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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 07/10/2026

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 7 - BLOODY TENNIS. Fresh out of Fantastic Fest, this horrific tennis academy tale is mainly inspired by Italian horror, namely SUSPIRIA, with a dash of Julia Ducournou’s RAW.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 06/10/2026

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 6 - PROM NIGHT (1980). This event-themed slasher was born out of the success of John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN and feels like it’s riffing on a lot of the same elements of that film. Not to mention Jamie Lee Curtis is in it.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 05/10/2026

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 5 - THE CABIN IN THE WOODS. This meta examination on the nature of horror films is one of the smartest, most creative takes I’ve seen. The movie provides all the various standard tropes and then spins it to provide something a lot more interesting.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 04/10/2026

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 4 - THE BABYSITTER. This horror comedy is kinda over the top & features some fun gore & comedic moments with a diverse cast. Samara Weaving plays the charismatic titular character who leads the events of the movie. McG directs, and is arguably one of his better movies.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 03/10/2026

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 3 - DARK WATER. This supernatural tale isn’t necessarily all that scary, even a little slow, but there is an interesting atmospheric eeriness to it. It plays almost as a psychological drama with horror touches, following a mom fighting for her daughter in more ways than one.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 02/10/2026

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 2 - THE RENTAL. This Airbnb horror tale comes from the minds of Dave Franco & Joe Swanberg, with Franco making his feature directorial debut. This film swaps the usual horror tension building with the permeating tension created from human dysfunction.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 01/10/2026

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 1 - GRAVEYARD SHIFT. It’s officially spooky season and to kick it off I watched this Stephen King adaptation that feels dialed up to 11. Everything in this movie feels SO unnecessarily intense.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 22/07/2026

“I’m a punk rock prom queen, brown paper magazine..”

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 22/03/2026

This is the reality of QR code ordering at @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social now. And this gentleman had his phone out even longer than this recording (on top of the fact that his phone flashlight was on the whole time too).

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 31/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 31 - FRANKENSTEIN. @realgdt.bsky.social ’s take on the classic Mary Shelley story is faithful to the spirit of the original story and its thoughtful contemplation on reckless ambition, creation, humanity, and more. Jacob Elordi as the Creature is a standout here..

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 30/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 30 - TALK TO ME. After watching BRING HER BACK earlier this month, I wanted to revisit Danny and Michael Philippou’s first feature film. It’s an affecting and disturbing metaphor on youthful carelessness with drug use.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 29/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 29 - CUCKOO. For horror fans wanting to find more niche horror sub-genres, let me present to you this tale of brood parasitism. On this rewatch, I found a better appreciation for Tillman Singer’s brand of weirdness this time around. It’s atmospheric and at times unnerving.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 28/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 28 - IT. With IT: WELCOME TO DERRY having just premiered its first episode this week, it felt like the appropriate time to revisit Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. Following the Losers Club around 1980s Derry is often entertaining, and often creepy.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 28/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 27 - JENNIFER’S BODY. Diablo Cody’s quirky dialogue & fun characters make for an entertaining romp in this high school horror comedy. Central characters, Needy and Jennifer, find themselves at a relationship crossroads as their friendship deteriorates when Needy realizes..

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 26/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 26 - THE MANITOU. This 1978 supernatural horror is entirely a product of its time & is delightfully bizarre. The story kicks off with a woman who has a growing lump on the base of her neck because a 400-year old Native American demon wants to be reincarnated through her.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 25/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 25 - GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN. Like many a child of the 90s, GOOSEBUMPS was highly influential in my burgeoning horror taste. I’ve been and still am drawn to the property and was rather happy when they started making films based on the books.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 24/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 24 - THE UGLY STEPSISTER. I went into this knowing next to nothing and walked out of it having likely found my favorite horror film of 2025. Director Emilie Kristine Blichfeldt’s feature film debut shows such a strong vision, it’s borderline masterful.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 23/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 23 - THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE. This brand new horror thriller seems to be a bit divisive but I’m in the “it’s good” camp here. Maika Monroe & Mary Elizabeth Winstead both do a fantastic job with their textured characters. It’s fun seeing Maika in a more villainous role.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 22/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 22 - THE LOVE WITCH. This campy throwback to 60s/70s erotic horror manages to nail its aesthetic thanks to the singular vision of writer/director Anna Biller, who wore A LOT of hats on this production.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 22/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 21 - NIGHT OF THE REAPER. This movie feels like a run of the mill slasher, until it’s not. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It can be a little rough around the edges but a twisty reveal actually got me on board with it.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 20/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 20 - THE VISIT. While this doesn’t reach the heights of some of M. Night Shyamalan’s more successful films, it is a solid horror thriller. The grandparents are unnerving, with Deanna Dunagan as Nana giving a downright creepy performance.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 19/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 19 - THE DEADLY SPAWN. I adore this under-seen gem of a cult movie. It’s an ultra low-budget flick that manages to exceed its budgetary limitations to bring a fun energy and a hint of a larger scope to its proceedings. The special fx are so cool & I love the creature design!

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 18/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 18 - CRONOS. Guillermo del Toro’s take on vampirism is a melding of vampire lore & the fountain of youth. It’s not a spreadable affliction, via a vampire bite, but instead it’s a supernatural mechanism that extends the life of the person using it, with monstrous side effects.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 17/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 17 - WISHMASTER. With Robert Kurtzman, one of the co-founders of KNB EFX, at the helm, you’d be sure to expect this movie to have fun practical effects, and on that, it definitely delivers! The whole film is a blast of B-movie goodness and is 100% my kind of movie!

