Rockabye | Halloween 2026

I think we’re about halfway through the Chris Stokes movies. Today we’re looking at Rockabye, a movie about family and the dark secrets within.

Christine’s (Annie Ilonzeh) father’s death was ruled a suicide. However, she knows that he was murdered. As she digs into his death, his close friends and former co-workers also begin committing suicide. The secret surrounding all of them is much darker than Christine ever imagined.

Rockabye is probably one of the better movies I have watched recently. And that is mostly because the story was actually interesting. Christine follows some fairly logical leads to find out what happened to her father and the twist isn’t all that fantastical. Sure, it’s a little bit over the top but the basics of the secret are things that happen in the real world. And that makes the story worth watching. It’s movies like this that keep me going through the rest of the season. I hope there are more to come.

Rating: Time to side-eye all the men in your life

Night Shift | Halloween 2026

If you have been with me since the beginning of my Christmas reviews, you will remember that in 2018 I banned the Marvista (or Mar Vista or MarVista) production company from my blog because their movies were so terrible. I have now found that most of these mediocre Tubi movies have been made by the same guy - Christopher B. Stokes. He tends to write, produce, and direct them, which means he doesn’t have a lot of people reigning him in when a bad decision is made. At least not all of his movies are bad. Let me tell you about Night Shift.

Deborah (Apryl Jones) is an out-of-work security guard who just found out she is pregnant. When her brother, Jimmy (Anton Peeples), asks her to cover his night shift as a security guard at a high end art gallery, she reluctantly agrees. What she doesn’t know is that a group of criminals are trying to steal the jewels from one of the art pieces she is supposed to protect.

Night Shift is a little uneven. There are slow parts where Deborah is just walking around doing nothing but then there are some actiony-type scenes too. Unfortunately, the actiony-type scenes tend to be a lot of standing around waving guns and yelling at each other. Yes, there are some other scenes that are done really well. It would be nice if there was a little more oomph to the action scenes. Something that would make me believe that Deborah is unhinged enough to hit someone at her previous job. If Deborah was a little more badass…a little more Gamora (from Guardians of the Galaxy) or Sarah Connor from The Terminator…this movie would have been so much better.

Rating: I would also like to take a 3-hour nap

Hijacked | Halloween 2026

We’re almost halfway through the month and I haven’t run out of Tubi original movies yet. These are starting to feel a bit more like the Hallmark Christmas movies - poorly made movies that are churned out by the dozen. Maybe Hijacked will save my sanity.

Thomas (Tremayne Norris) is a former bomb squad technician with the police. When his famous influencer daughter, Ebony (Chrissy Stokes), is kidnapped, Thomas must not only find her but also diffuse the bombs threatening her life.

Well, this is one of those movies that is bad but not awful. I have seen worse and there have definitely been better this year. The problem here, as with most of the movies on Tubi, is that the writers seem to know how they want the movie to end but they don’t know how to get there. So we end up with a lot of unnecessary scenes where the characters stand around and talk about nothing. Or talk about something but don’t talk about it in a way that will resolve a single problem. On the plus side, the acting wasn’t terrible this time around.

Rating: Don’t trust free rideshares. Ever.

The One Next Door | Halloween 2026

When I do these daily movie reviews, there is always a point where I get movie fatigue and I don’t want to watch any more bad movies. We are starting to get to that point now. But I will try my best to make it through the whole month. Maybe Christmas movies will save my sanity this year. For now…The One Next Door.

Malik (Don Snipes) has moved in next door to Robert (Dez Cortez) and Tabitha (Robyn Rose). It isn’t long before Robert starts getting jealous of Malik always helping Tabitha with household chores. His violence against Malik now puts his marriage to Tabitha at risk.

