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Category Archives: Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained
A journey back to the horror of the early 2000s
Can you believe it has been twenty years since we entered a new millennium? It was a great time for horror…simply because we were leaving 90s horror behind! Unfortunately, you wouldn’t know that by most of the movies I picked … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Dard Divorce, Feardotcom, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The Last Winter, The Mangler 2, The Mangler Reborn, torture porn
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Three from the early teens
Thirsty pretty people, a crazy poor Asian, and Satan’s baby back again. Let’s get into these three. THIRST (2010) As a fan of Lacey Chabert and Mercedes McNab in horror flicks, I can safely say it’s okay for those who … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Dream Home, occult, Rosemary's Baby, satanism, slashers, Thirst
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The 90s: when most horror was direct-to-video
I once again struggled my way through a bunch of 90s crap I’d never seen, and I actually found a couple that had their charms—one of which was a total winner for me. THE INHERITOR (1990) There’s a good idea … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebola Syndrome, ghosts, horror anthologies, infected, Necronomicon: Book of the Dead, slashers, Steel and Lace, supernatural, The Inheritor, witches
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Halloween and Christmas horror round-up…in February
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but somehow a bunch of October and December horror flicks gravitated my way—finally, months after I needed them to. Therefore, it’s time for a belated seasonal celebration of flicks to add to the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Another Evil Night, dolls, For the Sake of Vicious, found footage, Hell on the Shelf, occult, Red Snow, satanism, Sheitan, slashers, The Trick or Treaters, vampires
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The horrors of Udo Kier: the formative years
After entering the horror genre with a witch hunt historical horror flick, Udo Kier did a trio of sleazy flicks based on classic fictional horror monsters. Yay! So let’s get into all four of them. MARK OF THE DEVIL (1970) … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blood for Dracula, Flesh for Frankenstein, Mark of the Devil, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, torture porn, vampires, witches
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Crazy for the 80s
My latest selection of six flix to cover includes five I scored on Blu-ray, and a final one that could definitely use an official release on disc—and they’re all lesser-known movies you may have stumbled upon on HBO or on … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, 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 1980s, 80s, Big Man on Campus, creature features, Curfew, gay horror, Girlfriend from Hell, Graverobbers, home invasion, horror comedies, occult, Scream for Help, The Kindred, Zombies
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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 3
I bring my series of posts about Asian horror films that were remade for the U.S. market in the 2000s to an end with a look at The Eye movies! THE EYE (2002) The Eye to me is like Exorcist … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, horror comedies, supernatural, The Child's Eye, The Eye, The Eye 2, The Eye 3
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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 2
I caught all four missed calls—3 Japanese installments and the American remake—but should I have missed them? ONE MISSED CALL (2003) It’s like they took the phone call aspect of The Ring, the techno ghost transmission aspect of Pulse, and … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, One Missed Call, supernatural
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STREAM QUEEN: underground dwellers, a classic monster match, and a killer cult
My latest streaming marathon of indies was quite entertaining, so let’s get right into them. IT CAME FROM BELOW (2021) Just check this one out if you need a creature feature fix and are a fan of The Descent. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Baphomet, creature features, Frankenstein vs. The Mummy, It Came from Below, occult, satanism
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Still scraping the bottom of the 80s barrel
Once again I return to the 80s with five films that have landed in my personal collection in recent months. So let’s see what goodness the worst of the 80s turned up this time. JULES VERNE’S MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Black Candles, creature features, Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, The Power, The Secret of the Mummy, The Seven Vampires, vampires
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