October is wrapping up and physical media has a lot of horror-adjacent titles to offer. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take a look at Guillermo Del Toro’s recent passion project getting the Criterion treatment. There are clown kidnappers, a monster on the streets of Paris, the teenage antichrist as well as a group of BMX riders. Glenn Ford has to deal with some other young punks, Julia Roberts & Clive Owen are corporate spies, William Powell & Myrna Loy team again and one of the funnier comedies of the 2020s that you likely missed gets an upgrade. Arrow resurrects another box set of home video action shlock but also Peter’s favorite Peter Jackson film. Finally, if you really want to frighten someone this Halloween show them John MacNaughton’s Chicago portrait of a serial killer who doesn’t wear a mask.

October is just full of movies so Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy review another 11 of them for you. On the documentary side there are the stories of an MTV show (This Is Buzz) and another comedian tale from Netflix and Judd Apatow (Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story). Steve talks about a Broadway show with Rose Byrne you can see in theaters (Fallen Angels). They go back to this year’s Sundance for a fable with Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgaard (Wicker) and a couple Sundances ago for tales of drugs with David Schwimmer (Junk). Taika Waititi has Jenna Ortega as a family’s robot friend (Klara and the Sun) while Deborah Ann Woll investigates a mysterious animal attack (The Cycle) and Helen Mirren tries to manifest another Tom Ripley story (A Talent for Murder). The director of Burning, Lee Chang-dong, returns with his first film in eight years (Possible Love). The DC Gunnverse tries their hand at “horror” (Clayface) and the animators at Laika deliver their most ambitious project yet (Wildwood).

It is a week of cult movies, cable/video era obscurities, a historical Oscar-winner and a tribute to one of the greatest of all filmmakers. That is where Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski begin by telling you all about the new Stanley Kubrick set from Criterion along with one of the pair of the more unsettling films (for different reasons) ever. You can wash that down with a pleasant William Powell film or double down with some Mario Bava, a sequel to Westworld or a Dean Koontz adaptation. They talk about the history of a strange Broadway adaptation, Richard Burton as a murderous husband and Jim Carrey’s big paycheck for a dark comedy celebrating its 30^th anniversary.

If 14 reviews were not enough for you last week then Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy have another 13 for you this week. They include the horrors of spiders (Crawlers) and traveling vampires (Devour). There’s the story of the physician accused of murdering Anna Nicole Smith (Trust Me, I’m A Doctor) and the guide who helped Edmund Hillary reach the top of Everest (Tenzing). Sebastian Stan & Renate Reinsve are at the center of child protective custody (Fjord) and Chris Rock blows the lid off of being an aging black woman in Hollywood with a bipolar sibling (Misty Green). There’s another Jane Austin adaptation (Sense and Sensibility) but there may not be another like Ken Russell’s restored 1971 tale of religious repression and power (The Devils). On the documentary side there is Alex Gibney’s four-hour examination of one scumbag (Musk) and Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim’s visit to another in Elizabeth Holmes (You Can See Everything). Thankfully, Judd Apatow sets his sights on another comic legend (Norm: The Tale of Norm MacDonald). If Jean Claude Van Damme and Chris Klein weren’t enough for you, there’s another reboot of the Capcom video game (Street Fighter). Finally, Austin Abrams goes the Jonah/Pinocchio route in solving his daddy issues (Whalefall).

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through the latest and greatest of physical media this week. They include the works of Samuel Fuller and David Lean. The horror month continues with a bizarre cult musical from the director of the Saw sequels, obscure folk horror with John Hurt, Alan Bates (and Tim Curry), a 90s vampire tale, some Eli Roth awfulness, Russell Crowe on a vespa and the found footage sensation that started a whole genre. Plus they revisit the Sensurround experience that brought terrorism to amusement parks and the Bruce Willis/Tony Scott pairing that they have differing views about.

Not since 2022 have Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy had a non-festival show where they reviewed 14 new films. But they did it again this week. Erik starts with a trio of documentaries including one on the growing concerns of a global food shortage (World Without Cows), then Dolph Lundgren looks back on his life after a potentially fatal diagnosis (Dolph: Unbreakable) and an incredible look at a comedian, actor (and painter) (Who Is Martin Mull?) Zachary Levi steps into the boots of John Wayne (Angel and the Badman) while Jesus may have come back to appear on a talk show (The Jesus Tapes) and a 19^th-century town deals with a lethal outbreak (A Prayer for the Dying). Margaret Qualley tries to outrun grief after COVID strikes (Love Of Your Life). There are varying levels of horror ranging from a new chapter in a ‘70s spoof (Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence) and the ninth chapter in the ongoing anthology series (V/H/S/Mixtape). Samuel L. Jackson must outrun terrorists in his Presidential automobile (The Beast) and John Cena goes on a global mission with childhood friends who played with toy cars (Matchbox: The Movie). Ben Affleck stars and directs in a kidnapping thriller that has a familiar ring to it (Animals). Jessica Chastain is doubled up when a demon wants her daughter (Other Mommy). Finally, Aaron Sorkin returns to show us want Facebook has done since his Oscar-winning screenplay in 2010 (The Social Reckoning.)

It’s not a loaded week for physical media but Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski still have plenty to say about some new releases. Which is not to entirely dismiss an obscure sci-fi thriller about black diaspora rescued from obscurity by Criterion nor Shout Factory’s of a 1980s Hong Kong series. But much of the discussion is dedicated to the 40^th Anniversary of Frank Oz’s comedic horror musical and the 45^th Anniversary of John Landis’ still iconic contribution to the werewolf genre.

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy have the latest movie reviews for you as well as catching up on some titles from earlier including Steve checking in on Forgotten Island and Erik finally getting to Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie. There are more documentaries this week including more people going mountain climbing (The Last First: Winter K2) and a family’s attempt to get their daughter back from Hamas (Holding Liat). Steve handles a new giant snake film (Beware Boiuna) while Erik looks at the latest comedic bloodbath from actor-turned-director Clark Duke (Stranglehood). Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar unleashes bloody comic fury in a prison (Ghost In The Cell). The pair then try to breakdown the absurdity of the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation (Verity) and the manic insanity of Alejandro G. Inarritu and Tom Cruise’s satire (Digger).

Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski are back on physical media duty this week featuring some of Peter’s favorites and maybe some of his least favorites. Not going to tell you which. But it’s a show filled with the work of Leos Carax plus bizarre musicals ranging from the life of Jesus to Steve Martin getting very serious very quickly. We’ve got Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and a pair of Robin Williams upgrades plus sets celebrating Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. There’s a somewhat forgotten ‘80s pairing of Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger and a family fantasy with John Goodman. One of the better Tarantino-inspired films of the ‘90s gets the Arrow treatment as does one of the greatest sci-fi films ever.

Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy return from the festivals in Toronto and Austin to come back to the world of the present releases. Erik looks at a pair of documentaries focused on the changing rivers of Texas (Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers) and the career of one of the most famous models (Twiggy). Steve checks in with a horror title that says it all from Fantastic Fest (Bloody Tennis) and what you might expect from Marvel’s big re-release this weekend (Avengers Endgame: Encore). There is a rom-com with source material you will not believe (The Love Hypothesis) and a Netflix film about the origin and capture of Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber). Jay Baruchel plays the Canadian equivalent of Evil Knievel (The Stunt Driver). Brad Pitt is trapped in the wild with his trusty combat dog (Heart of the Beast) and a pair of best friends have to remember their way out of a mythical location (Forgotten Island). Finally, Robert Pattinson is Chris Hansen from To Catch a Predator trying to explain himself (Primetime).