Category Archives: Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained

SHUDDER: the home of grief porn?

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Daniel

We’re in the heat of my favorite genre being overrun by “elevated horror” where the goal isn’t to scare us, gross us out, make us cringe, make us scream with glee, or cause us to throw our popcorn in the … Continue reading →

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SHUDDER AND SHRIEK: a glory hole, wicked witches, and a horror anthology

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Daniel

It’s a variety of horror subgenres in this trio of films I knocked off my Shudder watchlist. GLORIOUS (2022) Turning True Blood pretty boy Jason Stackhouse and a glory hole plot into a talkfest is a waste of a concept. … Continue reading →

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NETFLIX AND CHILLS: struggling to get through two originals

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Daniel

One is a vampire horror comedy, the other is an alien horror comedy. Neither of them fully rose to the occasion, and both were longer than they needed to be, but one fared better than the other. DAY SHIFT (2022) … Continue reading →

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TUBI TERRORS: women scorned

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Daniel

A ghost town, a haunted abortion clinic, and a lesbian couple’s evil baby in this trio of films I streamed on Tubi. TEARDROP (2022) This movie sets itself up in a promising way—a teacher brings some of his students on … Continue reading →

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Slash and crash

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Daniel

It’s a trio of killer flicks I checked out on Shudder and Prime. SKULL: THE MASK (2020) This Brazilian slasher film follows the trend of modern horror flicks that try to capture the feel of gory 1970s grindhouse flicks. There’s … Continue reading →

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Back to the middle of the 00s for a triple feature of killers and creatures

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Daniel

I was a major impulse buyer of horror DVDs in the first ten years of their existence, so I have a soft spot for indie horror from the era. These three passed me by back then, but upon watching them, … Continue reading →

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Holiday horrors for 2022: three for Halloween and one for Christmas

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Daniel

I continue to add to the complete holiday horror page with four more holiday themed horror flicks for the 2022 season. YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER (2021) This Irish film creates a compelling, haunting slow burn while managing to combine … Continue reading →

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Young and queer and trapped in a horror movie

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Daniel

It’s two more films for the homo horror movies page, and I found this queer double feature much more satisfying than the one I watched and posted about a week ago. CUTIES (2020) This low budget indie directed by Joshua … Continue reading →

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TUBI TERRORS: a trio of Tubi originals

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Daniel

It’s a zombie snoozefest, a shark winner, and a killer tow truck driver that takes too many wrong turns to reach his destination. SHARK BAIT (2022) After just complaining in a recent post about another typical shark movie with an … Continue reading →

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80s oddities: beginning, middle, and end

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Daniel

It’s a trio of lesser-known films from the best horror decade ever–although you wouldn’t know that by watching these three movies. FRANKENSTEIN ISLAND (1981) I cannot process that this film was made in 1981 and not 1961, beginning with the … Continue reading →

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