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Good Film Hunting (GFH) is a movie channel built around one simple question: is this movie worth watching? Gary and Andy don’t do lectures, scorecards, or film school breakdowns. We watch the movie, talk it out, follow the conversation where it naturally goes, and give you an honest take — the good, the bad, and the “what were they thinking?” From cult classics and retro rewinds to new releases, flops, and forgotten curiosities, GFH is about reactions, perspectives, and the kind of movie talk you’d have with friends after the credits roll. No yelling. No hot-take nonsense. Just real conversation, differing opinions, a few laughs, and a clear answer at the end: should you watch it, or skip it? If you like movies and like talking about movies, you’re in the right place.

  1. 15h ago

    Episode 181 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark (2025) - BONUS EPISODE- Prescription For Chum?

    What do you get when you combine human infatuation with Shark Week with a classic gothic novel from Robert Louis Stevenson? Well, you could get an overly confusing excuse to record people who were likely cast from pulling randos from the street, handing them a script clearly penned in a fever dream, shoving them in front of the camera and then adding a grain filter to pretend it’s film. Turns out that is exactly what you get with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark, the 2025 horror with a budget so low that it looks like it was funded from a piggy bank. The plot? After losing his wife, Dr. Henry Jekyll spirals into grief, experiments with an untested drug called Sharcopine, and transforms into a bloodthirsty man-shark with romantic baggage and dental issues. Welcome to a Good Film Hunting - Flick Flops review - Lord help us with this one… #GoodFilmHunting #FlickFlops #DrJekyllAndMrShark #BretMcCormick #MaxRaven #BandoGlutz #RandyClower #DaniBliss #VictoriaChaney #EricaMuse #TomFegan #JoshMartin #SharkMovie #BMovieHorror #MovieReview Release DetailsTitle: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark Year: 2025 Director: Bret McCormick; some trailer/press listings credit Max Raven, which appears to be one of McCormick’s creative alter egos. Writer(s): Bando Glutz / Bret McCormick depending on source; Bando Glutz is another McCormick persona according to a prior interview. Top Billed Stars: Randy Clower, Dani Bliss, Victoria Chaney, Erica Muse, Tom Fegan, Josh Martin. Running Time: 73 minutes. Country of Origin: United States. Official Release Date(s): November 25, 2025 U.S. release/VOD/DVD rollout Social LinksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 181 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Shark (2025) - BONUS EPISODE- Prescription For Chum?

