Cade and Kit (Chasing Darkness Media Corp.)

You may be wondering the same thing, why are we doing this?

Or maiden voyage is a sneak peak and explanation as to why we are here and what to expect from this podcast.

We joke too, sometimes we can be funny.

Real People Reel Reviews

Before we were real people doing real reviews, we were just two friends sitting on a couch… wondering if we belonged.

This week, we’re rewinding to the beginning — the night we walked into a local independent film festival expecting glitz, connection, and cinematic magic... and instead felt like high school freshmen trying to find a seat in the cafeteria.

Was it awkward? Oh yeah.

Was it inspiring? Weirdly… yes.

🎬 The Film Fest Origin Story – How a half-empty theater full of theater kids and improv comics launched this whole podcast.

🥲 Feeling Like Outsiders – That moment you realize everyone else in the room knows each other... and you’re just here because you love movies.

🍿 Why We Started This – We didn’t go to film school. We’re not industry insiders. We just love storytelling, vibes, and talking through what art makes us feel.

💡 Staying New – The goal? To keep our perspective honest, curious, and refreshingly unpolished. No film-snob energy here.

Whether you’re deep in the industry or just vibing in the last row of a theater with a soda and a dream — this episode’s for you.

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🎥 We just watched The Last of the Sea Women — and we did it while carving pumpkins. Because what pairs better with sharp knives than a deeply emotional documentary about aging Korean free divers?

This is part two of our fall mini-series, and this one hit us square in the chest. Quietly powerful. Unexpectedly moving. And yes… Cade cried.

🎬 Malala’s Production House – Produced by Extracurricular Productions, founded by Malala Yousafzai. It’s giving power to stories that need to be told — and this one is unforgettable.

📷 Cinematic Stillness – With sweeping underwater shots and soft interviews, the documentary captures exhaustion, dignity, tradition, and quiet strength.

🧜‍♀️ No Glam, All Grit – These women aren’t doing it for legacy or attention — they’re doing it because it’s who they are. And it’s beautiful.

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Energy – We reviewed this while wielding kitchen knives and munching chips. The vibe was chaotic. The movie? Anything but.

If you’re the type to skip docs — don’t skip this one.

If you need something grounding and human — watch this now.

If your grandma ever taught you how to be tough and tender at the same time — this will hit home.

🎬 The Last of the Sea Women – TIFF Premiere
📽️ Produced by Extracurricular Productions
🎞️ Directed with a ton of care (even if we butchered the name)

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Hot ginger tea or soju (your call)

• Snack: Kettle chips, again

• Activity: Carving pumpkins while having an existential moment

  
  

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Let us know. We love stories that stick with you.

🌊 The Haenyeo Sisterhood – A group of aging women from Jeju Island, South Korea, who dive without oxygen tanks to harvest seafood and support their families. This is the final generation of these sea women — and their story is disappearing with them.

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🎥 Oddity — Isolation, Ghosts & a Wooden Man at the Table

Coming in at #8 on our “Top 13 Genre Films of 2024” list is Oddity — a horror-thriller that surprised us with smart pacing, grounded characters, and more than a few jump scares. Distributed by Shudder and IFC Films, it’s streaming now on Amazon Prime and AMC+.

We watched this one in a hotel room (perfect vibes), and it gave us ghosts, grief, and a wooden mannequin that might be cursed. Let’s get into it.

🪵 The Premise

A woman is brutally murdered while renovating an isolated stone house she shares with her husband — a psychologist working in a nearby mental institution. A year later, her blind twin sister (who owns an oddities shop and can see the past by touching objects) shows up with a crate... and some unresolved questions.

🔪 Grief meets clairvoyance📸 A time-lapse camera catches something terrifying👁️ A glass eye reveals the truth — and it’s not what it seems

From a tense first act to a full-circle supernatural showdown, Oddity nails the eerie energy without relying on gore. And when the scares hit? They hit.

👻 What Worked for Us

• The set design is gorgeous and creepy — think medieval courtyard meets construction zone

• The acting is top-tier, especially the girlfriend (shoutout to a scene-stealing performance)

• The scares are earned — three solid jump scares that still got us, even when we saw them coming

  
  

And we loved the blend of supernatural logic with grounded tension. The clairvoyant sister never felt over-explained — it just worked.

