Is Panic Room (2002) Just "Home Alone" With Competent Criminals ? ft. Anastasia Elfman
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Is Panic Room just Home Alone For Adults? David Fincher's 2002 home invasion thriller is sharper, darker, and weirder than you remember — and this week we're breaking down every inch of it. Brian, John, and returning guest Anastasia Elfman revisit one of the most underrated thrillers of the early 2000s. They cover Fincher's Hitchcockian direction, those impossibly fluid CGI camera moves, and the film's relentless tension-building — plus everything the IMDb synopsis conveniently left out. On the table this week: whether Jared Leto's cornrow-sporting Junior ruins the film or serves it...
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Ready or Not (2019): The Horror Comedy That Gets Better Every Time You Watch It | feat. KT Baldassaro
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Ready or Not 2 is in theaters — so we went back to where it all started. Brian, John, and filmmaker/critic KT Baldassaro (@MovieRuntime) dig into the 2019 original and make the case that it's one of the smartest, funniest, most satisfying horror comedies of the last decade. A bride. A devil-controlled game box. A mansion full of rich lunatics. Hide and seek to the death. What we cover: Why this is more satire than horror and why that makes it better — Samara Weaving's all-time performance and why she carries the whole film Why Adam Brody's Daniel has the real character arc, not...
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Send Help (2026) Is Sam Raimi's Triumphant, BLOOD-SOAKED Return to HORROR with Anastasia Elfman!
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Sam Raimi is BACK — and he brought the blood, gore and laughs! This week on The Cinema Psychos Show, Brian and John are joined by returning fan favorite Anastasia Elfman to break down Send Help, the gloriously unhinged, darkly comedic horror film that proves Sam Raimi still has the sickest tricks up his sleeve. We're talking demonic camera moves, Rachel McAdams absolutely losing her mind, the most satisfying workplace revenge scene in recent memory, and enough gore to make Evil Dead fans weep with joy. Is this the Sam Raimi film we've been waiting for since Army of Darkness? We think so. But...
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Is War of the Worlds (2025) The WORST Movie EVER? (Kinda...) | Ice Cube, Amazon
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Is War of the Worlds (2025) the worst Film ever or is it simply a soulless film about our capitalist hellscape of an existence? Ice Cube plays a surveillance psycho hacking his daughter's fridge while data-eating aliens invade Earth through Microsoft Teams. We watched War of the Worlds (2025) so you don't have to—this screenlife disaster is 90 minutes of PS2 CGI, shameless Amazon product placement, and a plot dumber that feels like it's written by AI. What we're covering: Ice Cube as the villain dad we root for the aliens to vaporize "Disruptor" the hacker son and the...
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The Phantom (1996): A Secretly GREAT BAD Movie!
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Is The Phantom (1996) a secretly GREAT bad superhero movie, or just purple-spandex pulp trash? In this episode, we dive deep into Billy Zane’s cult classic, The Phantom, and ask if it actually holds up in 2026. We break down the film’s weird production history, its roots in classic pulp comics, and why Treat Williams’ gloriously over-the-top Xander Drax performance might be one of the last great campy ’90s villains. In this episode of Cinema Psychos Show, Brian and John cover: The Phantom as one of the earliest costumed superheroes and pulp icons How a Joe Dante spoof...
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) is AWFUL! | FNAF2 Movie Review
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025) might be one of the most toothless horror sequels of the decade – and yes, this movie kinda sucks. In this episode of The Cinema Psycho Show, we dive into the messy lore dump, the bloodless PG‑13 kills, the bizarre FazFest setup, and why Toy Chica somehow ends up being the star of the show for all the wrong reasons. We also talk about: The opening Charlotte flashback, useless 80s parents, and the Marionette Abby’s home and school life, plus the world’s worst science teacher Mike as a guardian, generational trauma, and the total lack of...
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Does Luc Besson's Dracula (2026) Suck? (Yes, It Really Does) | Movie Review
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Luc Besson finally made a Dracula movie in 2026… and somehow turned it into a boring, horny, perfume‑addled fever dream instead of a gothic horror classic. In this episode of The Cinema Psychos Show, Brian tears into Dracula (2026) and explains why this shiny new take on the Count feels more like a knockoff of better Dracula films than a bold reinvention. We break down everything that went wrong: Vlad accidentally killing his own wife, God apparently “rewarding” him with vampirism, the unhinged sex‑perfume subplot, cartoonish suicide jumps, rubbery CGI gargoyles, and a...
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How Silence of the Lambs Created a New Kind of Monster (With Brian Raftery)
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Author Brian Raftery joins us to explain how Silence of the Lambs didn't just give us a scary villain—it invented a whole new type. Before Hannibal Lecter, horror villains were mostly slashers in masks. Lecter changed the rules: he was clever, charming, and used his mind as a weapon. That’s why this movie—and this character—still haunts us decades later. We break down what made Lecter different, why he’s scarier than a guy with a knife, and how this film changed scary movies forever. Brian also shares secrets from his new book, Hannibal Lecter: A Life. 📘...
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Ranking 2025's BEST & WORST Movies (with Becky D'Anna of Director's Take)
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We’re joined by Becky D’Anna, co-host of Sony Pictures Official podcast, Director’s Take, for a special jam packed year in review episode! Together, we each share our personal Top 10 Best Films and Top 10 Worst Films of 2025. It’s less a debate and more a celebration (and respectful roast) of the year in cinema—comparing notes on horror standouts, unexpected gems, and the films that missed the mark. We dive deep into films like Zach Cregger’s Weapons, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia, Mike Flanagan’s Life of Chuck, Alex...
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The Battle for Warner Bros. & The Entertainment Stories You Missed | 2025 Year in Review
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Join us for a wild 2025 year-in-review! We unpack the biggest entertainment stories: the high-stakes Netflix, Paramount, and Warner Bros. acquisition war, the shocking Diddy trial, the rise of the AI actress Tilly Norwood, and Taylor Swift's continued pop culture takeover. We also break down the year in movies: DC vs. Marvel, streaming's threat to theaters, our top box office hits and bombs, and the legends we lost. Plus, we exclusively reveal the Pittsburgh Film Critics Association award winners, with Sinners dominating the field. What was the biggest story of 2025? Let us know! Follow The...
info_outlineContinuing on with our 90's Cyber Punk Dystopian Future Month, we've got another cult classic from Virtuosity Director, Brett Leonard. It's the 1992 VR Thriller, The Lawnmower Man starring awesome character actor, Jeff Fahey and a not-quite-James Bond; Pierce Brosnon. This movie tried to show us the 2 true horrors of the 90's, 32 Bit VR games and DRUGS!!! Lawnmower Man tells the story of Jobe, a hapless lawnmower man who just wants to be smart enough to read the text boxes in the Cybo Man comic books he collects and to maybe kiss the town floozie, Marnie. It also tells the story of Dr. Angelo, a workaholic mad scientist who grieves the death of his science fair project Chimp and neglects his wife Caroline who just wants to go to "The City." Dr. Angelo finds a new science fair project in Jobe, where he uses VR and drugs to try and increase his intelligence....with terrifying results!
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