About this episode
Doc and Paul review director Adam (Pyewacket, Out Come the Wolves) MacDonald's new horror film, THIS IS NOT A TEST (2026), adapted from New York Times Best Selling Author Courtney Summers' Novel of the same name. The cast includes Olivia Holt (Heart Eyes), Froy Gutierrez ("I Love LA"), Corteon Moore ("From"), Carson MacCormac (Clown in a Cornfield), Chloe Avakian ("Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy"), and Luke MacFarlane (Bros). Official synopsis: Sloane and a small group of her classmates take cover in their high school to escape their suddenly apocalyptic hometown. As danger relentlessly pounds on the doors, Sloane begins to see the world through the eyes of people who actually want to live and takes matters into her own hands. Review THIS IS NOT A TEST (2026) from IFC and SHUDDER Gruesome Magazine Podcast