It’s one of those rare horror films that gives you mystery, emotional payoff, and a haunted figurine that’s both weird and deeply upsetting.

Would we open the door for a stranger with a glass eye warning us we’re not alone?
We’d like to say no. But... we’re real people.

🎬 Oddity – Streaming now🎥 Distributed by Shudder & IFC Films📺 Available on Amazon Prime & AMC+

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Cold white wine you almost spill in fear

• Snack: A warm blanket (we’re counting it as a snack)

• Activity: Watching this from bed and then double-checking your time-lapse camera footage

  
  

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🎥 Immaculate — Church, Science, and One Hell of a Twist

We’re kicking off our “Top 13 Horror Films of 2024” series with Immaculate — a high-gloss, high-stakes religious horror thriller that’s currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

We watched it at home. Popcorn in hand. Eyes wide open.

This one? Surprised us.

✝️ The Premise

A young American nun (played by Sydney Sweeney) joins a secluded convent in Italy — a picturesque place with Gothic hallways, marble statues, and secrets you can feel in your bones.

She’s there to serve. To heal. To be devout.
But when she wakes up pregnant — and no one’s owning up to how or why — things unravel.

🩸 Religious dogma meets medical horror
🧪 Themes of science vs. faith, purity vs. control
😱 Conspiracy, containment, and a truly wild final act

🎭 Why It Works

Sydney Sweeney carries this one. She’s vulnerable but strong, fragile but sharp. The visuals are rich, the score is haunting, and the pacing? Surprisingly effective. You think you know where it’s going… then it takes a left turn into “wait WHAT.”

📚 Based on a novel (yep, this is an adaptation)
🧠 Great for fans of Rosemary’s Baby and Saint Maud
⚡ Big ending energy. We won’t spoil it, but wow.

Immaculate doesn’t try to reinvent horror — it just does what it does very well. Tension, aesthetics, betrayal, blood… and a final scene that’ll live rent-free in your brain for days.

🎬 Immaculate – Directed by Michael Mohan
🎥 Starring Sydney Sweeney
📺 Streaming on Amazon Prime

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Red wine (altar optional)

• Snack: Buttered popcorn (classic, comforting, just like a convent... until it’s not)

• Activity: Sitting in silence and googling “Immaculate ending explained” even though you swear you got it

  
  

💬 Did this one land in your top horror picks of the year? Or was it all mood, no meat? Let us know what twisted you the most.

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🎥 Humane — Climate Collapse, Cronenberg Vibes & Family Betrayal

We’re three deep into our “Top 13 Genre Films of 2024” and this week we’re talking about Humane — a slick, unsettling, and surprisingly emotional sci-fi horror flick now streaming on Amazon Prime.

Directed by Caitlin Cronenberg (yes, that Cronenberg family), this one has major festival polish and a premise that feels... way too close for comfort.

🌍 The Premise

The Earth is cooked. The oceans are rising. Resources are scarce.
To survive? The government’s implemented a “voluntary” euthanasia program to reduce the global population by 30%.

When a well-connected family gathers for dinner, things spiral. Fast.

🍽️ Think Succession meets Snowpiercer⚰️ “Voluntary” becomes... not so voluntary🧨 Old secrets + global crisis = one intense night

The entire film takes place over 24 hours in a single mansion, which makes the claustrophobia real. Add in some sharp direction, smart cuts, and moral gray zones — and you’ve got a tight, darkly funny, deeply disturbing genre piece.

🧬 Why It Works

It’s not trying to be action-packed or effects-heavy. This is high-concept horror done with precision and character tension. Everyone has something to hide. Everyone is trying to survive. And the reveal on who’s going to be “sacrificed”? Brutal.

🎬 Caitlin Cronenberg delivers — style, tone, pacing, all on point🎭 Strong ensemble cast, each with a slightly different brand of panic📉 The satire is sharp — especially around class and media optics

Also, bonus: it’s Canadian. We’re in Canada right now. So this felt... right.

Humane doesn’t scream. It whispers something terrifying — and asks if you’d still consider yourself “good” when survival is on the line.

🎬 Humane – Streaming on Amazon Prime🎥 Directed by Caitlin Cronenberg🍁 Telefilm-supported (we see you, Canada)

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Sparkling water… poured too slowly

• Snack: Cold leftover risotto (it makes sense in context)

• Activity: Whisper-yelling about ethics with your siblings at midnight

  
  

💬 Would you volunteer? Or would you manipulate your way out? Tell us your “Humane” morality score.

