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Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
TUBI TERRORS: torture porn, a throwback slasher, and a rape/revenge sequel
I’m continuing to conquer my watchlist on Tubi, and it was a mixture of subgenres with this weekend triple feature. DON’T CLICK (2020) The whole moral message of Saw totally pinpoints one naughty behavior in this film—watching porn. Some dude … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Death Rink, Don't Click, I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu, rape revenge, slashers, torture porn
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DIRECT TO STREAMING: circling back around to some favorite indie directors
Every once in a while I discover a movie in my watchlists is from an indie director whose films I’ve covered in the past. Turns out there were four movies this time from three different directors. TOOTH FAIRY: THE LAST … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Doctor Carver, slashers, Spider in the Attic, The Jack In The Box Awakening, Tooth Fairy The Last Extraction
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Who’s afraid of an alien abduction?
It’s a trio of alien encounter films that gave me the creeps when I first saw them. Do they still hold up? COMMUNION (1989) Author Whitley Strieber (Wolfen, The Hunger), went the nonfiction route when he became convinced he was … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Communion, Fire in the Sky, The Fourth Kind
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Gator goodness…or a croc of shit?
After tapping into some shark horror at the beginning of the weekend, I ended the weekend with a triple feature focusing gators and crocs. Eek! FRESHWATER (2016) When a killer alligator movie…becomes a slasher? Well, that’s one way to make … Continue reading
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Tagged Alligator X, creature features, Croc, Freshwater
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TUBI TERRORS: a trio of shark flicks
It was another sharkathon with the hubby to usher in the summer season. Let’s see how it went with this trio we checked out on Tubi. BULL SHARK (2022) This is an astoundingly boring shark movie that doesn’t even try … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull Shark, creature features, Dam Sharks, Shark Season
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PRIME TIME: severing those family ties
It’s an evil embryo, a sinister sister, and a freaky family in my latest triple feature. BLOOD BORN (2021) This is an entertaining little film, but it really feels like it would have worked better as a 30-minute short in … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Blood Born, demons, Honeydew, occult, possession, The Last Exorcist
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PRIME TIME: an exorcism, an anthology, and a big bug
I’m nearing the end of my Prime watchlist, so let’s get right into the three I just crossed off it. WHILE WE SLEEP (2021) If you need an exorcism itch to be scratched, you might get a hint of relief … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 Days to Hell, creature features, exorcisms, horror anthologies, possession, The Arbors, While We Sleep
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PRIME TIME: evil ladies
Beware the wicked women in this triple feature—The Widow, Medusa, and Lilith! THE WIDOW (2020) This Russian film dubbed in English on Prime sort of follows the basic premise of The Blair Witch Project, but it isn’t found footage. Interviews … Continue reading
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Tagged horror anthologies, Lilith, Medusa, slashers, The Widow, witches
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PRIME TIME: slashing in different styles
My latest marathon on Prime was definitely an interesting selection, so let’s get right into them. BURIAL GROUND MASSACRE (2021) If you were around in 1996, you’ll remember there were loads of cheap, copycat slashers released in the wake of … Continue reading
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Tagged Burial Ground Massacre, Evil Everywhere, Psychopaths, slashers, supernatural
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PRIME TIME: I really blew it when I added these three to my watchlist
Slashers, witches, Satanism, ghosts…I really thought there would be something to like here. But this triple feature was a disappointment. SATAN’S SERVANT (2021) This film is touted as being made by high school students, so if you’re going into it, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Deadly Legend, ghosts, Satan's Servant, satanism, slashers, supernatural, The Demented, witches
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