The leaves on the trees may be suffering in this heat with the rest of us, instead of falling to the ground where they belong, but as far as we’re concerned, the spooky season is in full swing. And with that, there are more horror releases hitting in August than you can shake a themometer at. Let’s talk about a couple of them. One is a just fine way to ease into the season and the other is a bloody slasher that offers up some nice surprises. Plus, I make a couple of other film and music recs. Dig it.

SOULM8TE, the spinoff from the M3GAN-verse, dropped last weekend. It’s mostly soulless, but still a good time. Check out the new vid to get my thoughts on how she stacks up against other “female android gone bad” movies and TV shows.