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Category Archives: Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained
Attack of the killer Bs
In what turned out to be a sort of throwback to the horror of the early years following the turn of the millennium, my latest triple feature included ghosts, a syringe-wielding killer, and a fishman. THE LAST INN (2021) I’m … Continue reading
Celebrating Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day the horror way
It’s a smorgasbord of four flicks to add to the complete holiday horror page, so let’s get right into them. PUMPKINHOLE (2022) When I told my hubby I was watching Pumpkinhole, he said, “You already did that on your book … Continue reading
Low-tech scares…going back to basics by dabbling in the occult
Cults, the occult, and a witch? Sign me up! But…did I get what I signed up for with this trio of selections from Tubi that rely on simple incantations, rituals, and sacrifices? Let’s find out. EVERWINTER NIGHT (2023) With a … Continue reading
A backwoods creature, a found footage killer, and a tarot curse
It’s another smorgasbord of subgenres from my watchlists, so let’s get right into them. STOKER HILLS (2020) This is a third-person POV/found footage hybrid that jumps back and forth between detective hunting for missing film students and the footage they … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, found footage, slashers, Something in the Woods, Stoker Hills, supernatural, Tarot Curse
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Guests check in, but they don’t check out
It’s vacation time for friends and family, which means nothing is going to go right in this trio of slashers. STREAM (2024) Go into Stream with a bunch of your horror fiend friends and a big bowl of popcorn plus … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Teenagers, Late Checkout, slashers, Stream
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Bringing out the animal in humanity
My weekend was filled with a 4-flick marathon of movies featuring humans with animalistic tendencies, so let’s sink our teeth into them. SHARK GIRL (2024) I really expected this one to be some sort of trashy, indie mess, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, found footage, Frogman, Piglet, Pigman, Shark Girl, slashers
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Clash of the subgenres
Each of these films features a curious combination of subgenres that makes them all rather unique when taken as a whole, yet simultaneously cliché in how the individual subgenres are presented and play out in each movie. FOG CITY (2023) … Continue reading
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Tagged body horror, Companion, Control Freak, demons, Fog City, ghosts, infected, supernatural, Zombies
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Cautionary tales about the supernatural side effects of being around white people
This was a pretty fun marathon of movies featuring Black main characters in paranormal peril due to bad choices made by white people. BLACKSTOCK BONEYARD (2021) Blackstock Boneyard is apparently based on a true story of two Black men that … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackstock Boneyard, demons, ghosts, Mama Bear, possession, slashers, supernatural, They Whisper
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: oh, the horrors!
These three films from my streaming watchlists borrow elements of found footage horror, but none of them fully commits to the subgenre’s rigid POV, allowing for some flexibility in the way the stories are presented. I’m not saying that makes … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Make a Sound, found footage, The Glenarma Tapes, The Wild Man Skunk Ape
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The horror of Bugs Bunny & Friends
Nothing deserves the name Looney Tunes more than the scary episodes of Bugs Bunny and his friends. I went through all my Looney Tunes DVDs and Blu-rays to pick my ten favorite scary episodes, which make for a perfect Halloween … Continue reading
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Tagged Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Gossamer, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Witch Hazel
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