Rituals

Season 6 Rituals Finale

November 26, 2021

We’re wrapping up the season with a few of our favorite things: ranking items judgmentally, crafting, and celebrating friendship. Thanks for listening and share your favorite rituals with us! Rankings Agree with us? Great! Disagree with us? Even better. TellRead More

Ouija

November 12, 2021

That board game you played during high school sleepovers gets a movie made about it! As thrilling as a Dream Phone movie would be, this movie is (un)fortunately about Ouija boards. Feeling more like a vehicle to sell more boardRead More

The Ritual

November 5, 2021

A guys’ trip wrought with anger, grief, tension, and a shortcut through a dense Swedish forest. Sounds like a blast to us! The Ritual (2017), directed by David Bruckner, explores the dynamics of male friendship in the wake of theirRead More

Ready or Not

October 29, 2021

In-laws, am I right? Ready or Not (2019) is the most contemporary movie of Season 6, and it is a raucous ride of real scares and real laughs. Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett helmed the original concept of newlywedRead More

Rosemary’s Baby

October 22, 2021

The darkness of Rosemary’s Baby comes from within and without. Unfavorably associated with director Roman Polanski, Rosemary’s Baby is now often viewed through the modern lens of the post #metoo movement era. But! It is a horror movie, and oneRead More

The House of the Devil

October 15, 2021

The House of the Devil has all of the late 70s to early 80s horror trappings an audience could desire: pizza delivery gone awry, a teen girl babysitting in a rural old house, and a spooky title card declaring theRead More

The Exorcist

October 8, 2021

So iconic that it has transitioned to parody and back again, we are covering The Exorcist (1973). Loosely based on real events, The Exorcist introduced a generation to the head spinning, vomit- and curse-spewing Linda Blair and the concept ofRead More

Suspiria

October 1, 2021

Not Quite Dead is kicking off Season 6: Rituals with a double feature of everyone’s favorite dance horror classic and its remake: Suspiria! The 1977 Dario Argento film is acclaimed for its iconic style, while Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 remake isRead More