Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast.

SPOILER WARNING: We keep the first few minutes spoiler-free, with our one-sentence verdicts and the film facts. When you hear the spoiler bell, we dissect the whole film, ending included. Haven't seen it? Stop at the bell, watch it, then come back.

In this episode, the Coroner and the Scream Queen ride along with a medical courier on the worst delivery of his life in Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, the reboot that just became the best-reviewed video game movie ever. Is it a Brains & Blood classic or dead on arrival? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

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• Film: Resident Evil (2026)
• Directed by: Zach Cregger (written by Zach Cregger and Shay Hatten)
• Starring: Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Kali Reis and Zach Cherry
• Studios: Columbia Pictures, Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions, distributed by Sony Pictures
• Released: U.S. theaters September 18, 2026
• Budget and box office: $75M budget; about $196.5M worldwide as of late September
• Cause of death: survival horror, one courier and one package in Raccoon City
• Where to watch: In theaters now; streaming date not yet announced

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Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast.

SPOILER WARNING: We keep the first few minutes spoiler-free, with our one-sentence verdicts and the film facts. When you hear the spoiler bell, we dissect the whole film, ending included. Haven't seen it? Stop at the bell, watch it, then come back.

In this episode, the Coroner and the Scream Queen open the closet on Other Mommy, Rob Savage's supernatural horror film with Jessica Chastain as a mother and the thing that wears her face. Is it a Brains & Blood classic, or a monster that should have stayed in the closet? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

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• Film: Other Mommy (2026)
• Directed by: Rob Savage; screenplay by Nathan Elston, from Josh Malerman's novel Incidents Around the House
• Starring: Jessica Chastain, Arabella Olivia Clark, Jay Duplass, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed and Karen Allen
• Studios: Atomic Monster, Blumhouse and Spin a Black Yarn, produced by James Wan, distributed by Universal Pictures
• Released: In U.S. theaters October 9, 2026
• Cause of death: supernatural horror, the monster in the closet wearing Mom's face
• Where to watch: In theaters now

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Brains & Blood, a horror film review podcast: Backrooms (2026)

SPOILER WARNING: We keep the first few minutes spoiler-free, with our one-sentence verdicts and the film facts. When you hear the spoiler bell, we dissect the whole film, ending included. Haven't seen it? Stop at the bell, watch it, then come back.

In this episode, the Coroner and the Scream Queen enter the Backrooms, A24's adaptation of Kane Parsons' viral YouTube series. Is it a Brains & Blood classic or a dead end? We run it through the Brains & Blood scoring system: one score for the craft, one for the scream.

The Toe Tag

• Film: Backrooms (2026)
• Director: Kane Parsons, with a screenplay by Will Soodik Wikipedia
• Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell mspfilm
• Studio: A24
• Released: May 29, 2026 in the United States Wikipedia
• Budget and box office: about $396.5 million worldwide against a budget under $10 million comingsoon
• Cause of death: liminal space / analog horror
• Where to watch: streaming on HBO Max in the U.S. since September 25, 2026, plus digital rental or purchase on Prime Video, Fandango at Home and Apple TV joblotimeout

Scores: Fresh Blood · Silent Scream · Mob Score (70%). For explanation on how our rating system works, check out the Trailer episode where we break it down and have the rating key as the trailer episode artwork.

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