This movie is all about jealousy. The runtime is about 100 minutes and we don’t get a plot twist until the hour mark. All of the scenes up to that point is Malik talks to Tabitha or helps Tabitha with something and Robert yells at everyone about how inappropriate it is. At this point, Tabitha has done nothing to deserve this treatment. It is around that 60 minute mark that we really see some flirting going on. (For the record, no, I don’t consider fixing a faucet as flirting.) But, even then, it’s nothing serious. And, of course, Robert flies off the handle. When that plot twist does pop up, Robert doesn’t amend his ways. He just gets mad in a different way. And then there is that ending scene that I won’t spoil… Robert really is irredeemable.

Rating: Maybe don’t keep your friends so close

I Know Where You Live | Halloween 2026

I Know Where You Live pretty much tells you what this movie is going to be about. There’s going to be a stalker and there’s probably going to be some murder.

Sarah (Apryl Jones) is very cautious when it comes to dating. She doesn’t give her number out to anyone she doesn’t know. She doesn’t even let men know where she lives. So when her current boyfriend, Neimon (Oshea Russell), begins to show violent tendencies, she feels safe cutting off contact with him. However, Neimon starts stalking her. Sarah tries to get the police involved but, until Neimon actually does something, there isn’t much they can do. Despite Sarah’s absolute conviction that Neimon is the one stalking her, there’s actually someone else she should be worried about instead.

This one was a little more interesting than some of the other movies I’ve watched lately. There is a pretty good twist that I only vaguely saw coming. My only gripe with the movie is that Sarah makes terrible decisions for someone who is being stalked. She takes the same route on her daily jog, sometimes she jogs in the dark, she doesn’t seem to really tell any of her friends or co-workers how bad the stalking has gotten. While the stalking isn’t her fault, she doesn’t seem to be doing much, besides talking to the police, to keep herself safe. So it’s not super surprising when people start turning up dead. I would have loved to see Sarah be more proactive about her safety. That also probably would have made the movie scarier.

Rating: Physical phone books don’t exist but online ones do

My Husband's Sister | Halloween 2026

Every year, I end up making fun of at least one title in Hallmark’s Christmas movie selection. I think Tubi has them beat for the stupidest movie names ever. This one is My Husband’s Sister. Surprise, surprise…it’s about a woman’s husband’s sister.

Bridget (Joyce Glenn) is a very wealthy real estate agent who recently beat cancer. She met a man named Liam (Mikhail Keize) online and, when they finally meet in person, she falls in love with him at first sight. And, since they happen to be in Las Vegas, they immediately get married. Bridget’s sister, Emily (Marcia Harvey) is rightly worried about this relationship. Unfortunately, it’s not Liam she needs to be worried about.

This is yet another of those movies where people don’t talk about anything (well, except Emily…she tries real hard to talk about everything) so everything goes wrong. Bridget literally knows nothing about Liam. She doesn’t even know that he has a foster sister, much less a psychotic one that is in love with him. So, while this movie isn’t the worst thing I’ve seen so far this season, it is not good either. Everyone makes awful decisions and no one, except Emily, is suspicious of anything. It’s a no for me.

Rating: Please don’t let there be a sequel

The Delivery Girl | Halloween 2026

The next movie I found on Tubi is a Fatal Attraction rip-off called The Delivery Girl. And, honestly, it really isn’t at all like Fatal Attraction.

Jacob (Charlie Newhart) is unhappy with his life. He works from home as an insurance adjuster (boring!); he barely talks with his wife, Mya (Teisha Brown); and his only friend, Gabriel (Mic Larry), is a loser. When Aria (Ayla Thompson) comes into his life by delivering groceries to his house, he tries to befriend the young woman. Aria, however, has something completely different in mind.

I know that this is supposed to be a thriller where the (spoiler) crazy girl stalks the man and ruins his life. But none of this was thrilling. There wasn’t any part where I felt that Jacob’s life or his wife’s life was in danger. As a matter of fact, there is only one death and he kinda deserved it. Sure, Ayla keeps coming around Jacob’s house to seduce him but he doesn’t really do anything to deter her. Every time he says “No, I’m married,” it feels half-hearted. And when a frustrated Ayla tries to ruin Jacob’s life, she does a terrible job at it. This movie felt like some sort of high school version of an unfulfilled crush. And a lame one at that.