  2. 4d ago

    Episode 180 - Deep Water (2026) - Crash then chum? - Good Film Hunting Review

    It’s SHARK WEEK, and we’re fastening our seatbelts, ignoring the flotation-device demonstration, and discovering that the in-flight meal is apparently us. Deep Water, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Angus Sampson, follows the survivors of an LA-to-Shanghai flight forced down in the Pacific where escaping the wreckage only lands them on the menu for a school of unusually motivated sharks. Harlin already gave us genetically enhanced aquatic chaos with Deep Blue Sea, but does this return trip have enough bite to justify another plunge, or is Deep Water a little shallow for these fellas? #GoodFilmHunting #SharkWeek #DeepWaterMovie #DeepWater2026 #RennyHarlin #AaronEckhart #BenKingsley #AngusSampson #MollyBelleWright #PeteBridges #ShayneArmstrong #SharkMovie #SurvivalThriller #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion Release Details Title: Deep Water Year: 2026 Director: Renny Harlin Screenplay: Pete Bridges, Shayne Armstrong, S. P. Krause, Damien Power Story: Shayne Armstrong and S. P. Krause Top-Billed Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Angus Sampson, Molly Belle Wright Running Time: Approximately 107 minutes Country of Origin: Australia / United States Official Release Dates: Sarasota Film Festival opening night on April 10, 2026; U.S. theatrical release on May 1, 2026. Other Notable Projects Renny Harlin — Director Die Hard 2 established Harlin as a director capable of staging large-scale action within a confined transportation setting—an obvious ancestor to Deep Water. Cliffhanger demonstrated his talent for combining spectacular geography with physical survival and interpersonal betrayal. The Long Kiss Goodnight remains one of his most enthusiastically reappraised action films and shows how effective his heightened style can be when paired with a sharp screenplay. Deep Blue Sea is the unavoidable comparison: another ensemble trapped in a failing structure while sharks exploit every mechanical weakness. Deep Water plays almost like Harlin returning to the same elemental nightmare from a different altitude. The Strangers: Chapter 1–3 represents his recent push toward rapidly produced genre filmmaking and franchise-scale horror. Pete Bridges, Shayne Armstrong, S. P. Krause and Damien Power — Writers The screenplay’s four credited writers reflect the project’s unusually long development history. Damien Power, director of Killing Ground and No Exit, is particularly associated with pressure-cooker thrillers in which stranded people make increasingly dangerous decisions. Armstrong and Krause were connected to the earlier incarnation of the project, preserving the DNA of the abandoned Bait 3D follow-up. Aaron Eckhart — Ben Thank You for Smoking proved Eckhart could anchor a film through charisma and verbal precision. The Dark Knight made him part of one of the defining modern superhero ensembles. Sully gives his casting here an amusing aviation connection: after playing real-life pilot Jeff Skiles, he now graduates to a considerably less fortunate flight. Olympus Has Fallen and its sequels helped establish his current screen identity as a dependable, weathered action lead. Ben Kingsley — Rich Gandhi remains his career-defining performance, but Kingsley has repeatedly alternated prestige drama with eccentric genre work. Sexy Beast revealed a frightening volatility far removed from his dignified public image. Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings demonstrated his willingness to play with audience expectations and self-parody. In Deep Water, his presence gives a pulp survival movie an extra layer of authority—and makes the increasingly absurd situation feel even stranger. Angus Sampson — Dan The Insidious films made Sampson recognizable to horror audiences. Mad Max: Fury Road placed him inside another ensemble survival spectacle. His role here continues his knack for playing personalities who can be funny, irritating, useful, or dangerous—sometimes within the same scene. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 180 - Deep Water (2026) - Crash then chum? - Good Film Hunting Review

  3. Jul 17

    Episode 179 - Tuner (2026) - Perfect Pitch Crime - Good Film Hunting Review

    Tuning a piano is already a delicate art, but tuning your ear to a life of crime? That’s where things get a little sharp. This week we unlock Tuner, directed by Daniel Roher and starring Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, and Havana Rose Liu. Woodall plays Niki White, a gifted piano tuner whose heightened hearing makes him unusually good at his job — until criminals realize the same skill might also make him dangerously good at cracking safes. Does Tuner hit the perfect note, or does this thriller fall a little flat? #GoodFilmHunting #TunerMovie #Tuner2026 #DanielRoher #RobertRamsey #LeoWoodall #DustinHoffman #HavanaRoseLiu #LiorRaz #JeanReno #TovahFeldshuh #CrimeThriller #HeistMovie #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion Release DetailsTitle: Tuner Year: 2026 for U.S. theatrical release; the film premiered in 2025. Director: Daniel Roher Writer(s): Daniel Roher and Robert Ramsey Top Billed Stars: Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno Running Time: 107 minutes / 1 hour 47 minutes Country of Origin: United States / Canada Official Release Date(s): World premiere at Telluride on August 30, 2025; U.S. theatrical release on May 22, 2026; UK cinemas May 29, 2026. Other Notable ProjectsDaniel Roher — Best known for Navalny, the Oscar-winning documentary about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Tuner is interesting because it is a pivot from real-world political danger to constructed genre suspense, but both depend on paranoia, pressure, and people trapped inside systems bigger than themselves. Robert Ramsey — Co-writer here with Roher. His role matters because Tuner is a very premise-driven script: a clean “one weird skill” thriller that needs emotional logic underneath the safecracking mechanics. Leo Woodall — Coming off major visibility from The White Lotus and One Day, Woodall gets a part that asks him to be romantic lead, anxious technician, damaged artist, and reluctant criminal all at once. This feels like the “can he carry a movie?” test, and the reviews have largely framed it as a breakout vehicle. Dustin Hoffman — Hoffman plays Harry Horowitz, Niki’s older mentor. His casting gives the film a direct line to an older mode of character-driven American drama, which helps balance the more modern “high-concept thriller” element. Havana Rose Liu — After No Exit and Bottoms, Liu’s Ruthie gives the movie its musical and romantic counterweight. Her role matters because she is not just “the girlfriend”; she represents the artistic life Niki has lost, resents, and still wants to be near. Lior Raz — Best known internationally for Fauda, Raz plays Uri, the criminal figure who recognizes Niki’s usefulness. That casting gives the danger side of the movie a sharper edge because Raz brings built-in credibility as someone who can play charm and threat in the same breath. Jean Reno — Reno’s presence brings old-school international thriller flavor. For a movie already playing with noir, crime, and European sophistication, he’s a useful texture even if the film belongs primarily to Woodall. Social LinksYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 179 - Tuner (2026) - Perfect Pitch Crime - Good Film Hunting Review

