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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Review

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Daniel Craig, Glenn Close, Josh O'Connor, Knives Out, Mystery, Netflix, Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man | Leave a comment

Wicked: For Good (2025) Review

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/wicked-for-good-2025-review SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Fantasy, Jeff Goldblum, Jon M Chu, L Frank Baum, Musical, The Wizard of Oz, Wicked, Wicked: For Good | Leave a comment

Insulate (2025) Short Film Review

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/insulate-2025-short-film-review SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged British, Daniel Poyser, David Fielder, Drama, Independent Film, Insulate, Mark Parham, Short Film | Leave a comment

Bugonia (2025) Short Cut Review

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/bugonia-2025-short-cut-review SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Aidan Delbis, Bugonia, Dark Comedy, Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Sci-fi, Yorgos Lanthimos | Leave a comment

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 100th Anniversary Review

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/the-phantom-of-the-opera-1925-100th SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Gaston Leroux, Horror, Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Rupert Julian, Silent Film, The Phantom of the Opera, Universal Horror | Leave a comment

Sam’s 31 Days of Horror 2025

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/sams-31-days-of-horror-2025 SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Alone in the Dark, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Blood for Dracula, Carry On Screaming, Cemetery Man, Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Frankenhooker, Frankenstein, Fréwaka, Ginger Snaps: Unleashed, Gothic, Hellraiser: Bloodline, Horror, Housebound, Insidious: The Red Door, Kwaidan, Lumberjack the Monster, Stopmotion, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, Tales of Terror, The Blackening, The Devil-Doll, The Driller Killer, The First Purge, The Long Walk, The Nanny, The Toxic Avenger, The Witch’s Mirror, The Woman in Black, X: The Unknown | Leave a comment

Frankenstein (2025) Review

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/frankenstein-2025-review SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Christoph Waltz, Frankenstein, Gothic Horror, Guillermo del Toro, Horror, Jacob Elordi, Mary Shelley, Mia Goth, Netflix, Oscar Isaac, Sci-fi | Leave a comment

Science Fiction Double Feature: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Shock Treatment (1981) Reviews

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/science-fiction-double-feature-the SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Cliff De Young, Horror, Jessica Harper, Jim Sharman, Musical, Richard O’Brien, Sci-fi, Shock Treatment, Susan Sarandon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, TIm Curry | Leave a comment

Highest 2 Lowest (2025) Review

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/highest-2-lowest-2025-review SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, ASAP Rocky, Crime Film, Denzel Washington, High and Low, Highest 2 Lowest, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Spike Lee | Leave a comment

Double Feature: Weapons and Eenie Meanie (2025) Reviews

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/double-feature-weapons-and-eenie SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Eenie Meanie, Horror, Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Karl Glusman, Samara Weaving, Shawn Simmons, Thriller, Weapons, Zach Cregger | Leave a comment

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