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🎥 The Substance — A Body-Horror Commentary on Beauty, Aging, and Obsession

This week we watched The Substance — and honestly, we’re still mentally recovering.

Starring Demi Moore (who gives a career-best performance while looking unreal), this one blends body horror, surreal satire, and feminist commentary into something that’s as unsettling as it is mesmerizing.

We showed up to the review in custom news anchor fits (shoutout to Revato) and made floral arrangements while unpacking a film that asks:
What would you do if you could literally split off your younger, hotter self?

Demi plays a 50-year-old fitness host on a fading broadcast network. Facing industry ageism and irrelevance, she turns to “The Substance” — a black-market serum that creates a younger, idealized version of herself. It’s legal. Sort of. But nothing about the process is simple… or safe.

🎭 Duality & Dissociation
What happens when your ideal self becomes your rival? The film explores how fame, beauty, and validation are addictive — and how fast it can all turn toxic.

💅 The Aesthetic
Think neon-lit nightmare. Vintage broadcast vibes. A soft-glow horror show. The visuals are glossy and grotesque in the best way.

🧠 Real Themes Under the Gore
Behind the weirdness is a sharp critique of media, vanity, and the fear of being “past your prime.” Especially for women. Especially in entertainment.

🌸 Cade & Kit Reviewed While Arranging Flowers
Because that’s the energy. And because sometimes you need beauty to balance out the brutality.

This one won’t be for everyone — but if you like your horror high-concept and a little unhinged, The Substance might just be your new favorite fever dream.

🎬 The Substance – Starring Demi Moore
🧥 Styled by: Revato (bespoke & bold)
🎟️ Premiered wide on the festival circuit; distribution TBD

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Cold rosé or a martini with too many olives

• Snack: Frozen grapes

• Activity: Floral therapy (trust us)

  
  

💬 Would you take The Substance? Or would you become it? Tell us your chaotic doppelgänger fantasies on IG.

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🎥 Wicked — Big Sets, Big Songs, Big Runtime

We just walked out of Wicked at Landmark Cinemas in Calgary — like, literally walked out, hit record, and started talking. So if we sound winded… we kind of are. This one was a lot. Nearly 3 hours long (plus popcorn breaks), and packed with color, lore, and a whole lot of Elphaba.

This isn’t an indie. It’s not a doc. But it is a cultural moment — so we’re giving it the full Cade & Kit treatment anyway.

Wicked rewinds the clock on The Wizard of Oz, telling the untold story of the “Wicked” Witch of the West — and how she wasn’t so wicked after all.

🧪 Friendship, betrayal, and magical politics
🌈 Prequel energy that actually works
💔 One part fantasy, one part heartbreak, all Broadway

If you know the musical, it holds up. If you don’t… it still mostly makes sense. The emotional core? Solid. The plot? A bit packed, but not incoherent.

They cast big. And mostly, it paid off.

✨ Standouts: The leads carried it with gravitas and vocal chops
🎤 Emotional beats landed — even in the most glitter-drenched moments
👠 A few scenes felt stretched (hi, Act II), but the payoffs were strong

We saw this in a full theater. The kind where people whisper-sing during the big numbers and gasp at the reveals. It's a vibe. The production is massive — from costumes to lighting — and there’s no denying this thing was made for the big screen.

But yeah… it’s long. Don’t skip the snacks.

🎬 Wicked – Major studio release
📍 Seen at Landmark Cinemas, Calgary
📅 Runtime: About 2h 40m + trailers

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Sparkling lemonade with a mint sprig (sweet but a little dramatic)

• Snack: Rainbow popcorn or green M&Ms

• Activity: Singing “Defying Gravity” into a hairbrush when you get home

  
  

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We’re back with Part 2 of our sit-down Q&A with Producer Michael — and this time, we’re breaking down how we approach film as “real people.”

Not critics. Not insiders. Just two folks with popcorn and opinions.

It’s: Did the story make sense? Did it feel good? Did we care?

🛠️ Yes, We Know the Craft – We’ve worked with cinematographers and editors. We know why certain things are done. But we also know most audiences don’t care about the specs — they care about the feels.

