Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast.

SPOILER WARNING: We keep the first few minutes spoiler-free, with our one-sentence verdicts and the film facts. When you hear the spoiler bell, we dissect the whole film, ending included. Haven't seen it? Stop at the bell, watch it, then come back.

In this episode, the Coroner and the Scream Queen head back to a fundamentalist compound with Diabolic, the Australian religious horror about a woman whose blackouts lead her back to the church that cast her out. Is it a slow-burn keeper or a sermon that runs long? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

The Toe Tag

• Film: Diabolic (2025)
• Directed by: Daniel J. Phillips
• Starring: Elizabeth Cullen, John Harlan Kim, Mia Challis, Robin Goldsworthy and Genevieve Mooy
• Studios: Empire Road Pictures and SunJive Studios, distributed by Brainstorm Media in the U.S.
• Released: Australia November 20, 2025; U.S. select theaters February 13, 2026, on demand February 20, 2026
• Budget and box office: Budget unverified; about $987,000 worldwide
• Cause of death: religious possession horror
• Where to watch: Rent or buy on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV and Google Play

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Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast.

SPOILER WARNING: We keep the first few minutes spoiler-free, with our one-sentence verdicts and the film facts. When you hear the spoiler bell, we dissect the whole film, ending included. Haven't seen it? Stop at the bell, watch it, then come back.

In this episode, the Coroner and the Scream Queen follow seventeen missing third graders into Zach Cregger's Weapons, the mystery told one neighbor at a time that turned a $38 million budget into a $270 million hit. Is Weapons worth watching a year after the hype? After the spoiler bell we get the Weapons ending explained, then run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

The Toe Tag

• Film: Weapons (2025)
• Written and directed by: Zach Cregger
• Starring: Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong and Amy Madigan
• Studios: New Line Cinema, Subconscious, Vertigo Entertainment and BoulderLight Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
• Released: In U.S. theaters August 8, 2025
• Budget and box office: $38M budget; about $270M worldwide
• Cause of death: supernatural mystery horror
• Where to watch: Streaming on HBO Max, plus rent or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home

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Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast.

SPOILER WARNING: We keep the first few minutes spoiler-free, with our one-sentence verdicts and the film facts. When you hear the spoiler bell, we dissect the whole film, ending included. Haven't seen it? Stop at the bell, watch it, then come back.

In this episode, the Coroner and the Scream Queen ride along with a medical courier on the worst delivery of his life in Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, the reboot that just became the best-reviewed video game movie ever. Is it a Brains & Blood classic or dead on arrival? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

The Toe Tag

• Film: Resident Evil (2026)
• Directed by: Zach Cregger (written by Zach Cregger and Shay Hatten)
• Starring: Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Kali Reis and Zach Cherry
• Studios: Columbia Pictures, Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions, distributed by Sony Pictures
• Released: U.S. theaters September 18, 2026
• Budget and box office: $75M budget; about $196.5M worldwide as of late September
• Cause of death: survival horror, one courier and one package in Raccoon City
• Where to watch: In theaters now; streaming date not yet announced

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