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Hey Tightwads!  It’s time for more free movies from Tightwad Terror Tuesday!  Are you ready for them?  Because they’re ready for you!

Tightwad Terror Tuesday – Free Movies for 2-8-22
Insidious: The Last Key (2018), courtesy Blumhouse Productions/Universal Pictures.

Insidious: The Last Key

Tightwad Terror Tuesday has, over the years, brought you the first three Insidious movies.  Now we’ve got Insidious: The Last Key.  This fourth entry sees paranormal investigator Elise Rainer, along with her two colleagues Specs and Tucker, investigating a haunting.  But this is no ordinary haunting – it is occurring at Elise’s childhood home, and she has a personal connection to the spirit.

This 2018 movie was directed by Adam Robitel (not James Wan), but it very much has the Insidious vibe going for it.  Of course, Lin Shaye reprises her role as Elise, with Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson also coming back as Specs and Tucker.  For a fourth movie, Insidious: The Last Key is as good as a sequel can get without feeling like it’s beating a dead horse.  Check it out here at TubiTV.

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Turbo Kid (2015), courtesy Epic Pictures Releasing.

Turbo Kid

Set in the post-apocalyptic nineties, Turbo Kid is about a young scavenger who is obsessed with comic books.  When he meets a kindred spirit, the two team up and decide to fight the sadistic overlord who has been oppressing them, their families, and their friends.

Turbo Kid is a 2015 impression of what the eighties thought the nineties would look like.  It’s a fun and exciting little dystopian adventure, full of dirt bikes and deserted playgrounds, sort of like E.T. meets Escape from New York.  With Michael Ironside as the oppressive overlord.  You can find Turbo Kid here at Vudu.

Tightwad Terror Tuesday – Free Movies for 2-8-22
Resolution (2012), courtesy Tribeca Film.

Resolution

Filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have been on a role with Spring, The Endless, their segment of V/H/S Viral, and Synchronic (and the soon-to-be premiered Marvel series Moon Knight). Their first feature is 2012’s Resolution.  It’s about a man who locks his friend in a secluded cabin in an attempt to help him get sober.  Unfortunately for the pair, the area in which the cabin is located is a hotbed of…unusual activity.

Benson and Moorhead seem to be working within a shared universe with their movies, and while Resolution stands strong on its own, fans of The Endless will especially get a kick out of it.  Resolution actually explains a tertiary subplot from The Endless.  Dive into Resolution here at Crackle.

Tightwad Terror Tuesday – Free Movies for 2-8-22
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), courtesy New World Pictures.

Battle Beyond the Stars

Battle Beyond the Stars is about a peaceful planet that is under attack by an evil space tyrant.  So, a idealistic farmboy recruits a bunch of space mercenaries to help him defeat the space tyrant in space battle.

If that sounds like Star Wars meets The Magnificent Seven, well, that’s because it is.  This 1980 cheapie is a product of the Roger Corman Film School, so its script was written by John Sayles, it was scored by James Horner, and the cast includes fun names like Richard Thomas, John Saxon, George Peppard, Robert Vaughn, and Sybil Danning.  If you’re in the mood for some fun and corny sci-fi, you can see Battle Beyond the Stars here at TubiTV.

Amityville Island (2020), courtesy Wild Eye Releasing.

Amityville Island

It’s a running gag in the horror community that anyone and everyone can just slap the word “Amityville” onto a movie to help give their flick some cred.  That’s pretty much what happened with Amityville Island.  It’s about a survivor of the Amityville curse who finds herself on an island where genetic experiments are being performed on the local wildlife.

As if there was any question as to whether filmmaker Mark Polonia (who has also made such classics as Amityville Death House and Amityville Exorcism) was serious about this 2020 The Amityville Horror-meets-Jaws flick, the tagline is “For God’s Sake, Get Out of the Water!”  If silly shark crossovers are your thing, you could do a lot worse than Amityville Island.  Disclaimer – there aren’t as many sharks in the movies as the poster would lead you to believe.  Catch Amityville Island here at Vudu.

Want more free movies?  Check out previous Tightwad Terror Tuesdays right here.

Feature image courtesy Chris Fischer.

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‘Immaculate’ Stars Reveal Which Horror Villains They Would “F, Marry, Kill”

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Sydney Sweeney is just coming off the success of her rom-com Anyone But You, but she’s ditching the love story for a horror story in her latest film Immaculate.

Sweeney is taking Hollywood by storm, portraying everything from a love-lusting teenager in Euphoria to an accidental superhero in Madame Web. Although the latter got a lot of hate among theater-goers, Immaculate is getting the polar opposite.

