Hockey continues to dominate the Radio NL 610 AM airwaves, but there's still time for those fine purveyors of film de cinema to work their audio magic. From The Basement returns once again to pleasure your ear holes with a slew of new reviews, and an update on the local movie scene. First up: the movies! Jason and Shawn provide a feature review on Padraig Reynolds's latest effort, the slasher flick Open 24 Hours. This one stars Vanessa Grasse in a twisted tale at an all-night gas station. Does it deliver the spooky -- and let's face it, gruesome -- goods? Stick with us! And stick with us you shall, as The Basement Boys take on the latest Netflix original Project Power starring Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the ghost story Widow's Point from genre vet Greg Lamberson, and the horror/Western The Pale Door... all so you don't have to! But wait, local movie fans, Kamloops Film Society executive director Dusan Magdolen checks off a bucket-list item by comin...

I love Westerns, and I love horror. So a horror/Western should be a done deal in terms of a good night at the movies, right? Well, sometimes. Bone Tomahawk was great, and I didn't mind Dead Birds. The Burrowers had potential, but wasn't quite a win. Sadly, The Pale Door from director/co-writer Aaron B. Koontz is also such a flick. All the elements are there are on the Western front, from the gang of outlaws looking to rob a train to a gunfight on Main Street. And the horror tropes -- coven of freaky ass witches, blood and guts, and a few jump scares -- are also on hand. In fact, the film reminded me a lot of From Dusk Till Dawn in the way it plays out. We get a straight-up Western until about the 50-minute mark, then the witches come into play in the film's best -- and bloodiest -- sequence. I was impressed! The problem I have with The Pale Door is the tone and pacing. The film moves too slowly to generate much excitement, at least until the witches are revealed. ...