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Going In Blind: Good Boy

John Stark

Cast: Written By: directed By: Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: IFC/Shudder *This Movie Does Have An Audio Description Track, Which Despite Multiple Attempts, I Was Unable To Secure An Accessible screener* In many ways, this is a hopeful placeholder. I’m very much open to watching an accessible screener copy of this film, and I will be on the lookout for a copy when it comes to VOD later this month. However, because it is heading apparently straight to AMC Plus/Shudder, I’m not sure if there will be a copy available post-theatrical with a audio description since AMC Plus rarely uses the … Continue reading Going In Blind: Good Boy

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Going In Blind: Push

John Stark

Cast: Alicia Sanz, Raul Castillo, David Alexander Flynn Written and directed By: David Charbnier and Justin Powell Studio/Streamer: Shudder Release Year: 2025 There is no known audio description for this title. What Is it?: A pregnant realtor, trying to sell a murder house, is unexpectedly attacked by a crazed individual. to make things worse, not only does she have to survive, but she’s also in labor. What Works: Theoretically, the premise. There was some nice music, sometimes. what Doesn’t Work: Shudder, despite producing audio description for many of its theatrical releases, hasn’t quite figured out how to do it for … Continue reading Going In Blind: Push

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Abraham’s Boys

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Cast: Titus Welliver, Brady Hepner, Judah Mackey, Jocelin Donahue Written and Directed By: Natasha Kermani, based on characters created by Bram Stoker Original Score By: Brittany Allen Studio: RELJ/Shudder Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Provided By: Audio Eyes Written By: Sean Boggs Narrated By: Nicole Cyrille What Is It?: Abraham Van Helsing has left his pst behind him, moved his wife Nina, and their two sons all the way across the world to California, hoping to escape evil. But, evil is everywhere. Maybe evil followed them. Maybe… it never left them. I don’t normally hit big spoilers in my reviews, … Continue reading Abraham’s Boys

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Clown In A Cornfield

John Stark

Cast:Katie Douglas as Quinn, Aaron Abrams as Dr. Glenn, Carson McCormack as Cole, Vincent Mueller as Rust, Kevin Durand as Arthur Hill, Will Sasso as Sheriff Dunn, Cassandra Potenza as Janet, Verity Marks as Ronnie Written By:Carter Blanchard (Independence Day: Resurgence) and Eli Craig, Based On The Book By Cesare directed By: Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil) Studio: IFC/Shudder Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 96 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Descriptive Video Works Written by: Narrated By: Bill Larsen What Is It?: Adapted from a book, a doctor moves to a sleepy midwestern town with his teenage daughter, who … Continue reading Clown In A Cornfield

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The Rule Of Jennypen

John Stark

Originally making a splash at last year’s Fantastic Fest, The Rule Of jennypen stood out among the crowd for featuring two lead actors with Oscar nominations. So, Fantastic Fest took notice, and the movie won the acting prize for stars Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow. Then, it became a Shudder title, which led to any possible audio description appearances might be spotty. I’m unaware of any existing audio description for this, as not every Shudder title receives it, and having watched it without, I would say to blind and low-vision users, that it is unwatchable without it. The film centers … Continue reading The Rule Of Jennypen

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The Devil’s Bath

John Stark

The Devil’s Bath- Shudder Sponsored Austria’s Failed International Oscar Bait Quick Take: This is why I push so much for international content, because viewpoints from around the world are so important in a day and age where we seem to want to isolate ourselves from everyone and expel those different from us. The Devil’s Bath takes a hard look at women’s mental health during a time when people didn’t think about mental health. We’re still in the age of lobotomies. Men use to diagnose “hysteria”. So, Austria’s bid for an International Oscar, which didn’t make the shortlist, has no English, … Continue reading The Devil’s Bath

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Azrael

John Stark

Azrael- Samara Weaving Is So Good She Can’t Even Speak Quick Take: Essentially a silent film, Azrael takes the Quiet Place approach one further by pushing humanity into a Hellraiser-esque landscape, and the humans alive actually sever their vocal chords so they can’t make noise even accidentally. Samar Weaving is a scream queen, and I thought this might get some more love from the horror community. it is pretty straightforward a horror film, like In The Mouth Of Madness, and some fucked up things are described through the fantastic audio description. Also, the film is fully reliant on audio description … Continue reading Azrael

