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The Final Cut Podcast
Horror Movies Uncut
Horror Movies Uncut is the eyes and ears of the Indie horror culture! Our goal is to forever bring awareness the macabre that exist below the mainstream!


SXSW 2026 Review - Are We Still Married?
A husband turned vampire tries to reconnect with his wife in this funny and heartfelt SXSW supernatural short about love and commitment.


Review: Slanted — A Bold, Thought-Provoking Take on Identity and Assimilation
Slanted delivers a sharp, satirical look at identity and assimilation, led by standout performances from Shirley Chen and McKenna Grace.


SXSW 2026 Review: Obsession — A Twisted Friend-Zone Horror That Delivers Big
Curry Barker’s Obsession turns the friend-zone rom-com trope into a brutal horror story led by Inde Navarrette standout performance.

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Letitia Wright’s Highway to the Moon Turns Grief into Art in Her Directorial Debut
Letitia Wright’s Highway to the Moon is a poetic and powerful look at youth, grief, and resilience — a stunning directorial debut.
Oct 20, 20252 min read


Final Screening Review : Strange Behavior (1981)
We revisit Michael Laughlin’s Strange Behavior (1981), a cult sci-fi slasher full of paranoia, needle-to-the-eye shocks, and Halloween mayhem.
Oct 18, 20252 min read


Vancouver Horror Show 2025 Review: Monster Medicine
Monster Medicine delivers a supernatural ER twist at Vancouver Horror Show 2025, mixing medical drama with werewolves and ghouls.
Oct 18, 20252 min read


Asian Horror Spotlight: House of Sayuri (2024) — A Haunting Return to Form for Koji Shiraishi
Koji Shiraishi’s House of Sayuri twists traditional J-horror into a violent, emotionally charged descent into family terror and supernatural revenge.
Oct 16, 20252 min read


Final Screening Review: The Final Cut (2004) — Robin Williams Edits the Memories of the Dead
Robin Williams delivers a chilling turn in Omar Naim’s The Final Cut, a forgotten sci-fi thriller about memory, morality, and manipulation.
Oct 16, 20253 min read


Final Screening Review: The Fog (2005) — When PG-13 Horror Rolls In
Rupert Wainwright’s The Fog (2005) replaces John Carpenter’s haunting atmosphere with glossy PG-13 scares and early-2000s melodrama.
Oct 14, 20252 min read


Final Screening Review: Zombie Nightmare (1987)
A jacked zombie seeks revenge in this offbeat 1987 horror oddity where vengeance comes swinging, not biting.
Oct 13, 20252 min read


Grimmfest 2025 Review: Weekend at the End of the World
Weekend at the End of the World blends heart, humor, and supernatural madness into one of the most enjoyable films of Grimmfest 2025.
Oct 12, 20252 min read


Grimmfest 2025 Review: Frankie, Maniac Woman — Pierre Tsigaridis and Dina Silva Deliver Blood and Chaos
Frankie, Maniac Woman expands on Pierre Tsigaridis’s 2019 short, with Dina Silva delivering a bloody, chaotic performance in a fractured, gore-heavy feature.
Oct 11, 20252 min read


Grimmfest 2025 Review: Syphon — Tom Botchii’s Suburban Thriller Explores Human Horror
Tom Botchii’s Syphon at Fantastic Fest 2025 dives into obsession, grief, and violence with shades of Blue Ruin, but struggles with pacing and payoff.
Oct 10, 20252 min read


Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque 2025 Review: Shelby Oaks
At Beyond Fest 2025, Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks delivers an ambitious, atmospheric debut that mixes found footage with supernatural mystery.
Oct 3, 20252 min read


Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque 2025 Review: The Furious
At Beyond Fest 2025, The Furious landed with bone-crunching clarity. Directed by Kenji Tanigaki and produced by Bill Kong, the international martial arts thriller delivers non-stop action and a timely story of survival and justice.
Sep 29, 20252 min read


Beyond Fest at American Cinematheque 2025 Review: Killing Faith
Ned Crowley’s Killing Faith premiered at Beyond Fest 2025, starring Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, and Bill Pullman. A bleak frontier Western with supernatural terror, the film blends atmosphere and grit into a gripping if uneven thriller.
Sep 29, 20252 min read


Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: Disforia
Family trauma and psychological horror collide in Christopher Cardenas González’s Disforia. A layered, unsettling surprise.
Sep 28, 20252 min read


Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Sam Rockwell leads Gore Verbinski’s genre mashup Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die—a frenetic sci-fi satire that hits hard at Fantastic Fest.
Sep 25, 20252 min read


Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: 13 Days Till Summer
A fortified house, a sinister mask, and relentless tension — 13 Days Till Summer is a sleek, precise new slasher.
Sep 25, 20252 min read


REVIEW: Dead of Winter – Emma Thompson Brings the Ice but Can’t Save This Sluggish Survival Thriller
Emma Thompson goes full survival mode in Dead of Winter, a grief-driven thriller that’s more ice than fire.
Sep 25, 20252 min read


Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: Penance
Nik Pelekai’s Penance delivers bruising indie action with passion and potential, even as its debut feature shows room to grow.
Sep 24, 20252 min read


Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: Honey Bunch
Honey Bunch delivers a twisted love story of memory, trauma, and obsession in Sims-Fewer & Mancinelli’s sophomore feature.
Sep 22, 20252 min read


Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: The Strangers: Chapter 2
The Strangers: Chapter 2 expands the lore but loses focus, testing the balance between mythology and pure terror.
Sep 22, 20252 min read
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