Death Name, Cold Storage, Stranded, Monster Dog, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater

About this episode

The episode reviews a mix of new and old horror films, including 'Death Name' and 'Godzilla: The Planet Eater'.

We have a more or less random mix of old and new this week. We’ll start off with the new releases, “Death Name” and “Cold Storage,” both from 2026. We’ll watch a not-so-recent sci-fi movie, “Stranded” from 2013. For an oldie, we’ve got 1986’s Alice Cooper in the not-so-spectacular “Monster Dog.” We will then finish our series on Godzilla with “Godzilla: The Planet Eater” from 2017 (We’ve now seen ALL the Godzilla films!) All this as well as the latest issue of “Horror Monthly,” issue #55, is available! Check out all the back issues, as well as our other books, with one easy link: https://horrormonthly.com Mainstream Films: 2026 Death Name * Director: Réi Talas * Writers: Réi Talas and Regina Kim * Stars: Amy Keum, Kevin Woo, and Vana Kim * Runtime: 81 minutes * YouTube Trailer Link: Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone A young woman of Korean descent tries exploring her family history and accidentally awakens a family curse that followed her grandma to America. It is slow-moving and talky with some suspense and story that builds to a climax. But it’s low on scares, and neither of us were very impressed with it. It’s just middling in pretty much every way. Spoilery Synopsis We open on an…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Schell, Kevin L. Knights

Topics covered

• film reviews
• horror
• sci-fi
• Godzilla
• family history
• curses

Keywords

• horror films
• film reviews
• Godzilla
• family curse
• sci-fi movies

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Death Name, Cold Storage, Stranded, Monster Dog, Godzilla: The Planet Eater

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