👀 Real People Reviews – Our philosophy? If you’re going to an indie or festival screening as just a person (not a film school grad), what’s your reaction?

🌄 Beautiful Visuals Are a Bonus – A stunning shot is great, but if the story flops, it won’t save the film.

🎧 Cade & Kit Unfiltered – No film-snob energy here. We’re talking gut reactions, first impressions, and why accessibility matters.

🎬 What Do We Focus On First? – It’s not the lighting. It’s not the color grading. It’s not the camera angle.

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🎙️ Season 2: We’re Back, Baby (And Headed to Europe)

We’re Cade & Kit — and we’re back for Season 2 of Real People Doing Real Reviews.
This year? We’re going deeper, darker, and more genre than ever.

In this kickoff episode, we’re laying out what’s ahead: our genre pivot, our travel plans (hello, Europe!), and a rapid-fire breakdown of our 2024 Top 13 — what landed, what flopped, and what we think you should actually make time for.

🧭 What’s New in Season 2?

• 🎟️ We’re traveling — more festivals, more countries, more cinematic chaos

• 🎭 We're going full genre: horror, dark fantasy, sci-fi, surrealism

• 📼 We’re keeping it real — no film snobbery, just honest takes from real people

  
  

And yes, we still can't say the word “horror” without laughing. It's fine. We’re fine.

🔙 The 2024 Rewind – Our Top 13

We’ll deep-dive into each one in upcoming episodes, but here’s a taste of what made the list (and why some picks had us confused, curious, or straight-up disappointed).

Some were festival darlings. Some had huge names. Some? No idea how they made it in.

💀 Which ones hit emotionally
👎 Which ones felt overhyped
🧠 Which ones still haunt us (in a good way)

And now that it’s 2025 — most of these are easier to stream, rent, or find online. So if you're catching up, this list is a great place to start.

🎬 Season 2 Is About Vibe & VisionWe’re still doing floral arrangements, watching screeners, and processing plot twists in real time.
But now? With more structure. More reach. More risk.

Season 2 is about growing up without selling out.

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Flat champagne (to honor the season launch, but keep it real)

• Snack: Fancy popcorn, but from a gas station

• Activity: Watching trailers at 2am and making wild predictions

  
  

💬 What do you want more of this season? What makes a review real for you? Drop us a DM — we’re reading all of them.

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🎥 Milk and Serial — DIY Horror, Deadpan Psychopaths & Brick-Wielding Chaos

Coming in at #7 on our “Top 13 Horror Films of 2024” list is Milk and Cereal — a wild little microbudget feature made for just $800 and currently streaming for free on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbzGQ1lszv4

Yes. $800.

Written, directed, and shot by a pair of YouTubers, the film uses lo-fi aesthetics, found-footage energy, and a deeply unhinged villain to build a story that somehow works... even when the blood looks like cherry syrup and the camera won’t sit still.

🎬 The Premise

Two best friends run a prank YouTube channel. One is called Milk. The other is Seven (he’s the seventh Steve they’ve known). On the surface, it’s all jokes — fake gunshots, birthday cake reveals, and hidden cameras.

But Milk has a darker plan.

🔪 One prank reveals another, and suddenly we’re in serial killer territory
📼 The whole film plays out through handhelds and home setups
🎭 A twisted YouTuber double-life unfolds — equal parts Blair Witch and Deadstream, with darker undertones

It’s weird. It’s disturbing. It’s smart in places. And one scene — a brick monologue — is straight-up haunting.

🧠 What Worked

• The villain. Milk is a fully realized character, terrifying in his calm and casually cruel logic

• The writing. Some lines are razor-sharp. You want to see this again with a real budget

• The themes. Fame, content culture, psychological manipulation — all layered underneath DIY blood and handheld chaos

  
  

You can feel the limitations — but you also see the potential.

It’s not a perfect film. It’s shaky. It’s rough. But it’s one of the most memorable viewing experiences we’ve had this year. And if this is the start? We’ll be watching what these filmmakers do next — hopefully with real funding.

