Category Archives: Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained

NETFLIX AND CHILLS: inner trappings and vampiric compulsions

I’ve seen it all before, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t like seeing it again. A look at three familiar plots from a weekend marathon on Netflix. NO ESCAPE ROOM (2018) Yep, it’s another escape room movie. If you don’t … Continue reading

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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 3

Sometimes I come back for post-80s Stephen King movies again. Let’s get right into another three. MERCY (2014) Not that M. Night’s The Visit or this film were the first horror flicks about scary grandmothers, but it’s kind of surprising … Continue reading

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Alien nuns, a revenge demon, and a devil dog from the 1970s

It’s a trio of new Blu-ray additions to my collection, so let’s see if they were worth subtraction from my wallet. END OF THE WORLD (1977) Not gonna lie. This isn’t a good movie, but the filmmaker definitely makes the … Continue reading

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HULU HORRORS: a nun, video nasties, an attic creature, and witchcraft in a bathroom

It’s a smorgasbord of different horror flicks on Hulu. Did they show me a good time? Let’s find out. SAINT MAUD (2019) Considering I despise religious horror, maybe I should have just skipped a movie called Saint Maud with a … Continue reading

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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 2

Sometimes I come back for another installment of post-80s Stephen King movie adaptations. And this trio has some high profile male actors. SECRET WINDOW (2004) Secret Window is based on a novella from Four Past Midnight and almost feels like … Continue reading

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SHUDDER AND SHRIEK: a devil child, a witch, and kidnapped kids

There’s a whole lot of trouble for young boys in this trio I checked out on Shudder. Let’s see what you can expect from each one. SON (2021) This polished “son of Satan” flick from the director of The Canal … Continue reading

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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 1

Although post-80s Stephen King novels and movie adaptations failed to mesmerize me like the material being released when he was at the top of his game, I’ve decided to go back and check out a bunch of the adaptations in … Continue reading

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PRIME TIME: a whole lot of slashing fun…and a good dose of gay fun

Now this is how to do a weekend marathon of simple slashers. There was plenty to like about this trio, so let’s take a look. SLASHORETTE PARTY (2020) I went into Slashorette Party hoping for some halfway decent kills and … Continue reading

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An Easter weekend double feature

It’s a little something different to add to the list of Easter movies on the holiday horror page, and they come from fifty years apart. NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972) If you’re itching for another killer rabbit movie to pack … Continue reading

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Gender-bending, Bette Davis, and redneck witchcraft in the 1970s

It’s back to the early 1970s, when I was just a wee child, for a threesome of films featuring female horror veterans. DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE (1971) You’d never expect Hammer Films to challenge the norm in one of … Continue reading

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