  4. Jul 14

    Episode 178 - Pootie Tang (2001) -BONUS EPISODE- Sa Da Flop? - Good Film Hunting Flick Flops Review

    This week we sine our pitty and belt-whip our way into Pootie Tang, the 2001 comedy written and directed by Louis C.K., starring Lance Crouther, Chris Rock, and Wanda Sykes. Born from a sketch on The Chris Rock Show, the film follows Pootie Tang, a smooth-walking, nonsense-speaking folk hero who takes on an evil corporation trying to push cigarettes, booze, fast food, and general dirty-dog behavior onto kids. It flopped hard in theaters, baffled critics, and somehow kept whispering “wa-da-tah” into pop culture’s ear for decades. Does Pootie Tang get too cool for its own words, or is this runny kine actually worth the running time? Sa da tay or sa da stay? #GoodFilmHunting #FlickFlops #PootieTang #LouisCK #ChrisRock #LanceCrouther #WandaSykes #JenniferCoolidge #JBsmoove #RobertVaughn #RegECathey #ComedyReview #CultComedy #MovieReview #filmdiscussion Release Details Title: Pootie Tang Year: 2001 Director: Louis C.K. Writer: Louis C.K. Top Billed Stars: Lance Crouther, Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Coolidge, Robert Vaughn, Reg E. Cathey, J.B. Smoove Running Time: 81 minutes Country of Origin: United States Official Release Date: June 29, 2001, United States Distributor: Paramount Pictures Budget / Box Office: Reported budget around $7 million; worldwide/domestic gross roughly $3.3 million, making it a clear theatrical flop. Other Notable Projects Louis C.K. — Writer/Director Before Pootie Tang, Louis C.K. wrote for Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Dana Carvey Show, and The Chris Rock Show. After this, he became far more associated with stand-up and television, especially Louie. Pootie Tang stands out as a bizarre early directing credit that feels both wildly personal and visibly compromised. Chris Rock — Producer / Multiple Roles Chris Rock had already broken through with stand-up, Saturday Night Live, CB4, and The Chris Rock Show. Here, he serves as producer and appears in multiple roles, including Pootie’s father and JB. Relative to Rock’s career, this film feels like a strange side mission: a sketch-world expansion that was probably too strange for mainstream theatrical comedy in 2001. Lance Crouther — Pootie Tang Crouther’s performance is the whole movie’s gravitational center. He barely speaks intelligible English, but his physical confidence sells the joke. That is the tightrope: if Pootie is too silly, the movie collapses; if he is too serious, the joke dies. Crouther somehow plays him like a legendary figure whose language barrier is everyone else’s problem. Wanda Sykes — Biggie Shorty Sykes brings the film some of its sharpest readable comic energy. Around this era, she was emerging as a major comedic voice through stand-up, television writing, and screen appearances. In Pootie Tang, she works like a translator for the madness without ever fully explaining it. Jennifer Coolidge — Ireenie Coolidge was coming off major comedy visibility from American Pie and Best in Show. Her role here fits her early-2000s specialty: characters who seem to exist in their own private weather system. Reg E. Cathey — Dirty Dee Cathey later became widely known for The Wire, House of Cards, and Fantastic Four. As Dirty Dee, “he’s still dirty,” which is maybe the most Pootie Tang character logic imaginable. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 178 - Pootie Tang (2001) -BONUS EPISODE- Sa Da Flop? - Good Film Hunting Flick Flops Review

