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What's streaming this April on Shudder

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What's streaming this April on Shudder We’re launching into a big month of horror with these spine-chilling offerings in April: Cursed Films II  is back to explore the facts and myths surrounding a new batch of famous films some consider cursed. The new season will feature films including  The Wizard of Oz ,  Rosemary’s Baby ,  Stalker  and  The Serpent Filmed on location in Roscommon, Ireland,  The Cellar  tells the story of Keira Woods ( Elisha Cuthbert ), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever. Official Selection, SXSW 2022 Shudder's popular  Halfway to Halloween Hotline  of personalised horror movie recommendations returns this April as part of the annual ‘Halfway to Halloween’ celebration, which also features a killer line-up of new ori...
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Disney+ Review

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Disney+ Review Cast: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield Director: Michael Showalter The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a film that hinges solely on the performances of its two leads, with each complementing the other in ways that help them excel on the screen. Which is fortunate, because as a drama and biography, The Eyes of Tammy Faye clearly really doesn't know what it wants to be. Charting the journey of Tammy Faye Bakker as she negotiated her way into the world of televangelism in the 1970s, Jessica Chastain is excellent as the infinitely perky, potentially naive and believing-the-best-of-people Tammy Faye.  It's possibly helped by a script that really does champion her point of view, and does little else to delve deeper into the potential complexities of the crimes the Bakkers were committing, stealing from their evangelical foundation for their own use.  The Eyes of Tammy Faye implies that Jim Bakker (a fierce Andrew Garfield, in one of his career best...
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House of Gucci: Blu Ray Review

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House of Gucci: Blu Ray Review From its animalistic sex scene atop on an office table on a construction site to its laughably insulting Italian accents that at times feel like they're from 80s UK sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, Ridley Scott's House of Gucci is a high serving of cheese with a side order of tonal disorder to feed proceedings. Driver plays Maurizio Gucci, the ostracised heir of the Gucci family business, who's cast aside when he begins a relationship with Lady Gaga's Patrizia Reggiani. With his disapproving father (an increasingly gaunt and almost vampiric Irons, replete with sunken cheeks and sallow eyes) in the rear view mirror, Maurizio forges a more normal life.  But Patrizia believes he's entitled to his birthright, and begins to whisper in his ear about power grabs, leading Maurizio into the world he once shunned and the family fights he wanted to avoid. High on melodrama, draped in elements of camp, House of Gucci's 160 minutes outing is the kin...
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