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Stop Motion

John Stark

Stop Motion- A Horror Spin On The Painstaking Filmmaking Technique Quick Take: Shudder outdid themselves on several of their titles this year, producing some really interesting original fare. They even sponsored some international offerings vying for the International Oscar. Stop Motion is a great idea, that stumbles in the execution. It isn’t particularly surprising, and theres too much of a sense of predictability. There could have been so much more inventiveness with regard to the use of the art of Stop Motion, but it treads more into a psychological thriller, with a protagonist descending into madness. it certainly isn’t the … Continue reading Stop Motion

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Oddity

John Stark

I always say Shudder is missing out by not attempting to make their streaming service accessible, and the fact that their theatrical titles are tied to IFC, where they end up getting audio description makes it all the more frustrating that the service itself, which now has Oddity, will run it without the track they paid for. Bizarre. But perhaps not as bizarre as this film. When this film first hit the blind market, I remember seeing a specific reaction from someone in the community who was turned off because of the feature in this film that the central blind … Continue reading Oddity

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Arcadian

John Stark

Nicolas Cage claims he’s close to retirement, so as his career supposedly winds down, I would really like him to go out on a high note. that means no more random shit like The old Way and The retirement Plan. So, the question here is Arcadian worthy of being one of Nicolas Cage’s final films? Well, that depends on how you look at it. He isn’t really the star of the film.That’s not meant to be a spoiler, it’s just how the movie is really structured. We are in a dystopian future where a lot of humans are now dead, … Continue reading Arcadian

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Baghead

John Stark

I do love a reminder every once in a while that there are still functional companies that ignore accessibility. one of those, AMC Plus, is the home to Shudder and IFC Films, two entities that send originals to theatres with audio description, VOD services, and often later to Hulu. yet, with all of that, AMC Plus dodges the hell out of being accessible as a streaming service. Why? Do you honestly and truthfully believe that if the streaming wars lead to the deaths of streamers, like most recently Noggin, that the ones without accessibility will rise to the top? Today’s … Continue reading Baghead

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Birth/Rebirth

John Stark

the good news is that you can find this title with audio description. the bad news, is despite this being a Shudder release, and on AMC Plus, you won’t find it there. If I was going to wait this long to see Birth/Rebirth, I decided I’d rent the damn thing and make sure I got the audio description. It helps that I’m a voting member for the Spirit Awards and this is in consideration. However, I didn’t use the non-audio described screener offered to me. I knew too many people who kept swearing this was the best, or one of, … Continue reading Birth/Rebirth

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It’s A Wonderful Knife

John Stark

Where I Watched It: AMC Plus English Audio Description?: No Cast: Jane Widdop, Joel McHale, Justin Long, Jess McCloud, Katherine Isabelle, Aiden Howard, and Erin Boyce. Written By: Michael Kennedy Directed By: Tyler MacIntyre Considering last year Violent Night was a bit of a riff on home Alone, it makes sense that another Christmas classic would be up for revamping. In case you can’t put two and two together, it’s A Wonderful Knife is very similar to It’s A Wonderful Life. Winnie is your average teenager, hanging out with her teenage friends. Her dad works closely with a very motivated … Continue reading It’s A Wonderful Knife

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Killer Klowns From outer Space

John Stark

Where I Watched it: AMC Plus/Shudder English Audio Description?: No It felt weird leaving October without a Shudder entry, even if not original. I realized that i had never seen this camp classic, and I wondered if the comedy would make up for the lack of audio description. I guess that’s dependent upon what you want from the film. Being blind and listening to the film without audio description, I miss the character designs, as well as the over the top violence. I read a breakdown that listed the gore in the film, and while everything is presented in that … Continue reading Killer Klowns From outer Space

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Backcountry

John Stark

Where I Watched It: AMC Plus English Audio Description?: no I think I’ve seen this movie somewhere else with audio description before, but when it floated onto AMC Plus (likely through Shudder), I figured I’d see what’s up. It’s an independent survival thriller where people decide to go camping when they know very little about it and have zero survival instincts. These films would be far more entertaining with survivalists as protagonists. But, it’s basically pointless without audio description. Not that there’s a ton of dialogue, but there is some. That’s really all you get. That plus some sound effects … Continue reading Backcountry