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Category Archives: Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained
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
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
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
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
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
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
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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Three holiday horrors and a gay horror flick!
My latest weekend marathon featured two Halloween-themed horror flicks, a killer bunny flick good for an Easter horror marathon, and a mainstream gay horror flick that premiered on HBO MAX, making for a bunch of new titles for the holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, creature features, Full Moon Fever, gay horror, ghosts, Killer Witches from Outer Space, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Bunny Man, The Parenting, witches
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BOUGHT ON BLU: a werewolf flick and a gay psychological thriller
The two latest additions to my movie collection check off a couple of my must-own boxes, each for a different reason: Frank Grillo in a horror movie, and gay horror. So, in essence, two horror movies for the gays. Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, psychological thrillers, There's a Zombie Outside, werewolves, Zombies
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A foursome of zombified flicks
This was a mixed bag of zombie types and zombie subgenres, and the satisfaction level for the hubby and I varied, but we definitely agreed on which ones worked for us and which ones didn’t. We also had an absolute … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Glowzies, infected, living dead, The Clearing, The World Ends at Camp Z, undead, Zombeez, Zombies
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NETFLIX AND CHILLS: a trio of Asian horror flicks
I was due for an Asian horror ghost girl fix, and since Asian horror seems to be all the horror Netflix carries these days, finding three was easy. Let’s get into them. SUMALA (2024) This Indonesian film isn’t your … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian horror, Death Whisperer, ghosts, Sumala, supernatural
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