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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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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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 open the closet on Other Mommy, Rob Savage's supernatural horror film with Jessica Chastain as a mother and the thing that wears her face. Is it a Brains & Blood classic, or a monster that should have stayed in the closet? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

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• Film: Other Mommy (2026)
• Directed by: Rob Savage; screenplay by Nathan Elston, from Josh Malerman's novel Incidents Around the House
• Starring: Jessica Chastain, Arabella Olivia Clark, Jay Duplass, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed and Karen Allen
• Studios: Atomic Monster, Blumhouse and Spin a Black Yarn, produced by James Wan, distributed by Universal Pictures
• Released: In U.S. theaters October 9, 2026
• Cause of death: supernatural horror, the monster in the closet wearing Mom's face
• Where to watch: In theaters now

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Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast: Backrooms (2026)

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 enter the Backrooms, A24's adaptation of Kane Parsons' viral YouTube series. Is it a Brains & Blood classic or a dead end? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

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• Film: Backrooms (2026)
• Director: Kane Parsons, with a screenplay by Will Soodik Wikipedia
• Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell mspfilm
• Studio: A24
• Released: May 29, 2026 in the United States Wikipedia
• Budget and box office: about $396.5 million worldwide against a budget under $10 million comingsoon
• Cause of death: liminal space / analog horror
• Where to watch: streaming on HBO Max in the U.S. since September 25, 2026, plus digital rental or purchase on Prime Video, Fandango at Home and Apple TV joblotimeout

Scores: Fresh Blood · Silent Scream · Mob Score (70%). For explanation on how our rating system works, check out the Trailer episode where we break it down and have the rating key as the trailer episode artwork.

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This week, The Coroner and Scream Queen dissect Traumatika (2024), a genre-hopping possession nightmare that turns childhood trauma into supernatural horror.

Young Mikey's night terrors become terrifyingly real when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession, setting off consequences that stretch across generations. Directed by Pierre Tsigaridis, the filmmaker behind Two Witches, and co-written with Maxime Rancon, Traumatika had its world premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest on August 24, 2024, before Saban Films brought it to U.S. theaters in 2025.

The Coroner digs into the film's nonlinear structure, aggressive POV camerawork, sound design, effects, and constant mutations between possession horror, slasher, and true-crime storytelling. The Scream Queen tackles the other half of the autopsy: whether the jump scares, disturbing imagery, demonic threat, and generational-trauma angle actually land in the gut. With Traumatika changing form so dramatically as it goes, there's more story-structure dissection than usual in this one.

They hand down their scores live.

Spoiler warning: Full spoilers after the Spoiler Bell, so watch the film first if you want to go in cold.

Traumatika (2024) | Directed by Pierre Tsigaridis | Starring Rebekah Kennedy, Emily Goss, Ranen Navat, A.J. Bowen, Susan Gayle Watts | Saban Films / The Rancon Company

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Welcome to the first episode of Brains & Blood, the horror film podcast where a technical critic and an everyday horror fan dissect one movie a week. This time, the Coroner and the Scream Queen take on Curry Barker's Obsession (2025).

A shy guy buys a cheap novelty toy and makes one wish: that the girl he loves will love him more than anyone else. It's a Monkey's Paw story for the dating-app generation. Barker, who came up through YouTube comedy and horror shorts, premiered the film at TIFF in September 2025, and it hit US theaters in May 2026.

The Coroner breaks down the filmmaking, from tone and pacing to the lead performances and the cringe-to-dread escalation. The Scream Queen brings the gut reaction: did it get under her skin, and did she look away? Then they hand down their scores live on the show.

Spoiler warning: This episode discusses the film in detail after the spoiler-free opening, so watch it first if you want to go in cold.

Film info: Obsession (2025) | Written and directed by Curry Barker | Starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter

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