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A trio of new millennium monsters
Each film in my latest triple creature feature has its own angle to deliver some good variety: a werewolf anthology, a Marvel Comics swamp thing, and a Halloween monster. I’ll begin with the one I feel most guilty about admitting … Continue reading
Homophobia panic over 80s slasher City In Panic
It’s no wonder 1986 film City in Panic is never mentioned with the myriad of forgotten slashers of the era. At a time when boobs and babes were the preferred dead meat (it was pretty much a rule), this is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, City in Panic, gay horror, slashers
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40 years of man-eating lesbian VAMPYRES
It took Artsploitation Films, responsible for some outstanding indie horror in the past few years, to get me to not only watch a remake about lesbian vampires, but to go back and watch the original Vampyres from over 40 years … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: not your ordinary zombie triple feature
There is so much zombie trash on Amazon Prime that every once in a while a movie will remind me why it’s worth plodding through tons of bad ones to discover it. Never thought there would be a time when … Continue reading
Real monsters and human monsters from the 1990s
This foursome of films was slapped onto a 15-movie collection I picked up recently. As always, there was one film I’ve been looking for on DVD, some films that weren’t bad, and others that were grueling to get through. So … Continue reading
The Brighter in Darkness vampire saga continues with Lucas Rising
A while back, I blogged about gay horror fantasy Vampires: Brighter in Darkness. Lucas Rising picks up where the first film left off, giving a brief recap, storybook style. But honestly, if you’re going to delve into this world, you … Continue reading
THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS Part 13: The end of the 80s horror era
I think this is it. I think my 80s Slasher Vaults series comes to an end with this 13th installment of lesser-known titles from the end of the 80s horror era. This one takes us right into the early 1990s, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, horror comedies, Houseboat Horror, Night of the Dribbler, slashers, The Deadly Intruder, The Refrigerator, Zipperface
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Deadly Premonition – talking to the video game voices in my head
While I was between Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame games in the days of PS3/360/Wii, I delved into the budget title Deadly Premonition. Originally an Xbox 360 exclusive, it was eventually released in a slightly expanded “Director’s Cut” … Continue reading
Rush Week and Midnight Ride – boys on campus and Skywalker on the road
At the end of the 1980s, stuntman/actor/director Bob Bralver, whose lengthy career includes appearing on Star Trek, directing episodes of Knight Rider, and doing stunts for Diagnosis Murder, made a couple of horror movies loaded with 80s pop culture appeal! … Continue reading
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2 out of 3 ain’t bad—actually, they’re both pretty damn good
This weekend’s movie marathon included three films I knew nothing about going into them. So it’s even more satisfying that a majority of them really scratched my chronic horror itch. As for subgenres, they all really only have one thing … Continue reading