  5. Jul 10

    Episode 177 - Power Ballad (2026) - Who Wrote It? - Good Film Hunting Review

    Some songs come from the heart. Some come from the pain. And some, apparently, come from standing a little too close to Paul Rudd when he’s working through his feelings. This week, we tune up for Power Ballad, the new John Carney film starring Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, and Havana Rose Liu, about a washed-out musician whose original song becomes the comeback anthem for a fading pop star who may have skipped one very important step: giving credit. So does Power Ballad hit that perfect chorus of comedy, heartbreak, and musical revenge, or did this one just lip-sync its way through the theaters? #GoodFilmHunting #PowerBallad #PowerBalladMovie #JohnCarney #PaulRudd #NickJonas #HavanaRoseLiu #JackReynor #PeterMcDonald #MarcellaPlunkett #MusicalComedy #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion #2026Movies #lionsgate Release Details Title: Power Ballad Year: 2026 Director: John Carney Writer(s): John Carney and Peter McDonald Top Billed Stars: Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Havana Rose Liu, Jack Reynor Running Time: 98 minutes Country of Origin: United States / Ireland Official Release Date(s): World premiere at Dublin International Film Festival on March 1, 2026; U.K. and Ireland release/select U.S. theaters on May 29, 2026; wider U.S. release on June 5, 2026. Other Notable Projects John Carney — Director / Co-Writer Carney’s major comparison points are Once, Sing Street, Begin Again, and Flora and Son. Power Ballad fits his recurring interest in ordinary people using music to reclaim identity, but this one adds a more comedic revenge angle and a bigger celebrity-vs-working-musician contrast. Peter McDonald — Co-Writer / Cast Member McDonald co-writes with Carney and also appears as Sandy. That dual role matters because the film seems built around conversational rhythm, music-scene specificity, and character comedy rather than pure plot machinery. Paul Rudd — Rick Power Rudd brings decades of goodwill from comedy, indie drama, and blockbuster work, including Marvel’s Ant-Man and Avengers: Endgame. Here, the interesting move is putting that familiar affability inside a character whose wound is professional invisibility. Nick Jonas — Danny Wilson Jonas’s music background gives Danny instant credibility as a pop performer, while his film work includes mainstream projects like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The film uses his real-world pop-star aura to make Danny both magnetic and suspiciously polished. Havana Rose Liu — Marcia Liu’s presence gives the supporting cast a more contemporary indie-film flavor; she is part of the official credited ensemble alongside Rudd, Jonas, McDonald, Plunkett, and Reynor. Jack Reynor — Mac Reynor reteaming with Carney is notable because he previously worked with him on Sing Street. His casting gives the film another bridge back to Carney’s earlier Irish music-story world. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 177 - Power Ballad (2026) - Who Wrote It? - Good Film Hunting Review

  6. Jul 3

    Episode 176 - The Mist (2007) - The End Justifies? - Good Film Hunting Cult Classic Review

