"I'm your biggest fan." - No movie, I'm YOUR biggest fan. Kat has returned and as promised in our last episode together we're going back to Stephen King's Misery (1990) Paul Sheldon is the very successful author of the acclaimed period romance novels - the 'Misery' series. He's grown tired and dejected with the series and so in his latest book (which is about to publish) kills off the titular Misery Chastain to write a brand new book, something that means more to him. He finishes the...

All life begins with a single cell. Aboard an International Space Station the crew eagerly awaits the return of a pod which was sent to Mars. Among the soil samples they find a single cell, dormant but with the proper atmosphere they coax it back and thus life is born. David (Jake Gyllenhaal) can't imagine going back to Earth after being in space for over 1000 days. Rory (Ryan Reynolds) and the rest of the crew get comfortable in their success as Kalvin (the previously single-celled organism)...

"They're under the ground Burt...they're under the God-damn ground!!" We did it! At long last we get to one of my all time favourite Creature-Features and I get to share it with Dylan as we watch - Tremors (1990) Valentine (Kevin Bacon) and Earl are the 'do-it-all' handymen of the middle-of-nowhere town, Perfection. Times have been tough and it all comes to a head when they realise they've hit rock bottom. In a spur of the minute decision they pack up and get ready to make it big in the city....

"GET BACK YOU EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS!!!" Bronwyn is back this week to help me re-live a movie I've not watched in over a decade - Eight Legged Freaks (2002) Chris (David Arquette) is returning to his hometown, his Father having tragically passed away and leaving him the owner of the town's mine. Sam the town's Sheriff, and as a single mother, is working hard at keeping her neighbours and her kids in order - her son of which has made friends with the town outcast. Joshua runs a spider-farm on the...

We all need a friend. We're back in the 80's this week as I get to show JP a movie they've had on their list for a while - Pin (1988) Leon and Ursula grew up in quite a strict home. Their Mother was obsessed with keeping things clean and their Father, well, they had to earn his love. As such Leon became increasingly lonely, right up until the moment he made friends with his Father's anatomy doll - Pin. Years passed, tragedy ensued and soon Leon had set Pin up with his own room and a place at...

It's all fun and games until the glowsticks are covered in blood. Anje joins me again and this time they wanted to show me Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Sophie and her girlfriend Bee are in the beginnings of their relationship when they decide to attend a 'hurricane party' at Sophie's oldest friend's house. Tensions are high right from the get-go as several of her friends never expected Sophie to show never mind to bring a date. Drinks are had, glowsticks are snapped and champagne is opened as...

What we wouldn't do to bring back those we've lost This week a brand new voice joins the Cherry Pop Horror family as Shane tackles a Lovecraftian nightmare with The Void (2016) The town is going bust, empty streets, abandoned buildings and a hospital that's close to fully burnt down. Sheriff Daniel and his ex-wife Alison broken up after a dire situation turned fatal but now they must work together as Daniel brings in a man covered in blood - but this stranger's ravings are only just the...

There's just something about the way the walkway wiggles that makes me uncomfortable. Sam has come back and despite the fact we couldn't do their first choice we came to a fun and exciting alternative with Underwater (2020) Nora (Kristen Stewart) is an engineer aboard the drilling rig Kepler, at the base of the Mariana Trench. There's a sudden shake that rattles the station, flooding and destroying most of the facility but she, as well as a few other stranglers she finds along the way, have...

Sit down to a plate of barbeque as the Texan heat rolls on in. Pip returns this week to help me tackle one of the legacy slashers - that's right it's time for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) After several instances of graverobbing Sally & Franklin decide to return to their family home, bringing with them a group of friends to make something of a road-trip out of it. The old beat up house has seen better days, they cross paths with a manic Hitchhiker and the local gas station has even...

We're bundling up with many layers this week as there's a chill on the wind. Jess D returns this week to take a look at a naughty's low-budget road trip with Wind Chill (2007) There once was a Guy and a Girl (Emily Blunt) but sadly they didn't have names. Through happenstance they ended up driving together both, supposedly, on their ways to meet up with family for the holidays. But after they're run off the road by a mysterious car they're left in the bitter cold of a snow bank as they try to...

It had such potential. Kat D returns again and as per the usual we've found a weird and wacky movie to take a look at - Slotherhouse (2023) Emily wants desperately to be the President of her sorority just like her Mum was. So in a bid to get more Instagram followers and thus surpass the previous President, the very bitchy Briana, Emily buys a sloth from a poacher and convinces the girls to let it stay as their new mascot. Little do they know that this is a sloth with murderous vengeance on...

"Are they dead?" "Does it really matter?" This week we welcome a brand new member to the Cherry Pop Horror family, Alice and this week it was their first time watching - The Addams Family (1991) The Addams' are a strange bunch - they're 'monsters', 'fiends', 'creatures' but more than anything they're family. Gomez, the father of the house, laments at the falling out he had with his brother a good twenty-five years ago. But as if the Gods themselves heard his prayers Uncle Fester returns home...

Fisherman don't dive cause it's better to go fast. Eve has joined me again to check out an Irish horror movie - Sea Fever (2019) Siobhan is a marine biologist and much prefers her studies to the laborious chore of people but when it's made clear that she'll not pass her course unless she goes on a practical expedition she laments. Agreeing she boards a down-on-its-luck fishing vessel. Due to the hard times one of the crew makes the decision to enter an exclusion zone and it's there the crew...

