Coming Soon/Now Showing: Hokum, Apex, and Evil Dead Burn News
5/4/20261 hr 37 min
Welcome back to Coming Soon & Now Showing, our monthly series that catches up on the latest horror headlines and round robins capsule reviews of new and old horrors. Today, Mike and Mac catch up on headlines revolving around Evil Dead Burn, Alien: Isolation 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Chucky. Afterwards, they review Hokum, Apex, Summer of Fear (Stranger in Our House), and The Boogens. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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This episode is brought to you by Obsession. Focus Features and Blumhouse invite you to the most shocking and unsettling big screen horror event of the season, Obsession. Everyone wishes for someone to love them, to choose them, to need them, but what happens when you get more than you wished for? On May 15th, experience director Karyn Kusama's nightmarish vision that has critics and audiences absolutely obsessed. It's twisted and sinister, brilliant and insane. You have been warned. Obsession is blood-soaked nightmare fuel, and with a Rotten Tomato score of 96% fresh, it's destined to become an instant horror classic. The best horror movie of the year is Obsession. Be careful who you wish for. Obsession, rated R. Under 17, not admitted without parent. In theaters everywhere May 15th. Get your tickets now, with special engagements in Dolby. Rotten Tomato rating as of April 24th, 2026.
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Today's episode is presented by Corporate Retreat, in theaters May 22nd via Western Film Services and Passage Pictures. Described as a gory mix of The Menu and Saw, Corporate Retreat centers around a group of young executives whose luxury team-building trip descends into a bloody fight for survival against a vengeful retreat leader, played by the inimitable Alan Ruck. At the center of this horror comedy is an eclectic cast that also includes Odeya Rush, Sasha Lane, Ashton Sanders, Xian Moreno, Kirby Johnson,