🎬 Milk and Cereal – Streaming free on YouTube
📽️ Directed by a pair of YouTubers-turned-filmmakers
📊 Budget: $800 (yes, really)

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Store-brand energy drink (the kind with a cracked seal and no explanation)

• Snack: Cold leftover birthday cake from a prank party

• Activity: Watching a “this got dark fast” YouTube compilation at 2am

  
  

💬 What’s the best microbudget horror you’ve seen? And could you make a movie for $800? Let us know. Or pitch us your fake YouTube channel ideas. We’re listening.

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🎥 We just got back from Cineplex VIP in Calgary, comfy heated seats, food delivered to your chair (chef’s kiss), and we sat down to check out Black Bag, the latest so-called thriller that's been getting high reviews online. So naturally, we had to see what the hype was about.

Turns out… we weren’t completely sold.

The film opens on a married couple working in what appears to be a covert government agency (think CIA/FBI vibes). When a colleague tips off the husband that his wife is one of five suspects involved in a top-secret security breach, he does what any devoted husband would do…

He sets up a dinner party to play a lie-detection game. 😬

What unfolds is a slow-burning web of internal espionage, office politics, betrayal, adultery, and a lot of tense conversations. It’s a film where everyone’s hiding something — except maybe the couple, who seem too perfect to be true.

Casting was strong. Shout out to Cate Blanchett and Pierce Brosnan for elevating the material.

Beautiful set design — the home and office interiors were believable and lush.

Character dynamics had depth — the couple was clearly written to be smarter than everyone else in the room, and we loved seeing that play out.

Great drama for those who enjoy layered dialogue and manipulation.

Thriller? Not quite.If you're looking for a heart-pounding spy movie, this ain't it. The thrills were replaced with... mostly well-dressed talking.

Over-commercialization.Audi. Mercedes. KitchenAid. If product placement had a starring role, it’d be in the credits.

Minimal action.We left wanting at least one solid fight scene, but all we got was a gunshot (barely shown) and a thumb injury. Yeah.

🎤 Fun moment: As we were leaving, a fellow moviegoer said, “It’s like Mr. & Mrs. Smith… without the action.”Not our words — but we can’t disagree.

🎭 Drama: 7/10

🎬 Acting: 7/10

💥 Thrill Factor: 3/10

🧠 Story: 5/10

🧼 Subtlety in Branding: 2/10

🎯 Overall Rating: 5.5/10

It’s not trash, but it’s not our top pick either. If you're into dark, corporate drama with espionage undertones and minimal violence, give it a shot. But if you're looking for that high-energy thriller experience?

👀 Wait for streaming.

📺 Where to Watch:

🎬 Cineplex VIP(Coming soon to streaming – check back for updates)

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Best Films, Hot Takes & Superhero Fatigue

We’re back for Part 4 of our Q&A with Producer Michael — and this round is all about what we’re loving (and side-eyeing) in the film world right now.

What was the best film we’ve seen this year?

What upcoming movies are giving us goosebumps?

Are superhero flicks dead yet?

Let’s talk about it.

• In a Violent Nature – Slow, eerie, genre gold.

• The Last of the Sea Women – Emotional, haunting, unforgettable.
  Both = Cade & Kit Certified™.

  
  

🎥 What We’re Hyped For –

• The Substance

• Riff Raff

• Parvalos
  

  Big vibes, bold stories. We’ll be there.

🦸 Superhero Fatigue?

Kinda, yeah. But not entirely. We talk about why the formula is fading — and why we’d still love to see the Shadowman story from Valiant Comics make its way to screen.

🗣️ Cade & Kit = Film Nerds With Opinions
We’re not just here to critique — we’re here to feel. If it moved us, you’ll hear about it.

Whether you’re a festival junkie or just wondering what’s actually worth watching this year — this episode’s got the recs and the real talk.

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Film History & Culture (aka Cade & Kit Get Nerdy)

Welcome to Part 3 of our Q&A series with Producer Michael — and this time we’re going full cinema studies... but make it unhinged.

From Italian murder mysteries to ‘90s slashers and the rise of AI in film — this episode’s for the genre geeks, the film nerds, and anyone who’s ever debated whether practical effects still reign supreme.

🔪 Slashers to Fetish Flicks – How the genre evolved from gritty to glossy — and why Scream still slaps.

🎭 Giallo, Not Shallow – A love letter to gloved killers, broken mirrors, and stylish “whodunnit” tension in 1970s Italian cinema. (And no, Kit is not shallow, thank you.)