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 16/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 16 - OCULUS. This reality-distorting supernatural horror movie about a haunted mirror will make you question what you are seeing. The film does a good job of introducing the mirror’s distortion prowess before it unleashes it in a manner that will make your head spin a bit.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 15/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 15 - INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978). “Paranoia! Paranoia! Everbody’s coming to get me!” This lyric from a Harvey Danger song popped into my head after watching this film. It encapsulates one of the more pervasive elements of this remake from Philip Kaufman.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 14/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 14 - CASPER. For some family-friendly Halloweeny fun this year, I’ve chosen this supernatural fantasy. Sporting some really great production values and a touching score, this 1995 film utilizes CGI that surprisingly holds up well (in 4K) with its ghostly cartoon aesthetic.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 13/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 13 - VAMPIRES. While this may generally be one of John Carpenter’s lesser-talked-about films, I find this pulpy western/horror hybrid to be a pretty fun watch. The film rides a line between being badass and campy with characters that feel dialed up to 11 at times.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 12/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 12 - NEW NIGHTMARE. This month we are featuring two A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET films because, well, they both are awesome! Wes Craven goes full meta here and creates something that is so ingenious in how it approaches the power of stories.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 11/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 11 - CREEP 2. I’ve been watching THE CREEP TAPES lately, and wanted to revisit this one as I couldn’t remember too much about it. Coming off the first CREEP, this sequel subverts your expectations and plays a different angle.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 10/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 10 - A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS. This 3rd film is amongst my favorite of the series. In a way this one is kind of like Freddy vs the X-men, and I’m totally here for that. The FX are pretty gnarly (love the stop motion skeleton fight & the marionette kill).

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 09/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 9 - BRING HER BACK. I went into this knowing nothing about it other than it was from the filmmakers of TALK TO ME. As a result, I was very engrossed & surprised by this really f$cked up tale of grief. It had me squirming in my seat a number of times & consistently on edge.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 08/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 8 - EVIL DEAD RISE. Director Lee Cronin stated that they used over 1,700 gallons of fake blood on this film, which makes sense for how goopy this movie is! RISE is more of a spiritual successor to Sam Raimi’s originals but it makes good use of the EVIL DEAD series trademarks.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 07/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 7 - THE MONKEY. Osgood Perkins’ take on a Steven King short story is pretty entertaining and feels tonally different than his previous films. It’s got a wicked sense of humor and grisly effects as it tells an absurd tale of family drama and chaotic supernatural violence.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 06/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 6 - A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE. This might be my favorite of the A QUIET PLACE series. The change to a NYC setting is a welcome one & the characters are worthy of investing in. Not to mention an adorable cat that might be one of the most well-mannered cats I’ve seen on screen.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 05/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 5 - THE FRIGHTENERS. In 1996, just before LORD OF THE RINGS, Peter Jackson directed this supernatural horror comedy starring Michael J. Fox. The film is an entertaining ride with some familiar faces like John Astin, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride and R. Lee Ermey.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 04/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 4 - QUEEN OF THE DAMNED. This movie is kind of like if an Anne Rice novel had a baby with DRACULA 2000. It’s kind of dumb and I’m honestly 100% here for it.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 03/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 3 - GOOD BOY. This horror movie from a dog’s perspective took 4 years to make in order to accommodate the fact that Indy was just a dog unaware he was making a movie. The result is impressive, as is the dedication of the filmmakers (Indy’s owners) in pulling off such a feat.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 02/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 2 - POLTERGEIST III. While this entry in the POLTERGEIST series is more maligned than celebrated, I actually think this is a good time. Sure it’s missing the Freeling family & the script could use work, but it’s a fun 80s supernatural flick with really cool practical effects.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 01/10/2025

[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 1 - FRAILTY. Kicking off the season today with Bill Paxton’s directorial debut from 2001! This psychological/religious horror film is a quite effective and haunting tale. I appreciate the way the story unfolds in an ambiguous manner before its final revelatory moments.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 18/08/2025

Holy crap, and I just realized that on top of that, the disc I received from Amazon, the case only has the 4K disc. There is no accompanying Blu-ray Disc. @kinolorber.com you guys aware of they are doing this to your product? Image below is the Amazon listing.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 04/08/2025

Watching ANDOR is hitting really, really close to home. It’s a great show but it’s hard not to feel like you’re watching a glimpse of your future.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 04/08/2025

This is what America feels like.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 30/03/2025

Testing out the new Flashes app with an image I haven’t posted even though it’s nearing April.. nevertheless, my TOP 10 HORROR FILMS OF 2024.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 18/02/2025

My wife wanted a lazy day watching movies so we watched the delightfully clever GLASS ONION to start. Then I introduced her to IN BRUGES and INDIAN SUMMER. And we are capping off our evening with COLOR OUT OF SPACE (another first for her).

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 24/12/2024

“You will be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 This year I am feeling thankful for one of the greatest performances ever committed to celluloid.

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Ben McBride @monsterpopcorn.com · 23/11/2024

I just realized that THE PURGE writer/director/creator James DeMonaco wrote this movie too:

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