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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 3
I bring my series of posts about Asian horror films that were remade for the U.S. market in the 2000s to an end with a look at The Eye movies! THE EYE (2002) The Eye to me is like Exorcist … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged ghosts, horror comedies, supernatural, The Child's Eye, The Eye, The Eye 2, The Eye 3
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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 2
I caught all four missed calls—3 Japanese installments and the American remake—but should I have missed them? ONE MISSED CALL (2003) It’s like they took the phone call aspect of The Ring, the techno ghost transmission aspect of Pulse, and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged ghosts, One Missed Call, supernatural
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STREAM QUEEN: underground dwellers, a classic monster match, and a killer cult
My latest streaming marathon of indies was quite entertaining, so let’s get right into them. IT CAME FROM BELOW (2021) Just check this one out if you need a creature feature fix and are a fan of The Descent. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Baphomet, creature features, Frankenstein vs. The Mummy, It Came from Below, occult, satanism
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STREAM QUEEN: a sausage fest, a killer bunny, and a Ouija sequel
I had a lot of fun, some fun, and no fun with this trio. Let’s find out why. COLD FEET (2019) What a treat to stumble upon an indie horror comedy that the hubby and I both enjoyed and that … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Cold Feet, gay horror, ghosts, Happy Little Bunnies, horror comedies, Ouija: Deadly Reunion, slashers, supernatural
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Still scraping the bottom of the 80s barrel
Once again I return to the 80s with five films that have landed in my personal collection in recent months. So let’s see what goodness the worst of the 80s turned up this time. JULES VERNE’S MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Black Candles, creature features, Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, The Power, The Secret of the Mummy, The Seven Vampires, vampires
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Asian horror remade in the new millennium Part 1
As we move towards the 20th anniversary of the trend of Hollywood remaking popular Asian horror films—most notably The Ring and The Grudge—I decided to do some comparing and contrasting of a few of the lower profile adaptations. So let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, Shutter, supernatural
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Return to The Island of the Fishmen
A while ago I blogged about the U.S. horror flick Screamers, released in 1981, in a post about movies featuring cameos by Cameron Mitchell, in which I referenced this original 1979 version of the film, although I had never seen … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, The Fishmen and Their Queen, The Island of the Fishmen
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It came from the 1970s…and ended up in my horror collection
I’ve gotten to the point where I feel I have to justify to myself why I keep adding crap to my horror movie collection, so pardon me if I do so as I cover the six films of various subgenres … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, creature features, home invasion, horror anthologies, Mansion of the Doomed, Tales That Witness Madness, The Day Time Ended, The Evictors, The Spell, The Vampires Night Orgy, vampires, witches
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NETFLIX AND CHILLS: start counting the bodies!
My latest Netflix triple feature delivered plenty of cheap thrills and gave me a horror fix for sure. Even so, they all have their issues and I’m not sure if I’d be compelled to add them to my personal horror … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Classic Horror Story, backwoods horror, gay horror, horror comedies, Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2, slashers, There's Someone Inside Your House
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STREAM QUEEN: bunker creatures, space insects, school killers, and an anthology
It’s a foursome of flicks that bring all kinds of horrors. I can say for starters that I was never bored, so let’s get into them. DEATH VALLEY (2021) Matthew Ninaber, who plays the monster in Psycho Goreman, also plays … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond White Space, creature features, Death Valley, Future Fear, horror anthologies, Séance, slashers
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