🤖 How Film Has Evolved – From single-camera shoots to AI-assisted visuals — technology has made things shinier, faster, but maybe not always better?

🎬 Why We Still Love the Old Stuff – There’s just something about a fog machine and a weird synth soundtrack…

This ep is for the film fans who love deep cuts, dated vibes, and strong opinions.

🕶️ Favorite Era of Film? – 1985–1995, no contest. Give us the color, the chaos, the practical gore, the neon weirdness. Also... Cade says Italian giallo thrillers are their whole personality now.

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🎥 We just watched In a Violent Nature — a slow-burn, ultra-minimalist slasher that flips the script on traditional horror by showing everything from the killer’s POV.

Set deep in the woods of Canada and filmed with eerie stillness, this one had us asking:

“Is this horror… or a nature documentary with body parts?”

There’s very little dialogue. No real backstory. Just long, quiet shots of trees, creeks, rustling leaves… and a dead-eyed man in a rusty mask walking toward you. Slowly. Very slowly.

But wow — when it hits, it hits hard.

🍁 Canadian Core – Shot entirely in Canada, which made us feel oddly patriotic (and terrified).

🔨 Brutal Kills – The gore is sparse but memorable. You’ll never look at a logging hook the same way again.

🕯️ Minimalist Mood – Sparse sound design. Long silences. Almost meditative. But don’t relax too much.

🎞️ Indie Aesthetic – Low budget? Maybe. But it works. This is art-house horror at its finest.

Was it terrifying? Not really.
Was it unsettling, stylish, and strangely beautiful? Absolutely.

In a Violent Nature doesn’t scream at you — it just walks slowly through the woods until you can’t breathe.

🎬 In a Violent Nature – Premiered at Sundance
📍 Filmed in Canada
🎟️ Distribution details TBD, sequel teased 👀

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• Drink: Black coffee or craft beer in a can

• Snack: Kettle chips (quietly)

• Activity: Sitting alone in a cabin... if you dare

  
  

💬 What did you think of this film?Too slow? Too smart? The future of horror? Tell us everything on social.

🌲 A Killer's POV – What if Jason Voorhees was the main character? That’s the unsettling beauty of this film.

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🎥 I Saw the TV Glow — Weird, Emotional, and Possibly Brilliant (??)

Let’s just say it: We’re not sure what we just watched.

This week, we’re reviewing I Saw the TV Glow — one of the most abstract, indie-core, polarizing films we’ve covered in a while. It’s emotional. It’s eerie. It’s confusing. And somehow… it landed in our Top 13 Genre Films of 2024.

Was it horror? Sci-fi? A metaphor? A breakdown in real time?

We honestly couldn’t tell — but we have theories.

📺 The Premise

A teenage boy forms a friendship with an older emo girl who introduces him to a cult late-night TV show. She disappears. He grows up. Ten years later, she reappears claiming… they’ve been inside the TV show the whole time.

Wait — what?

🌀 It’s not a plot twist. That’s the start of the movie.🎭 Cue emotional breakdowns, surreal visuals, and lingering trauma🧠 Themes of creativity, gender identity, disassociation, and queer longing

🎭 What’s Actually Happening?

We’re still debating.

Option A: It’s a deeply personal metaphor for creatives who never got to create. For those who feel more “real” inside fiction than real life.
Option B: It’s a dreamy, metaphor-heavy exploration of gender identity, asexuality, and societal suppression.
Option C: It’s nonsense that feels like it should mean something.

Also: There’s a talking LG TV box. A heavy metal bar. A weirdly touching song. And a monologue that might be genius or a fever dream.

🧠 Final Verdict

It’s not “fun.”
It’s not traditionally horror.
It is unforgettable — in a “why is my chest tight?” kind of way.

🎬 I Saw the TV Glow – Official A24 Film🎥 Produced by Emma Stone🎟️ In select theaters — streaming TBD

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: A flat soda next to a flickering fish tank

• Snack: Ice cream that makes you feel like crying

• Activity: Rewatching old VHS tapes and wondering who you really are

  
  

💬 Was this a metaphor for queer identity? A creative’s internal monologue? A Sundance trap? Tell us what you saw glowing on your screen — we’re genuinely curious.