    This week we are engulfed by The Mist, Frank Darabont's 2007 creature-feature turned existential gut-punch, starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laurie Holden, based on Stephen King's novella. After a violent storm, a mysterious mist traps survivors inside a Maine grocery store, where the danger outside may be nothing compared to the fear growing within. The Mist arrived in theaters to mixed fanfare, was overshadowed at the box office, and then quietly became one of the most passionately defended genre films of the 2000s. Are we card-carrying members of the cult or did we find that the fog of nostalgia obscured some cracks in the foundation? Find out on this Cult Classics review on Good Film Hunting! #GoodFilmHunting #cultclassics #themist #frankdarabont #stephenking #thomasjane #MarciaGayHarden #LaurieHolden #AndreeBraugher #horrorfilm #scifihorror #moviereview #filmdiscussion #CultClassicFilm #stephenkingadaptation Release Details Title: The Mist Year: 2007 Director: Frank Darabont Writer(s): Frank Darabont (screenplay); based on the novella by Stephen King Top Billed Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones Running Time: 126 minutes (color theatrical cut); 127 minutes (black and white version) Country of Origin: United States Official Release Date: November 21, 2007 (USA theatrical) Other Notable Projects Frank Darabont (Director) Darabont's three theatrical features form one of the most remarkable Stephen King adaptation trilogies in Hollywood history. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) remains one of the highest-rated films on IMDb and earned seven Oscar nominations. The Green Mile (1999) was another King adaptation and another commercial and critical success. The Mist was his third and final theatrical King adaptation — and arguably his most formally daring, precisely because it ends on a note of utter nihilism that neither Shawshank nor Green Mile would ever risk. His subsequent work on The Walking Dead's first season is considered by many fans to be the high-water mark of the series; his abrupt firing by AMC in 2011 remains one of TV's more infamous behind-the-scenes stories. Thomas Jane (David Drayton) Jane had built solid genre credentials before The Mist via Boogie Nights (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), and The Punisher (2004). The Mist remains his most emotionally demanding screen performance — the final scene in particular requires him to carry an almost unbearable dramatic weight in complete silence. He returned to Stephen King territory with the Netflix film 1922 (2017), another critically admired adaptation. Jane has spoken publicly about The Mist being the role he's most proud of. Marcia Gay Harden (Mrs. Carmody) Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). Her Mrs. Carmody sits at the opposite end of the performance spectrum — raw, unhinged, and deliberately theatrical in a way that rewards the film's allegorical ambitions. Her work in Mystic River (2003) and Into the Wild (2007) reinforced her range; The Mist remains a cult-defining turn. Laurie Holden (Amanda Dunfrey) Holden appeared in Darabont's Silent Hill (2006) before The Mist, and went on to play Andrea in The Walking Dead — cementing her status as a Darabont ensemble regular. Her Andrea arc on TWD was famously controversial among fans, but her measured, humanizing work in The Mist is exactly the kind of grounded performance that keeps the film tethered when its wilder elements threaten to untether it. Andre Braugher (Brent Norton) Braugher brings an enormous amount of dramatic authority to the role of Norton, the Drayton family's skeptical neighbor whose rationalism ultimately destroys him. Known at the time primarily for Homicide: Life on the Street and Glory (1989), Braugher later became a comedy icon via Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021). The Mist catches him in a transitional period — and his willingness to play a character the audience is meant to both admire and watch be ground down by stubbornness is quietly one of the film's most interesting performances. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 176 - The Mist (2007) - The End Justifies? - Good Film Hunting Cult Classic Review

  7. Jun 26

    Episode 175 - Hokum (2026) - Haunted or Hollow? - Good Film Hunting Review

    This week we check into Hokum (written and directed by Damian McCarthy), where the concierge seems off, the honeymoon suite has baggage, and where a case of writer’s block is probably better handled at home. This film takes us into the Irish countryside, where Adam Scott plays a reclusive horror novelist who visits a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, only to get pulled into tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite and a disappearance that cracks open his own past. So is Hokum a chilling throwback to old-school gothic horror, or does this haunted honeymoon suite leave modern audiences waiting for a scare that never checks in? #goodfilmhunting #hokum #HokumMovie #DamianMcCarthy #adamscott #PeterCoonan #DavidWilmot #FlorenceOrdesh #AustinAmelio #JosephBishara #neon #horrormovie #folkhorror #moviereview #filmdiscussion Release Details Title: Hokum Year: 2026 Director: Damian McCarthy Writer: Damian McCarthy Top Billed Stars: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh, Will O’Connell, Michael Patric, Brendan Conroy, Austin Amelio Running Time: 107 minutes Country of Origin: Ireland / United Arab Emirates Official Release Date(s): World premiere at SXSW on March 14, 2026; U.S. theatrical release through Neon on May 1, 2026; UK/Ireland release also listed for May 1, 2026; some international markets, including Australia/UAE-related listings, show late April/May regional dates. Other Notable Projects Damian McCarthy — Director/Writer McCarthy’s key context is Caveat and Oddity, both of which built his reputation around controlled spaces, eerie objects, folk/supernatural dread, and the sense that moral rot invites supernatural consequences. Hokum is the “next step” movie: bigger star, wider release, same basic fascination with guilt, enclosed locations, and fear that creeps in from the edges of the frame. Adam Scott — Ohm Bauman Scott brings a fascinating career split into this: beloved comic roles in Step Brothers, Party Down, and Parks and Recreation, plus darker dramatic work in Severance and now Hokum. The Washington Post specifically frames the film as Scott leaning into his “jerk” side while still using the vulnerability that has powered his recent prestige work. Peter Coonan — Mal Coonan gives the film local texture and suspicion, functioning as part of the Irish ensemble that keeps Ohm off-balance. For the episode, he is useful to discuss as part of the film’s “outsider enters a closed local ecosystem” setup — the people around Ohm are not just exposition machines, they are part of the threat environment. David Wilmot — Jerry Wilmot appears to be one of the film’s tonal wild cards. Reviews highlight Jerry as part of the movie’s off-kilter folk-horror personality, helping keep the film from becoming only gloomy grief horror. Florence Ordesh — Fiona Fiona is central to the mystery engine: her disappearance is what pushes Ohm deeper into the hotel’s secrets. That makes her less a side character than the story’s pressure point — the person whose absence forces the movie to move from creepy atmosphere into investigation. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 175 - Hokum (2026) - Haunted or Hollow? - Good Film Hunting Review

