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Jason and Rachel review The Ugly Stepsister, a Norwegian body horror take on Cinderella now streaming on Hulu.

Told from the perspective of Elvira, the eldest stepsister, the movie turns the familiar fairy tale into a grotesque nightmare about beauty standards, class, desperation, and what women are forced to do to survive in a world built around male approval.

We talk body horror, Brothers Grimm fairy tales, the tapeworm scene, eyelash sewing, foot mutilation, sound design, feminist horror, and why this worked for us way more than The Substance.

Spoilers for The Ugly Stepsister.
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Jason and Rachel review Obsession, the breakout horror hit from writer-director Curry Barker.

The movie follows Bear, a hopeless romantic who uses the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to make his crush love him — only to discover that getting exactly what you want can be an absolute nightmare.

We talk about the movie’s huge word-of-mouth success, its TIFF Midnight Madness buzz, Curry Barker’s horror-comedy style, Andy Richter, toxic longing, magical consent nightmares, and why Jason is already calling this one of the best movies of the year.

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Jason and Rachel enter the Backrooms for a spoiler-filled review of A24’s new horror movie from Kane Parsons, the creator behind the viral Kane Pixels YouTube series.

We talk creepypasta, no-clipping, liminal spaces, yellow wallpaper, internet horror, YouTube filmmakers breaking into Hollywood, and whether Backrooms works as a full-length movie or should have stayed a terrifying online mystery. Is it scary? Is it frustrating? Is it the next evolution of horror? We get lost in all of it.

Spoilers for Backrooms.
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Jason, Rachel and Jesh continue the Thumb War Star Wars rewatch with a spoiler-filled review of The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Is it a real Star Wars movie, or does it feel like The Mandalorian Season 4 got squeezed into a theatrical release? We discuss Grogu as a character vs. Grogu as a toy, Pedro Pascal’s helmet-based performance, the lack of stakes, the surprisingly strong opening sequence, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Rotta the Hutt, Dave Filoni cameos, Star Wars fatigue, and whether Baby Yoda still has the juice.

Ash came in with a more generous take. Jason and Rachel came in with notes. Many, many notes.

Spoilers for The Mandalorian and Grogu and the broader Star Wars universe.

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A very special Patreon-only Thumb War hang with our old friend Derek — actor, real estate adjacent mogul, Puerto Vallarta correspondent, East Side Mario’s survivor, and proud owner of several extremely specific Canadian entertainment memories.

We get into his A Simple Wish days, Howie Mandel’s “Sprinkles,” Kids in the Hall proximity, Instagram hate comments, pickleball pain, live-action Disney confusion, the Rock’s wig/body/face situation, and a chaotic ranking of ’90s Disney animated classics.

This is not a review episode so much as three people slowly remembering they’ve known each other forever.

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P-Hounds only. Maximum nonsense. Minimal preparation. Exactly as intended. ️

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