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🎥 Double Feature: Little Bites & Riff Raff

It’s a split-screen kind of episode! This week we’re tag-teaming two wildly different festival films: Little Bites, a female-led horror short with serious teeth (and Cher as an executive producer!), and Riff Raff, a full-on character study wrapped in grime, wit, and questionable life choices.

We divided. We conquered. We snacked. Now we review.

This one sneaks up on you. A young woman in the depths of depression starts feeding her boyfriend ice cream laced with sleeping meds. Why? Because there’s a monster in her basement… and he’s hungry.

But plot twist: the monster doesn’t want the guy.

It wants her to deal with what she’s really feeling.

🧠 Mental health meets horror
🎭 Strong female leads (Chrissy Fox! Barbara Crampton!)
🧟‍♂️ Existential dread… with sprinkles on top

Produced by Cher (yes, that Cher), this is a fast, weird little gem that gives grief a grotesque face — and dares you to look it in the eye.

Grimy, grounded, and kind of… charming? Riff Raff follows a down-on-his-luck guy who gets swept into someone else's spiral. Think: mid-2000s indie energy with a darker, smarter core.

🧃 The setup: a man gets drawn into a stranger’s drama
🔥 The vibe: everything’s a little too hot, a little too fast
💬 The takeaway: sometimes being the “helper” is its own form of denial

This film has that slow-burn tension you don’t realize is building until you’re already on fire. Bonus points for humor and raw performances.

🎬 Little Bites – Executive produced by Cher
🎬 Riff Raff – Dark indie with festival buzz

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Flat soda in a motel ice bucket (you’ll get it when you see Riff Raff)

• Snack: Ice cream with a sinister aftertaste

• Activity: Watching back-to-back shorts with a friend and then trauma-dumping in the parking lot

  
  

💬 Which one hit harder for you? DM us your double feature snack lineup — or your emotional damage scale. We’ll read it on air. Maybe.

🍦 Little Bites (Cade’s Pick)🧥 Riff Raff (Kit’s Pick)

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🎥 Strange Darling — Chapters, Chaos & a Serial Killer Twist

We’re back with Week 2 of our “Top 13 Genre Films of 2024” — and this time, we’re watching Strange Darling. Streaming now on Amazon Prime, this slick little indie surprised us with both its form and its story.

It’s nonlinear. It’s stylish. It’s artsy.
And yes — it tricked us. Which, as reviewers, doesn’t happen often.

🔪 The Premise

Based on true events (which, we’ll admit, we immediately Googled), the film imagines the final run of encounters between a serial killer and a would-be victim. But here’s the catch: it’s told in six chapters… and not in order.

🎬 Chapter Three starts first.
🧠 You’re instantly disoriented.
💥 You think you know who the killer is. You don’t.

The whole film is a psychological shell game — and it plays dirty in the best way.

🌀 Why It Works

Strange Darling trusts its audience. There’s no voiceover, no exposition dump. Just sharp performances, moody cinematography, and a storyline that keeps looping in on itself until the reveal clicks.

🖼️ It's got that Sundance-with-a-body-count vibe
🎭 The two leads are giving A24-level nuance
📖 Structure nerds will have a field day

Also: that ending. No spoilers, but it left us both staring at the screen like “wait, wait… rewind that.”

Strange Darling feels like a short story that grew fangs. It’s small, contained, but deceptively rich — and the kind of film that’ll quietly linger for days after you hit stop.

🎬 Strange Darling – Streaming on Amazon Prime
🎞️ Written & Directed by JT Mollner
⏱️ Runtime: 96 tight, tense minutes

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Bourbon over ice (slow, dark, a little dangerous)

• Snack: Salty pretzels — twisty and deceptively basic

• Activity: Rearranging the chapters in your head for hours after

  
  

💬 Did Strange Darling trick you too? Or did you call it by Chapter 2? Tell us how wrong (or right) you were in the DMs.

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This week, we’re flipping the script. Instead of reviewing a film, we’re reviewing… ourselves.

Producer Michael sat down with us to ask 10 questions all about our personal film histories, what we look for in a great movie, and how this whole “real people doing real reviews” thing even started.

(And yes — it gets chaotic. And charming. And maybe a little weird.)

🍿 What Makes a Good Film? – Pacing, acting, worldbuilding, emotional punch — we share what makes us lean in… or check out.