"Subway - Eat Fresh, am I right ladies." As per request Dylan joins me this week for our 69th Episode (nice) with their first time watching - X (2022). We're at the tail end of the 70's and there's a change in the industry, the sex industry to be exact as the invention of the Home-Video meaning that people can enjoy erotic movies in the comfort of their own home. With big ideas Director Wayne sets out to make the hottest porn that has ever been made. His girlfriend Maxine and other talent...

So it turns out mouthwash has multiple uses...who knew. This week we're joined by a brand new guest MacKenzie and we decided to tackle Cabin Fever (2002) A group of College graduates decide that to celebrate they'll head to a cabin the woods for a short holiday ('cause that's only ever turned out well). Some raunchy sex, a bet on who can last the week drinking only beer and roasting marshmallows over the campfire seems all well and good until they stumble into the local Hermit. It soon...

"Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hold on to." Despite joining at the beginning of Cherry Pop Horror's inception this week was Kat's first CHERRY-PIE episode as it was both their and my first time watching Dolores Claiborne (1995) Dolores (Kathy Bates) is caught red-handed, standing above her employer, the frail and decrepit Vera Donovan, with a marble rolling pin - ready to strike. This boils over as an old rival returns. Detective Mackey has a grudge to bear against Dolores and...

"The unholy trinity - Satan, the Anti-Christ and the False Profit." Kaleb has returned this week to tackle another classic - The Omen (1976) Robert and Katherine are just 'beautiful people'. And bad things don't happen to beautiful people. Sadly the happy couple looses their son in childbirth but a friendly priest offers them the chance to adopt a boy born in the same hospital, a boy whose mother died in childbirth. Robert takes the opportunity, though neglecting to tell Katherine that Damian...

Sometimes everything at the buffet just kinda sucks Rory returns this week to help me tackle our first anthology movie - V/H/S (2012) A group of men is hired to break into a house and steal a particular Video Tape, unfortunately they didn't ask for any more details than that. Exploring the house they find many tapes and aren't sure which one it is they need, so they pop a few in to check what they're about. They then become witnesses to a bat-girl hookup at a bar, a video call haunting...

Alf is love - Alf is life. Dylan and I picked this movie based purely of the color of the DVD case - The Loneliest Boy In The World (2022) Oliver is a strange guy. He's been a shut-in for the majority of his life thanks to his Mother but now she passed away and with the threat of being institutionalized on the line Oliver has to do one very important thing - make a friend. Not an easy task sadly as he's just too inexperienced in the world but that's no problem as a new friend has moved in...

Was it the Government, some rich guys sick game or just plain old aliens? This week we welcome Anje to the Cherry Pop Family with Cube (1997) Six strangers wake in a room. There's a small crawlspace on each wall that leads to another room with six small crawlspaces on the way - every room is the same design, the only thing that changes is the colour. It's up to these people, who've never met before, to figure out why they're here and, more importantly, how to get out. So get ready for some...

There's bad dates and then there's this. This week Leilani has brought along something fun and Fresh (2022) Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) has had a string of bad dates - each one a different variety of Chad. She's about ready to give up when she stumbles upon a seemingly wonderful man, Steve (Sebastian Stan). He's cute, he's charming and he likes her. There's nothing she can do but fall head-over-heels for him. When he offers to take her away for the weekend she can't help but say yes, and it's...

Welcome to our New Years Party...at least I think it's a New Years Party. JP has arrived again to celebrate the New Years with - Terror Train (1980) A few years ago Alana (Jamiee Lee Curtis) along with her boyfriend Doc and a few of the other Frat college kids made the mistake of playing a prank on a young and impressionable Kenny. Things went wrong and changed everything forever - no more Frat parties like that anymore. But it's okay cause New Years has rolled around again and this'll be...

There's three rules...spoilers...they break the rules Bronwyn is back and to even things out we're doing a proper Christmas movie this time - Gremlins (1984) Billy is a young man - he works at the bank alongside his crush Kate and fends off the ever so unpleasant Mrs. Deagle. But one night, just before Christmas, his Dad returns home with an usual present. It's cute and fuzzy and comes with a lot of responsibility. There's just three rules essential to follow but sadly within just a day or...

"I just wanted Christmas to be liked it used to be." I'm joined this week by a brand new guest and I get to introduce them to my yearly Christmas treat - Krampus (2015) Max is still a kid but is starting to realize that Christmas isn't all smiles like it used to be when he was younger. His parents Sarah (Toni Collette) and Tom (Adam Scott) don't love each other like they used to, he doesn't get to hang out with his sister Beth now that she's a teenager and no one seems to get along with Aunt...

God Damn Demon Snowmen Pip sits down with me to talk Jack Frost (1997) Jack Frost is an infamous serial killer who's on his way to be executed for his crimes when suddenly the transport vehicle crashes. In the aftermath Jack is sprayed with an unknown chemical and becomes one with the snow. With all this new found power he can finally enact a promise, a promise to get the small-town Sheriff who caught him. This 90's killer Christmas snowman movie is an absolutely bananas trip that needs to be...