
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THE SURFER (2025) delivers an intense claustrophobic descent into madness in this unhinged and tense psychological thriller
Nicolas Cage plays a man on the edge of losing his dream of getting a piece of his youth back in this off-kilter examination of hardcore zen from director Lorcan Finnegan Nicolas Cage does his best work in film when playing characters on the edge of losing themselves. You can see this as early in…
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THE UGLY STEPSISTER (2025) subverts the Cinderella story and beauty standards through the lens of body horror.
Director Emilie Blichfeldt’s debut feature casts the spotlight on Cinderella’s stepsister in showing what depths someone will go through for love, acceptance and finding their dreams no matter the cost in this genre period piece. Once upon a time is how most fairy tales begin. From the exposure many first have of them in the…
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THUNDERBOLTS* (2025) is a reminder that Marvel can still deliver fun action and energy to the big screen
Director Jake Schreier (Netflix’s Beef) delivers one of the most engaging features to the Marvel Canon since the heyday of the era of the Russo Brothers and James Gunn. There’s something to the idea that the Peak TV era delivered its best returns as entries in the MCU. When you look at the best films…
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Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS (2025) is a triumph of genre, storytelling and film.
Ryan Coogler’s period set Southern Gothic vampire film transcends the label of elevated horror to deliver one of 2025’s best films of the year. Going into Sinners, the latest film from writer/director Ryan Googler, you might think from the film’s marketing you were just getting something along the lines of From Dusk ‘Til Dawn, a…
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VIDEO REVIEW – Captain America: Brave New World (2025) Movie Review
Your pals at Cult Classics caught an early screening of Captain America: Brave New World this past weekend and here’s our review from our YouTube channel. Follow us for more fun film reviews coming soon!
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VIDEO REVIEW – The Monkey (2025) Out of Theater Reaction & Non-Spoiler Movie Review
Hey guys, your pals at Cult Classics caught an early screening of Osgood Perkins’ THE MONKEY. We’re excited to talk about it more in depth this week, but for now, here’s our non-spoiler out of the theater reactions and non-spoiler review from our Cult Classics’ YouTube channel. Follow us there at http://youtube.com/@cultclassics and check out…
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REVIEW: HEART EYES (2025) is the definitive horror movie for the Valentine’s Day holiday
Director Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within) delivers a fun satire of the romantic comedy genre’s tropes while serving up an homage to some of horror’s best slasher films. Horror slashers have been making something of a comeback the past several years after being absent from big screens largely since their 1980’s heyday. From the resurgence of…
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VIDEO: M3GAN 2.0 Official Teaser & Trailer Reaction
Hey guys! The first official look at MEGAN 2.0 the long-awaited sequel to the breakout horror movie of 2023 just hit during the Grammys, featuring the track Femininomenon by Chappell Roan. The trailer also features the first look at Megan’s new outfit/look as well as the synopsis featuring what the movie is about. Check out…
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WOLFMAN (2025) is a body horror meditation on grief and longing in this new Blumhouse world of gods and monsters
Director Leigh Whannell’s follow-up to 2020’s The Invisible Man continues his exploration of the human condition behind the veneer of losing it in this adaptation of the classic Universal Monster tale. Over the past several years, Leigh Whannell has been crafting a cinematic universe of post modern horror under the umbrella of Blumhouse and Universal.…
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MOVIE REVIEW: STREET TRASH (2024) is a gooey reimagining of a cult classic that improves on the original
We love 80’s horror here at Cult Classics. From Return of the Living Dead to They Live and The Thing, the 1980’s are rich in material to mine for genre nostalgia and material to reimagine. But while some films from that decade have been both reimagined and pseudo-sequelized like The Thing was in 2011, the…
