Off The Record - 6 - 2026
Notes de l’épisode
This episode of Off the Record is for all the horror buffs out there as we venture into the month of remembering the dead.
The front of center of this Episode is Ken’s Shudder pick The Cycle from 2026 directed by Jordan Downey, starring Deborah Ann Woll and Jeffrey Donovan. A violent werewolf horror with nudity, ketchup and murder mystery. Ken was thoroughly impressed with the gnarly practical effects. The film runs 111 minutes long. Ken enjoyed it despite some of the questionable plot elements.
Followed by up Rastos horror thriller I See You from 2019. Directed by Adam Randall and starting Helen Hunt which you may know from other TV and film. Rasto enjoyed the script, but suggests the film is can only be watched once as you figure out the mystery.
Stewart checks in to 2026 Irish film Hokum from 2026. Loosely based on a haunted hotel mystery with some supernatural twists. Directed by Damian McCarthy and Adam Scott as the main character who is a bit of a side detective and popular writer. Stewart gave it a positive review about a man finding his ultimate purpose.
Ken then says ‘He has a bit more family film’ despite it being a film called Ouija: Origin of Evil from 2016. A somewhat more toned down film set in 1967. Directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Elizabeth Reaser. The protagonists discover the occult through the use of this newly popularized game. Ken was impressed.
Rasto goes into ‘Barbarian’ mode from 2022. Directed by Zach Cregger, starring Georgina Campbell and Bill Skarsgard. The film is about a unassuming house, but turns out to be anything but as there are many hidden secrets. Rasto was disturbed and scared by this film.
And finally Stewart delves back into his hobby-horse by comparing more Carrie adaptations. The new Carrie 2026 TV series and the Carrie 2 Sequel the Rage from 1999. The TV series is also directed by Mike Flanagan, while the film is directed by Katt Shea. Emily Bergl plays the half sister of Carrie, and Summer H. Howell plays Carrie in the TV Series. As far as Carrie adaptations go, they are starting to drift away from the Stephen King source material.
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