Lauren Cohan gets The Boy

An unpleasantly warm & humid greeting to you, dear listener. Welcome to another episode of The Horror Movie Show, hosted once more by those sweaty guys Jerry & Mark. Are you ready? Then let’s begin.

The lovely Lauren Cohan — Maggie on The Walking Dead — plays an American nanny lost in an English world of the fantastic in The Boy. Though her new charge is a lifeless dummy, some decidedly creepy goings-on convince her that there is more to her job than just playing with dolls.

Tom Hiddleston stars in High-rise, along with a host of very good British actors including Jeremy Irons. The film is based on a novel by J.G. Ballard. If you know any of that author’s work, you know he could create a mighty peculiar world.

Son of SaulGeza Rohrig

Plan 9 has large intentions. Supposedly this is a more professionally made version of legendarily awful filmmaker Ed Wood‘s Plan 9 from Outer Space. Does the new movie succeed? Um… no.

Another bad movie — though a lot more fun to watch — is Lavalantula. Starring the once-mighty Steve Guttenberg, this flick from the same producers as the Sharknado series, inflicts gigantic fire-breathing spiders on the poor people of L.A. Hot stuff.

The animated feature Hell & Back is about a couple of friends who attempt to rescue a third chum from the flaming pits of Hell. The voices are mostly done by comedic actors, with Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, Mr. Show) as the scene-stealing Devil. An amusing flick.

Finally, another movie that is not strictly a horror film. Spotlight is the mostly true story of a team of Boston investigative reporters who break the story of Catholic priests sexually abusing children & the cover-up that went all the way to the top of the Catholic Church. You’d think a priest would understand about right & wrong and sin, but it seems not.

Try & stay cool, gang. It’s burning up out there!