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Stephen King in the 90s—movies and miniseries part 2

One more time into the world of Stephen King at the end of the 20th century with two more movies and two more miniseries. THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992) The original King short story was just plain weird—all I remember is … Continue reading

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PRIME TIME: witches and demons and the occult, oh my

Nothing ever seems to go right when evil is channeled from another place and time, as in these four flicks. Let’s take a look at this lineup of indie films. BODY KEEPERS (2018) Body Keepers is clearly an indie from … Continue reading

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Time for a foursome of Scout Taylor-Compton horror flicks!

When two Scout Taylor-Compton films ended up on my streaming watchlist, I became curious as to how many of her horror movies I hadn’t seen yet. Turns out only four. So I watched them all…and ended up buying two of … Continue reading

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Four horror flix and thrillers from the 1980s

A killer knight, a big bug, a sexy psycho, and even a gay stalker in my latest marathon of films from the 1980s. Let’s get right into them. PANIC BEATS (1983) Director/writer/actor Paul Naschy pumped out Euro horror flicks for … Continue reading

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Faces of gays in a novel by a mainstream horror author

A prolific horror/thriller author for over 30 years, John Saul at some point during his career came out of the closet, and as far as I know, Faces of Fear, one of his final fiction titles, is the only one … Continue reading

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Four horror flicks of the late 1970s

A killer puppet, occult orgies, a big walking fish, and even a gay guy in a backwoods horror. Let’s get into these four from the end of the 1970s. RITUALS (1977) Whether intended or not, Rituals comes across as a … Continue reading

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For the love of holiday horror: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s Eve

Will this smorgasbord of horror movies covering a variety of holidays make the off-season bright? Let’s get a taste of each one as I add them to the holiday horror page. TRICK OR TREAT (2019) The big trick here is … Continue reading

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PRIME TIME: infected vs. ghosts

Ravers get infected and robbers get ghosted. So which one of these two indie films showed me a better time? RAVERS (2018)   Now this is how you do a tight little indie infected film. Ravers is smartly written and … Continue reading

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Here piggy, piggy!

What are the chances there would be two movies about mutant pig people on Amazon Prime at the same time? They’re so slim I simply had to watch them both. BARNEY BURMAN’S WILD BOAR (2020) Think The Hills Have Eyes … Continue reading

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Four 90s disappointments to add to the never-ending pile…

This mess of movies from the 1990s makes me wonder how the hell the video store I worked in lasted through the decade. Oh…that’s right. People kept re-renting 80s horror movies… CTHULHU MANSION (1992) I had high hopes for this … Continue reading

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