Reel Rants & Raves: A Film Podcast

🦠 Shocktober Day 20: Cabin Fever (2002) 🦠
A group of friends head to the woods for a weekend getaway—but a flesh-eating virus turns their trip into a nightmare. Cabin Fever blends dark humor, disturbing gore, and early-2000s energy that helped launch Eli Roth’s career.

🔪🇫🇷 Shocktober Day 19: High Tension (2003) 🇫🇷🔪
A brutal and unrelenting French slasher that lives up to its name. Two friends on a countryside getaway are thrust into a night of pure terror. High Tension delivers shocking twists and some of the most intense violence of the 2000s.

🔥 Podcast Crew Movie Night! 🔥
Aaron and Kelly from Reel Rants & Raves: A Film Podcast are heading to the theater to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of The Last Dragon! 🍿✨

Time to witness Sho’nuff, Bruce Leroy, and all that ‘80s martial arts magic on the big screen! 🥋⚡️

We want hear your thoughts on this one! 👀🎙️

🐝 Shocktober Day 18: Candyman (1992) 🐝
Say his name five times… and face the hook-handed legend himself. Candyman blends urban myth with social horror, anchored by Tony Todd’s haunting performance and a chilling Philip Glass score. Still one of the most poetic horrors ever made.

🧩 Shocktober Day 17: Nightbreed (1990) 🧩
From the twisted mind of Clive Barker, Nightbreed takes you to Midian—a hidden city of monsters and outcasts. Visually stunning and deeply imaginative, it’s a dark fantasy about what truly makes someone a “monster.”

🔪 Shocktober Day 16: Hatchet II (2010) 🔪
Victor Crowley rises again! Picking up right where the first film left off, this sequel doubles down on the blood, guts, and outrageous kills that made Hatchet a modern slasher favorite. Pure, old-school horror energy.

🧠 Shocktober Day 15: Re-Animator (1985) 🧠
Mad science meets pitch-black comedy! Herbert West believes he’s found a serum to bring back the dead—but the results are gory, grotesque, and hilarious. Re-Animator is a cult masterpiece of splatter and insanity.