🎬 Favorite Genres – Horror. Thrillers. Weird indies with ambiguous endings. Cade’s all about the vibes, and Kit loves anything with depth and darkness.

🧠 Why We Review – It’s not about being right. It’s about being real. We’re just two people feeling feelings and talking through art.

🎧 Producer Michael Hosts – 10 questions. Endless tangents. Occasional wisdom.

🎞️ First Movie Memories – From Reservoir Dogs to Gumby: The Movie (no, seriously), we go back to where it all began.

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🎥 CUFF Love: Calgary Underground Film Festival Shoutout

This week’s episode isn’t a movie review — it’s a love letter. To CUFF.

The Calgary Underground Film Festival (April 17–27, 2025) is where it all started for us. Cade & Kit didn’t exist as a podcast, a brand, or a duo until CUFF welcomed us in, showed us how a genre festival should run, and gave us our first real seat at the indie horror table.

We’ve traveled. We’ve gone international. We’ve hit major screenings and weird little basement premieres. But CUFF? That’s home.

🎬 What Makes CUFF Special

• Female-led festival ✅

• Perfectly curated genre lineup ✅

• Strong post-screening community ✅

• Themed everything (costumes encouraged) ✅

• Amazing use of Calgary’s weird, wooded aesthetic ✅

  
  

Whether it’s a creepy cabin slasher, a moody western, or something completely bonkers with zero dialogue and a guy in a goat mask — CUFF has it.

🌲 CUFF + Season 2 = Vibes

This season, we’re diving into the top genre films of 2024, and previewing what’s coming in 2025. CUFF is the perfect place to spot those future cult classics before they blow up.

We’re talking small distributors, big feelings, and the kind of slow-burn brilliance you only find when the popcorn’s slightly stale and the Q&A is lit.

🎟️ Expect surprise hits.
🎤 Thoughtful post-film discussions.
💀 And at least one movie that will emotionally ruin you in a way you kind of love.

🎬 Calgary Underground Film Festival
📍 April 17–27, 2025
🌐 CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org
🖤 Homegrown, genre-forward, and the official birthplace of Cade & Kit

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Something local and weird in a can (CUFF is cool like that)

• Snack: Theater popcorn with a dash of chaos

• Activity: Buy a CUFF pass, pick three movies you know nothing about, and just show up

  
  

💬 Are you hitting CUFF this year? Got a rec from last year that stuck with you? Tell us. Bonus points if it was weird.

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🎥 Párvulos — Post-Apocalyptic Stillness, Survival, and Soup

This week, we’re reviewing Párvulos — a film that’s quiet, emotional, and weirdly nourishing. We first saw it at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, and then caught it again at the Calgary Independent Film Festival — and it hit just as hard the second time.

Also… we made soup during this review. Because in one of the film’s early moments, soup is shared. Slowly. Sadly. Quietly. So we honored the vibe by cooking vegetable stock while talking about one of the most grounded post-apocalyptic stories we’ve seen in a long time.

Párvulos is set in a world that's fallen apart, but it doesn’t rely on explosions or chaos. Instead, it lingers in the slow aftermath — focusing on small human moments, makeshift survival, and what it means to keep caring for others when the world gives up.

🥕 Found family in a ruined world
🫙 Beautiful minimalism — sparse dialogue, tight framing
🔥 One pot of soup = the emotional center of an entire scene

This isn’t high-concept apocalypse — it’s raw, lived-in, almost meditative. The camera lingers. The silences are full. The emotional pacing is so slow, it kind of hurts in a good way.

🎬 Directed by Isaac Berrocal — who, by the way, is absolutely one to watch
💡 From lighting to tone, it nails “gentle dread”
🎭 You feel like you’re intruding on something deeply human

We’ll say it: Párvulos made us want to take better care of people. Even if that just means handing them soup in the quiet.

🎬 Párvulos – Directed by Isaac Berrocal
🎟️ Screened at Fantastic Fest (Austin) & Calgary Independent Film Festival

🍿 Cade & Kit Pairing Picks:

• Drink: Warm broth (obviously)

• Snack: Saltines or root vegetables, nothing fancy

• Activity: Making soup in silence, contemplating who you'd protect in the apocalypse

  
  

💬 What’s the quietest film that ever gutted you? Tell us about it. Bonus points if soup was involved.

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