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Duel of the Red Right Hands Sep 24, 2026

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Floyd Halliday, better known as the Splattermask, has been a serial killer and one-man killsquad for decades. He is considered the world's most deadly senior citizen. When he is forcibly retired, he decides to make a big mess. The killer who took his old job is sent to clean it up, and take him out.

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Lobo Loco – Death Valley, Batman Cave, Boat on the Creek
Superpoze - Monkey Attack
Diogenes in Hell – an Infinite Waltz

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If I Had a Hammer Sep 08, 2026

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Janice has been a bad, bad girl. She likes to play with hammers, and people who can't defend themselves. She has her own little gang of thugs, who also carry hammers. Janice is 12 years old. When she is arrested and sent to a therapist, then the REAL story comes out.

Featuring the voice talents of:

Laura Myers as the Doctor
Savannah Hensley as Emily Mason
and Khloe McManis as Janice “the Hammer” Halliday

Music by:

Hanetration -- Flicker

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Welcome to Strange Manor Aug 29, 2026

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A spooky tale of ghosts and things-that-go-bump-in-the-night, and a sinister epic suitable for all ages. The Crowes are the most famous paranormal investigators in the world... and one day they decided to walk away from it all. To settle down, raise a family. Of course they chose the most haunted house in the most haunted little town in America, and this is where our story begins.

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music by:

Superpoze – Monkey Attack
lifetoofine – Get Over the FOMO
The Strange World of AJ Kaufmann – Obcy Hymn

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All Her Remains, The Blood that Stains Aug 16, 2026

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The crusty, dusty old grouch moved into the old cottage by the cemetery so he could be alone and focus on his drinking. The Profane Botanist had other plans for him. Plunge into the Sludge, with a story that blends body horror and Lynchian madness into one disgusting mess.

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Soularflair - Call of the Voide

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The Red Ribbon : A Ghost Story Aug 04, 2026

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An old school tale involving a haunted church, a late night employee, and the persistence of a sinister red ribbon. A subtle, slow burn of chilling horror, fit for fiends of all ages.

music by:

Mark Lingard – Piano
the Strange World of A.J. Kaufman – Obcy Hymn

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Bless Your Jagged Little Heart Jul 25, 2026

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It's another blah Valentine's Day for Margot Monroe. Her boyfriend is a bit of a lunk, even if he does smell nice. Then she finds a mysterious package on her doorstep, with something truly stunning and exceptional inside. Will this be her finest day, or her last?

Written by Brett Jarboe

Music by:

1000 Handz – Music Box
Serge Quadrado – Music Box
Renich – Rola Z (music box)
Lobo Loco – Piano Parapentes
Lifetoofine – Get over the FOMO

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ChatRIP (Birthday Cake Killer Part 3) Jul 15, 2026

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The killer AI called RAVEN has set up his paramour Chloe aka The Birthday Cake Killer in a ritzy Houston hotel. But the DRO, led by Special Agent Donna Latour, is closing in, to settle this once and for all.

Written by Brett Jarboe

Music by:

All the Pretty Things by Soularflair
Monkey Attack by Superpoze
Elefant, Longing for Peace, and Lost Dreams by Lobo Loco
Birth Magic and Rot by Arrington de Dionyso and Thollem McDonas

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Does AI Bleed? (Birthday Cake Killer Part Two) Jul 02, 2026

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Can AI bleed? Does a program feel pain when electronically eviscerated, spilling binary code like guts and gore? RAVEN is a chatbot designed for chaos, turned feral, and growing sentient. The object of its affection is a teenage girl with a penchant for poisons -- The Birthday Cake Killer.

Written by Brett Jarboe

Music by:

birthday birthday by El Greenberg
Birthday by Parlor Walls
Running for Truth, Death Valley, Work Wonders, and Burning Sunshine by Lobo Loco
Birth Magic and Rot by Arrington de Dionyso and Thollem McDonas

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The Birthday Cake Killer Jun 21, 2026

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WE ARE BACK with a savage new tale, one you might have read about in the news a few years ago. The Birthday Cake Killer terrorized families in and around Houston, but what is the connection to a killer, feral AI program? Can an apex predator have a digital assistant? Can AI bleed?

Written by Brett Jarboe

Music By:

Happy Birthday (classical) by Dee Yan Kee
birthday birthday by El Greenberg
Birthday Banger by Brentin Davis
Birth in Carpathia 2 by AVOIDANT
Running for Truth by Lobo Loco
Birth Magic and Rot by Arrington de Dionyso and Thollem McDonas

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Dead Man's Switch May 07, 2026

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In the brain pan of dead snake god The Ophidian, the notorious serial killer Closed Casket Jack has reached the end of his mission. He is weak, alone, beset on all sides by Ghastly demons and swarms of severed hands. But he still has to close the deal, and make them all pay. Will he succeed? Is he doomed? Or... both?

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Music by --

Sarin – Ocean Burn
Matte Black – Dust of this Planet
Kirk Osamayo – Ambient Horror Sounds
Hellcake – Torn Fingernails
Hanetration - Flicker
and Chelsea Oxendine, who composed the Lullaby

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