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Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
Killer creatures in the woods
I managed to make it a mostly good movie marathon with the hubby this past weekend when I perused my streaming watchlists for three creature features. Let’s find out where things went slightly wrong. DARK NATURE (2022) This is a … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Dark Nature, Mortal Game, Screature of the Lagoon
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A slasher, an alien beehive, and a killer clock
Even if they are not the greatest films, this is another trio of indies that offered some standout moments for me. THE CLOCK (2024) If you just need an old school, low budget style movie about a family that buys … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Be Our Guests, creature features, demons, possessions, slashers, supernatural, The Beehive, The Clock
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Attack of the killer Bs
In what turned out to be a sort of throwback to the horror of the early years following the turn of the millennium, my latest triple feature included ghosts, a syringe-wielding killer, and a fishman. THE LAST INN (2021) I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, ghosts, Needlestick, slashers, supernatural, The Last Inn, The Red Tide Massacre
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Celebrating Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day the horror way
It’s a smorgasbord of four flicks to add to the complete holiday horror page, so let’s get right into them. PUMPKINHOLE (2022) When I told my hubby I was watching Pumpkinhole, he said, “You already did that on your book … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Elf in the Hood, found footage, Heart Eyes, horror comedies, possession, Pumpkinhole, slashers, supernatural, trauma porn
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Low-tech scares…going back to basics by dabbling in the occult
Cults, the occult, and a witch? Sign me up! But…did I get what I signed up for with this trio of selections from Tubi that rely on simple incantations, rituals, and sacrifices? Let’s find out. EVERWINTER NIGHT (2023) With a … Continue reading
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Tagged Everwinter Night, folk horror, home invasion, occult, revenge horror, The Book of the Witch, The Burned Over District, witches
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There’s something in the woods…and behind the mirror…and in your mind
This was an intriguing and random selection of movies from my Tubi watchlist, and it was also a pretty satisfying one. DEMON BEHIND THE GLASS (2023) Despite a plot that becomes hard to follow and only slightly makes sense when … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Demon Behind the Glass, Loop Track, Skin Walker
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A backwoods creature, a found footage killer, and a tarot curse
It’s another smorgasbord of subgenres from my watchlists, so let’s get right into them. STOKER HILLS (2020) This is a third-person POV/found footage hybrid that jumps back and forth between detective hunting for missing film students and the footage they … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, found footage, slashers, Something in the Woods, Stoker Hills, supernatural, Tarot Curse
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Guests check in, but they don’t check out
It’s vacation time for friends and family, which means nothing is going to go right in this trio of slashers. STREAM (2024) Go into Stream with a bunch of your horror fiend friends and a big bowl of popcorn plus … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Teenagers, Late Checkout, slashers, Stream
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Bringing out the animal in humanity
My weekend was filled with a 4-flick marathon of movies featuring humans with animalistic tendencies, so let’s sink our teeth into them. SHARK GIRL (2024) I really expected this one to be some sort of trashy, indie mess, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, found footage, Frogman, Piglet, Pigman, Shark Girl, slashers
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Clash of the subgenres
Each of these films features a curious combination of subgenres that makes them all rather unique when taken as a whole, yet simultaneously cliché in how the individual subgenres are presented and play out in each movie. FOG CITY (2023) … Continue reading
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Tagged body horror, Companion, Control Freak, demons, Fog City, ghosts, infected, supernatural, Zombies
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