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BOUGHT ON BLU and UHD: five purchases from the past few months
It’s a lost 80s horror bonanza, with five flicks that never came my way in the days of cable and video rentals, but have found a home in my media library four decades later. I’m absolutely giddy over it…but that … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Euro horror, Fatal Games, Off Balance, queer horror, Rat Man, slashers, Spider Labyrinth, The Black Room, witches
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PRIME TIME: a giallo throwback, a horror anthology, and an evil entity
My horror itch was scratched with this trio of films in various subgenres, so let’s get right into them. NIGHT CALLER (2021) I’m a fan of director Chad Ferrin and own several of his films on disc, including Exorcism at … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Evil Takes Root, giallos, horror anthologies, Night Caller, supernatural, Tell Me a Creepy Story, witchcraft, witches
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Getting a holiday horror fix in August
It’s never too earlier for Halloween, so I’m covering two Halloween horrors, along with holidays that are less likely to get the horror focus: Easter and New Year’s Eve! It’s four new ones to add to the holiday horror page. … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Family Dinner, folk horror, horror anthologies, Natty Knocks, slashers, The Invoking: Halloween Nights, Time's Up, witches
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There’s more to horror than just white people…
My latest movie marathon included movies that feature Black main characters and racial themes. DON’T LOOK BACK (2020) Jeffrey Reddick, the openly gay writer of the original Final Destination, writes and directs this throwback to the supernatural slashers from the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Don't Look Back, Goatman, possession, slashers, Trinket Box, witches
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HULU HORRORS: they want female bodies…and what’s inside them
I cleared out my Hulu watchlist with this trio of films that all revolve around women and their bodies. Let’s get right into them. Clock (2023) The problem with so much elevated horror, aka: trauma porn, aka: stuff that’s usually … Continue reading
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Tagged Clock, demons, ghosts, She Will, supernatural, The Offering, witches
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TUBI TERRORS: a backwoods slasher, witchy woods, and a desert horror
Each of these three flicks had a slow burn element to them, and two of them turned the heat up higher after the burn. Let’s find out which ones. THE HOOT OWL (2022) Running only 71-minutes long, this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Bury the Bride, slashers, The Hoot Owl, The Winter Witch, vampires, witches
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BOUGHT ON BLU: vacations of terror…sort of
Let’s take a trip back in time with a Mexican horror flick from the end of the 80s and its Halloween themed sequel! VACATION OF TERROR (1989) Atmosphere, creepy synth musical cues, fog machines, and an 80s vibe are the … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, supernatural, Vacation of Terror, Vacation of Terror 2, witches
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HOLIDAY HORROR: Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day with a side of gay
This foursome offers up a nice mix of holidays and subgenres. They are all getting added to the holiday horror page, and one of them earns a spot on the homo horror movies page as well. But will you want … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, Autumn Road, gay horror, Kids vs. Aliens, Love Hurts, Most Horrible Things, slashers, Two Witches, witches
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Catching up with some indie horror creators
Filling in my viewing gaps of films featuring horror actor Nick Damici and movies by indie director Charlie Steeds, I ended up doing a marathon of four films, so let’s get into them. WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (2013) Director … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blood Conscious, cannibalism, creature features, demons, Freeze, gay horror, ghosts, home invasion, occult, supernatural, The Haunting of the Tower of London, We Are What We Are, witches
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