Children represent innocence, purity, and hope. They're the future, a chance for society to be better than the previous generation. Well, horror is all about corruption of the innocent and bleak, hopeless futures, so its no surprise that children and horror movies don't mix too well. Or maybe, they mix too well. Movies like Insidious and The Babysitter show us the horrors of exploiting children for personal gain. The Omen and Exorcist franchises made a massive impact on culture by popularizing the "possessed child" trope. Perhaps worst of all, is tragic loss of a child trope, a la Pet Sematery and Hereditary. Then comes this week's movie, whose directors said "hold my beer" and did all three, with a healthy dose of child autocannibalism on top. Following up their smash 2022 break out Talk to Me, this is the Philippou bros. with Bring Her Back!

Good thing we wore our longlegs today, because we've got a lot of ground to cover! Longlegs (2024) takes the FBI serial killer murder mystery vibes of Silence of the Lambs and Se7en, the demonic possession-induced murder vibes of movies like The Devil Inside, the creepy haunted doll vibes of like 1000 movies, and the weird evil numerology/cryptogram vibes of the Number 23 and Zodiac and wraps them into one aesthetically pleasing (and very convoluted) package. But can aesthetic alone carry a horror movie? Come hang with Chaz, David, and Aaron as they argue where on the list this enigma belongs.

Set your alarms for 2:17am, this episode we're talking about Weapons- a movie that somehow manages to pull off a school-shooting allegory in the form of a witch that eats kids, without it being goofy. Well, except where it gets goofy on purpose, but that doesn't count. We especially loved the ending and think it rips. (IYKYK)