Category Archives: Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained

The horrors of Udo Kier: the formative years

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Daniel

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 →

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Crazy for the 80s

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Daniel

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 →

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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 3

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Daniel

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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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 2

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Daniel

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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STREAM QUEEN: underground dwellers, a classic monster match, and a killer cult

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Daniel

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 →

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Still scraping the bottom of the 80s barrel

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Daniel

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 →

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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 1

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Daniel

As we move towards the 20th anniversary of the trend of Hollywood remaking popular Asian horror films—most notably The Ring and The Grudge—I decided to do some comparing and contrasting of a few of the lower profile adaptations. So let’s … Continue reading →

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Return to The Island of the Fishmen

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Daniel

A while ago I blogged about the U.S. horror flick Screamers, released in 1981, in a post about movies featuring cameos by Cameron Mitchell, in which I referenced this original 1979 version of the film, although I had never seen … Continue reading →

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It came from the 1970s…and ended up in my horror collection

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Daniel

I’ve gotten to the point where I feel I have to justify to myself why I keep adding crap to my horror movie collection, so pardon me if I do so as I cover the six films of various subgenres … Continue reading →

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NETFLIX AND CHILLS: start counting the bodies!

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Daniel

My latest Netflix triple feature delivered plenty of cheap thrills and gave me a horror fix for sure. Even so, they all have their issues and I’m not sure if I’d be compelled to add them to my personal horror … Continue reading →

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