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Mushroom murders, riotous mockumentary and a surveillance thriller: what to watch in October

This month’s streaming lineup has plenty to offer, whether you’re chasing thrills, a nostalgic romcom, or some humour to keep you company as you settle in after a long day of work.

The Conversation

Why This Is Spinal Tap remains the funniest rock satire ever made

With Spinal Tap II: The End Continues hitting cinemas, now is the perfect moment to revisit its precursor, one of most influential and hilarious comedy films ever made, 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap.

The Conversation

When is 'Spinal Tap 2' streaming? Here's our best guess

Find out when you might be able to watch 'Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" at home.

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41 Years Later, The Most Absurd Movie Experiment Of The '80s Just Got A Huge Upgrade (And A Sequel)

Inverse spoke with director Rob Reiner about how a fake rock documentary tapped into pop culture and landed a sequel.

Inverse

We Talked To Spinal Tap II's Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer And Co. About Ringo Starr Declining, The Condition Of The Latest Drummer, And So Much More

A conversation with the legendary band.

Cinemablend

“Nothing’s more real than seeing your Ibanez JS guitars played by the legendary Spinal Tap”: How Joe Satriani became Spinal Tap’s unofficial guitar supplier for the loudest movie of the year

Satch and the Tap are old friends. And if you look closely, you might just catch Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins playing his Ibanez signature models in Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Guitar World

Five basses! Spinal Tap recruit Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat for bottom-heavy Jimmy Kimmel performance

Movie and album are both out Friday

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review – rockers return for mockusequel of pin-sharp laughs and melancholy

Enter the Tapocalypse as Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner return in a still-funny, cameo-studded telling of the hapless band’s final gig

The Guardian - UK

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review: the rocks gods of mockumentary turn it up to, er, 10½

4/5 Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest and co and back for one last blow-out with Elton John and Paul McCartney adding the superstar sparks

Evening Standard

I Finally Watched Spinal Tap, And Now These 6 Jokes Actually Make Sense

I waited way too long for this...

Cinemablend

“On the bass…” Spinal Tap recruit Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat for Jimmy Kimmel performance of Big Bottom

David St. Hubbins led a legion of bassists out onto the Jimmy Kimmel stage for a rendition of Spinal Tap’s 1984 track

Guitar World

"It's up to King Charles, it's not up to us." British rock legends Spinal Tap play down speculation over possible knighthoods, excite US talk show host with surprisingly meaty Big Bottom

Could we soon see Spinal Tap trio on their knees awaiting the touch of King Charles' sword? Time will tell

Louder

“It has one of the highest outputs of any passive humbucker, ever”: Seymour Duncan celebrates imminent release of Spinal Tap sequel with a custom pickup – and it has an “eye-watering” DCR reading of 111K

But what will this monster one-off pickup sound like – and will we ever see it in production?

MusicRadar

“We did this show in Amsterdam. It was quite loud, so it was shut down after 20 minutes. The people started throwing wooden shoes”: Nigel Tufnel on the return of Spinal Tap – with Marshall amps that go to infinity, new custom guitars, and a point to prove

In a stupendously rare interview, Tufnel ruminates about birds, gear, Blind Bubba Cheeks and celebrity guests, and finds that it's true about what they say, blessed are the cheesemakers indeed

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The Guardian - UK

‘Our songs last three minutes but they feel like an hour’: the return of Spinal Tap – an exclusive that goes up to 11!

Over 40 years since This Is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back for a legally obligated final gig. Our writer smells the glove

Guitar World

“If you bring in some cheese, I might trade you one of the guitars on the wall”: Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel has been running a cheese shop where guitars can be used as currency

Cheddar for Charvels? Gouda for Gibsons? Tufnel has introduced a rather interesting bartering system...

MusicRadar

“I have guitars at my cheese shop. You can come in and trade guitars for cheese, or vice versa”: Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel is open to swapping guitars for artisanal cheese – but here’s why you won’t sell him on amp modellers

As Spinal Tap prepare to make a triumphant return to the silver screen, lead guitarist Tufnel admits he's still addicted to pushing air

Guitar World

“It now goes to Infinity. Just think about that for a moment… Oh, my God, that’s literally infinity”: For Spinal Tap’s reunion, Nigel Tufnel asked Marshall to make him an an amp that went beyond 11

Tufnel has a new amp – and some new guitars – to showcase in the forthcoming Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

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“Spinal Tap was getting ready for one of its shows. Paul McCartney was in another room rehearsing, and he happened to walk in one day”: Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner on the real-life encounter that inspired a scene in the highly anticipated sequel

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will see Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls reunite after 41 years – alongside on-screen appearances by McCartney and Elton John

The Guardian - UK

This Is Spinal Tap review – a glorious heavy-rock nightmare that was ahead of its time

Rereleased ahead of its forthcoming sequel, the classic mockumentary about the mythic pomp of a musical colossus on the decline is still a joy

Louder

Filmmaker Marty DiBergi is hosting a live Q&A with Spinal Tap legends David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls ahead of the release of his new documentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

"Why don't you just make ten louder, and make ten be the top number, and make that a little louder?"

Total Film

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 live coverage – All the news from SDCC 2025 as it happened

All the news and panel announcements from SDCC 2025, as it happened, can be found right here

Guitar World

“This is probably the only time you will read Julian Lage and Nigel Tufnel’s names in the same sentence”: Every guitar featured in the trailer for Spinal Tap II, from St. Vincent’s Music Man to Joe Satriani’s Ibanez JS-3

The Spinal Tap II trailer is finally here – and this is what Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls will be playing in the movie

Guitar World

“I don't like auditions. Let those boys like Beck and Clapton fight it out with each other. Let me watch and laugh”: Spinal Tap discuss all-star guitar duels, (maybe) influencing the Beatles, and persevering through multiple sudden tragedies

Fresh off of their sterling 1992 comeback album, Break Like the Wind, David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls reflect on (and bicker about) their remarkable creative arc, the tragic fates that befell many of their bandmates, and that humbling documentary they'd prefer to forget

Guitar World

“I walk in and see on the board: ‘Beck, Satriani, Lukather, Slash.’ I thought it was a send-up”: Spinal Tap once surprised Nigel Tufnel with an all-star guitar solo tribute – but he wasn't thrilled about it

Explaining (well, bickering about, really) the star-studded Break Like the Wind, David St. Hubbins maintained that the collaboration was merely intended as a friendly gesture from admirers, and that Tufnel misunderstood it

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