  8. Jun 19

    Episode 174 - Shelby Oaks (2025) - Worth the Watch? - Good Film Hunting Review

    Shelby Oaks may sound like the kind of place where you’d buy antiques, homemade apple cider, or maybe a rocking chair with an odd stain, but this week we wander into the woods of Shelby Oaks for the 2025 theatrical horror mystery written and directed by Chris Stuckmann. Starring Camille Sullivan as Mia, the film follows as she obsessively searches for answers after her sister Riley vanished while investigating the titular abandoned town with her paranormal web series crew. Did Shelby Oaks plant the seeds for a new horror filmmaker to grow? Find out on this episode of Good Film Hunting. #GoodFilmHunting #ShelbyOaks #ShelbyOaksMovie #ChrisStuckmann #CamilleSullivan #BrendanSextonIII #SarahDurn #KeithDavid #MichaelBeach #MikeFlanagan #HorrorMovie #FoundFootage #MysteryThriller #MovieReview #FilmDiscussion Release Details Title: Shelby Oaks Year: 2025 theatrical release; world premiere was in 2024 Director: Chris Stuckmann Writer(s): Chris Stuckmann; story by Chris Stuckmann and Samantha Elizabeth Top Billed Stars: Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Keith David, Sarah Durn, Michael Beach Running Time: 91 minutes, though some festival/review listings used earlier runtimes around 99–102 minutes Country of Origin: United States Official Release Date(s): World premiere: July 20, 2024 at Fantasia; U.S. theatrical release: October 24, 2025 via Neon; U.K. release: October 31, 2025 Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller Other Notable Projects Chris Stuckmann — Best known before this as a long-running YouTube film critic, Stuckmann’s importance here is less about prior directing credits and more about the leap from criticism to creation. Shelby Oaks is the career pivot, the proof-of-concept, and the lightning rod all at once. Mike Flanagan — Executive producer here, and a major name in modern horror through projects like Oculus, The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher. His connection matters because his brand is character-first horror with grief, belief, trauma, and dread — all things Shelby Oaks appears to be reaching toward. Camille Sullivan — Plays Mia, the emotional center of the film. Her job is not just to be scared; she has to sell obsession, grief, and the dangerous belief that a missing loved one might still be reachable. That makes her performance crucial to whether the movie works as more than a spooky scavenger hunt. Sarah Durn — Plays Riley, the missing sister and member of the Paranormal Paranoids. Because Riley exists partly through recordings, memory, and investigation, the role has to function almost like a ghost before the supernatural fully takes hold. Keith David — A genre legend whose presence instantly gives the movie weight. His broader career includes The Thing, They Live, Platoon, Requiem for a Dream, and extensive voice work. In a smaller horror film, he brings instant credibility and texture. Michael Beach — A reliable character actor with credits across film and television, including Aquaman, Sons of Anarchy, Third Watch, and Mayor of Kingstown. In a movie like this, actors like Beach help ground the weirdness in believable human stakes. Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tummytwins Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flickflopspod/ X: https://twitter.com/flickflopspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tummytwinsmedia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodfilmhuntingpod

    Episode 174 - Shelby Oaks (2025) - Worth the Watch? - Good Film Hunting Review
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Good Film Hunting (GFH) is a movie channel built around one simple question: is this movie worth watching? Gary and Andy don’t do lectures, scorecards, or film school breakdowns. We watch the movie, talk it out, follow the conversation where it naturally goes, and give you an honest take — the good, the bad, and the “what were they thinking?” From cult classics and retro rewinds to new releases, flops, and forgotten curiosities, GFH is about reactions, perspectives, and the kind of movie talk you’d have with friends after the credits roll. No yelling. No hot-take nonsense. Just real conversation, differing opinions, a few laughs, and a clear answer at the end: should you watch it, or skip it? If you like movies and like talking about movies, you’re in the right place.

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