The MadHouse

The Madhouse is reviews on movies, shows, video games. Thoughts and opinions are those of Mad Max.

The MadHouse is a tv podcast hosted by Max Rios, with 917 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Max Rios hosts The MadHouse, a tv show with 917 episodes published.

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  Ice Cream Man (2026)

  Oct 4, 202614 min

  This horror film was co-written, produced and directed by Eli Roth and stars Ari Millen, Benjamin Byron Davis, Charlie Zelter, Shiloh O’Reilly, Kiori Mirza Waldman & Sarah Abbott. In this film, a small suburban town is enjoying a normal day until the Ice Cream Man comes along to sell his treats for kids in the area but things take a dark and twisted turn when, the next day, all the kids who had a frozen become possessed and go a violent rampage. This film was the first Eli Roth’s new horror label, The Horror Section, and it would hit theaters on August 7th, 2026.

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  Backrooms (2026)

  Oct 3, 202613 min

  This film was directed and co scored by Kane Parsons, who also wrote and directed the web series of the same name. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Lukita Maxwell, Finn Bennett & Mark Duplass. In this film, a man, who runs a struggling furniture store, discovers a mysterious opening in his store that leads to an endless corridor of empty rooms and hallways with no end in sight and quickly gets consumed by his own curiosity. The film hit theaters on May 29th, 2026 before landing on streaming services on July 14th. It went on become the second highest grossing horror film of the year and the 5th highest grossing indie film of all time.

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  NFL Recap: Week 3 (2026)

  Sep 30, 202629 min

  Week 3 of the NFL season and we already have teams losing players to injury or just not getting the job done in general. Thursday night’s game saw the Atlanta Falcons going to the Green Bay Packers, Sunday night saw the Denver Broncos hosting the LA Rams and Monday night featured the Chicago Bears taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. Other games included Texans / Colts, Ravens / Cowboys, Cardinals / 49ers & Commanders / Seahawks.

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  Unabomber (2026)

  Sep 28, 202615 min

  This Netflix film was directed by Janus Metz Pederson and stars Russell Crowe, Jacob Tremblay, Annabelle Wallis & Shailene Woodley. This film depicts the origins and crimes of Ted Kaczynski, also known as “The Unabomber”. In this film, when a young mathematic prodigy is asked be apart of an “experiment”, it becomes much more difficult than anything he has ever done which leads down a much darker path than anyone at Harvard University could have predicted. This was released on Netflix on September 25th, 2026.

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  Avengers: Endgame Encore (2026)

  Sep 25, 202622 min

  This film is a rerelease of the the original 2018 film but with added scenes and a new ending that leads up to the release of “Avengers: Doomsday” which is scheduled to hit theaters on December 18th, 2026.

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