Rating: STOP ORDERING DELIVERIES

Hive | Halloween 2026

When I started this project, I figured that I would be watching a lot of older horror movies on Tubi. But this is day seven and five of those are 2026 Tubi originals. I haven’t really looked through what the service offers so I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to watch brand new movies. Until we run out of stuff to watch, let’s see if Hive is worth our time.

Sasha (Xochitl Gomez) is starting her new job as a babysitter for a rich family. The mother, Camille (Tanya van Graan), has some rules for her daughter, Zailey (Victoria Firsova). No soda, no sweets, no playing outside. But Zailey talks Sasha into taking her to the playground to look for a lost doll. That is when Sasha realizes something bad is happening to all of the babysitters/nannies in the area.

I’m not going to lie, there are some very slow parts of Hive. I kept wobbling between whether this was a good or bad movie. Then the horror side really kicked in. Most of the movie is spent trying to make the kids seem scary. But they are only mildly scary. A little over halfway through the movie, you find out what is happening to everyone - the kids, their parents, and the caregivers. That is when the horror begins to set in. Now, the movie doesn’t get “scream your head off” horror scary. It does, however, give you that creepy feeling that shows like the Twilight Zone or The Blair Witch Project might give you. In the end, I found Hive fairly enjoyable. I just wish they could have made the beginning a little tighter to really bring the scares.

Rating: And they say candy is bad for you

Stepfather | Halloween 2026

Hey! Taye Diggs is in Stepfather! And so is Tamar Braxton! That should be a good sign, right?

When Leon (Diggs) was a child, he was severely abused by his stepfather. He was told that he would never have the perfect family. As an adult, Leon is searching for that perfect family. But when a woman betrays him, things go terribly wrong.

OK. So. This is a movie all about domestic abuse. There is a huge domestic violence warning before the movie starts but I don’t think that warning was enough to really get the point across how much abuse happens. And, unfortunately, most of the abuse that is shown happens to a child. Yes, there is abuse against women but that isn’t the majority of the movie.

Also, unfortunately, this isn’t a good movie either. Since we are shown all of the abuse that happens as a child, we, the audience, aren’t particularly surprised when it happens as an adult. There isn’t anything suspenseful. We aren’t wondering what will happen next or will he actually do it. Even the big twist isn’t interesting. Everything feels like violence for the sake of violence and neither the police nor the psychologist seem to really care what happens to Leon or the families that he comes upon. And if they don’t care, why should we?

Rating: Who substitutes a yellow pepper for a red pepper?

Takeout | Halloween 2026

Takeout is another movie from 2025 but I’m going to give it a pass. It looked interesting enough and I’m not sure Tubi has enough 2026 movies to fill the whole month of October.

In a fast food restaurant in the middle of nowhere, three co-workers - Nova (N’kone Mametja), Harper (Deoudoné Pretorius), and Benny (Darron Meyer) - are working the late shift when they hear reports of a serial killer in the area. Nova convinces the others that the killer has come into the restaurant…but she may have the wrong person.

Well, this turned out to be much more boring than I thought. Since the entire movie takes place in one location, there isn’t a lot of movement from the characters. There’s the dining area, the prep area, the backroom, and outside. Rinse and repeat between those spots. And a lot of the movie is the three main characters arguing over whether they should call the cops or the tip hotline in order to get the reward for finding the killer. Then the writers throw in Nova’s little sister for absolutely no reason. She was completely unnecessary to the plot. I’m sad that this was so boring. There are a few indie video games with a similar plot that are much more interesting. Too bad the writers didn’t take notes from them.

Rating: Isn’t there anywhere else to get food?