The film was screened at SXSW this past week and was well-received. It also gained a reputation for being extremely gory. Derek Smith of Slant says the, “final act contains some of the most twisted, gory violence this particular subgenre of horror has seen in years…”

Thankfully curious horror movie fans won’t have to wait long to see for themselves what Smith is talking about as Immaculate will hit theaters across the United States on March, 22.

Bloody Disgusting says that the movie’s distributor NEON, in a bit of marketing smarts, had stars Sydney Sweeney and Simona Tabasco play a game of “F, Marry, Kill” in which all their choices had to be horror movie villains.

It’s an interesting question, and you might be surprised at their answers. So colorful are their responses that YouTube slapped an age-restricted rating on the video.

Immaculate is a religious horror movie that NEON says stars Sweeney, “as Cecilia, an American nun of devout faith, embarking on a new journey in a remote convent in the picturesque Italian countryside. Cecilia’s warm welcome quickly devolves into a nightmare as it becomes clear her new home harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.”

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Michael Keaton Raves About “Beetlejuice” Sequel: A Beautiful and Emotional Return to the Netherworld

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After more than three decades since the original “Beetlejuice” film took audiences by storm with its unique blend of comedy, horror, and whimsy, Michael Keaton has given fans a reason to eagerly anticipate the sequel. In a recent interview, Keaton shared his thoughts on an early cut of the upcoming “Beetlejuice” sequel, and his words have only added to the growing excitement surrounding the film’s release.

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Keaton, reprising his iconic role as the mischievous and eccentric ghost, Beetlejuice, described the sequel as “beautiful”, a term that encapsulates not only the visual aspects of the film but its emotional depth as well. “It is really good. And beautiful. Beautiful, you know, physically. You know what I mean? The other one was so fun and exciting visually. It’s all that, but really kind of beautiful and interestingly emotional here and there. I wasn’t ready for that, you know. Yeah, it’s great,” Keaton remarked during his appearance on The Jess Cagle Show.

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Keaton’s praise did not stop at the film’s visual and emotional appeal. He also lauded the performances of both returning and new cast members, signaling a dynamic ensemble that is sure to please fans. “It’s great and the cast, I mean, Catherine [O’Hara], if you thought she was funny last time, double it. She’s so funny and Justin Theroux is like, I mean, come on,” Keaton enthused. O’Hara returns as Delia Deetz, while Theroux joins the cast in a yet-to-be-disclosed role. The sequel also introduces Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter, Monica Bellucci as Beetlejuice’s wife, and Willem Dafoe as a dead B movie actor, adding new layers to the beloved universe.

“It’s just so fun and I’ve seen it now, I’m gonna see it again after a couple little tweaks in the editing room and I confidently say this thing is great,” Keaton shared. The journey from the original “Beetlejuice” to its sequel has been a long one, but if Keaton’s early rave is anything to go by, it will have been worth the wait. Showtime for the sequel is set for September 6th.

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‘The Unknown’ From Willy Wonka Event is Getting a Horror Movie

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Not since the Fyre Festival has an event been so lambasted online as Glasgow, Scotland’s Willy Wonka Experience. In case you haven’t heard about it, it was a children’s spectacular that celebrated Roald Dahl’s offbeat chocolatier by taking families through a themed space that felt like his magical factory. Only, thanks to cellphone cameras and social testimony, it was actually a sparsely decorated warehouse filled with flimsy set designs that looked like they were bought on Temu.

The famous disgruntled Oompa Loompa is now a meme and several hired actors have spoken out about the inelegant party. But one character seems to have come out on top, The Unknown, the mirror-masked emotionless villain who appears from behind a mirror, terrifying younger attendees. The actor who played Wonka, at the event, Paul Conell, recites his script and gives some backstory to this frightening entity.

“The bit that got me was where I had to say, ‘There is a man we don’t know his name. We know him as the Unknown. This Unknown is an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls,'” Conell told Business Insider. “It was terrifying for the kids. Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil?”

Despite the sour affair, something sweet may come out of it. Bloody Disgusting has reported that a horror movie is being made based on The Unknown and may get a release as early as this year.

The horror publication quotes Kaledonia Pictures: “The film, gearing up for production and a late 2024 release, follows a renowned illustrator and his wife who are haunted by the tragic death of their son, Charlie. Desperate to escape their grief, the couple leave the world behind for the remote Scottish Highlands – where an unknowable evil awaits them.”

@katsukiluvrr evil chicolate maker who lives in the walls from willies chocolate experience in glasgow x #glasgow #willywonka #wonkaglasgow #scottish #wonka #theunknown #fyp #trending #foryou ♬ its the unknown – mol💌

They add, “We are excited to begin production and look forward to sharing more with you as soon as possible. We are actually only a few miles from the event, so it is quite surreal to see Glasgow all over social media, worldwide.”

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