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This week, we’ve got two new films, “Lore” and also “Humane,” both from 2024. Going back a few years, we cover a trio of books based on Clive Barker stories, “Midnight Meat Train” (2008), “Lord of Illusions” (1995), and “Rawhead Rex” from 1986. Then, instead of a single short film, we’ll watch FOUR of them! Note: This week, we’ve got another SURPRISE giveaway! Listen to the podcast to find out how you can get a free streaming copy of “A Quiet Place: Day One.” Get all our reviews once a week: Check out all our books with one easy link: https://horrormonthly.com/ Full-Length Films: Humane (2024) · Directed by Caitlin Cronenberg · Written by Michael Sparaga · Stars Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Peter Gallagher · Run Time: 1 Hour, 33 Minutes · Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone We went into this blind and were very glad of it. It sets up the state of the world very quickly in a possible near future, and focuses on one wealthy family with many issues to start with. Then things get more complicated. And we’re pulled along wondering how things are going to end up and who is going to survive. And how. We both give it a strong thumbs up. Spoilery Synopsis We hear news reports of catastrophic environmental collapse. Things have gotten bad. There are now “population reduction goals” to cull off twenty percent of the population. Credits roll as we see masked people in white suits carrying bodies out of houses. There are posters everywhere asking people to “Enlist” in a euthanasia program. Charles York talks to his wife Dawn about moving the piano into the bedroom. They’re not saying something, but they’re both crying. Jared, Charles’s son, said on a TV interview that he’d let his ten-year-old son enlist, which gets him a lot of flack from the other relatives. Rachel arrives with her daughter, Mia, and Charles says that this was supposed to be an “adults only meeting.” Noah, Charles’s other son, calls Grace and says he doesn’t want to go tonight. Ashley picks him up and whines
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