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Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
PRIME TIME: demons, cults, and home invaders
Time to look at an odd triple feature I selected from my Prime watchlist. One of the movies even has a queer aspect…briefly. SAVING GRACE (2023) Argh! This movie has its moments and some clever aspects, but it all gets … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, home invasion, occult, Parable, possession, queer horror, satanism, Saving Grace, The Devil Comes at Night, Zombies
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BOUGHT ON BLU and UHD: five purchases from the past few months
It’s a lost 80s horror bonanza, with five flicks that never came my way in the days of cable and video rentals, but have found a home in my media library four decades later. I’m absolutely giddy over it…but that … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Euro horror, Fatal Games, Off Balance, queer horror, Rat Man, slashers, Spider Labyrinth, The Black Room, witches
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HULU HORRORS: hosts, immigrants, and ghosts
Each of these three had satisfying horror moments, but none of them fully wowed me. Let’s take a look. APPENDAGE (2023) If you’re looking for a more serious version of Bad Milo, this might fit the bill. Whereas Bad Milo … Continue reading
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Tagged American Carnage, Appendage, body horror, creature feature, ghosts, Haunting of the Queen Mary, infected, supernatural
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STREAM QUEEN: zombies!
As burned out as I am on zombies, I still keep going back for more. Was it worth going back for four? Let’s find out. DAY ZERO (2022) This Filipino language film combines the heart of Train to Busan with … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Night of the Undead, Day Zero, Dead Earth, living dead, The Driver, undead, Zombies
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Stream and slash
I was due for a good fix of simple slashers, but with the three recent ones I watched, only one satisfied—and it even lands on the does the gay guy die? page. CRUEL SUMMER (2021) I’ve been a fan of … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Cruel Summer, gay horror, slashers, That's a Wrap
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Getting into the 2023 Christmas spirit
It’s a trio of holiday horror flicks that have already hit the streaming services for this seaosn, and I’ll be adding them all to the holiday horror pageholiday horror page, so let’s get right into them. IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Santa, gay horror, It's a Wonderful Knife, slashers, The Mean One
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Hairy scary streaming selections
The three latest movies I crossed off my streaming watchlists focus on furry transformations, but were they the kind of hairy horror flicks I crave? Let’s find out. WOLF HOLLOW (2023) When a film opens with an awesome campfire party … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, It Be An Evil Moon, Scream of the Wolf, werewolves, Wolf Hollow
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Taking a trip back to the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside is famous for having one of the scariest theme songs ever, with an ominous narrator voiceover and what should be beautiful shots of nature instead looking eerie when accompanied by the music. The pilot episode aired … Continue reading
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Tagged horror anthologies, Tales from the Darkside
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Road trip trouble at the end of the 00s
It’s always fun to find movies I’d missed from the 00s about young people getting into horror situations, and this trio satisfied that criteria, so let’s get into them. ROAD TRAIN (aka: Road Kill) (2010) This Australian flick is like … Continue reading
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Tagged cannibals, creature features, From the Dark, Necrosis, Road Train, supernatural
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