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Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
Welcome to the new Silent Hill
It may not actually be a Silent Hill game, but Little Hope for PS4 is as close to the feel of that series that I’ve experienced in a while playing a video game. Based on the “choose your own adventure” … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Tagged Dark Pictures Anthology Little Hope, Playstation 4, PS4, survival horror, video games
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Four horror flix and thrillers from the 1980s
A killer knight, a big bug, a sexy psycho, and even a gay stalker in my latest marathon of films from the 1980s. Let’s get right into them. PANIC BEATS (1983) Director/writer/actor Paul Naschy pumped out Euro horror flicks for … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Monkey, creature features, gay horror, Insect!, Mind Games, Panic Beats, slashers, supernatural, The Phone Call
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PRIME TIME: don’t go in the woods
There’s no telling what lurks behind the trees in this foursome that includes a variety of subgenres. CREATURE CABIN (2017) This goofy film is the only one in this bunch that I purchased on DVD as soon as I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Are We the Waiting, Creature Cabin, demons, ghosts, home invasion, horror comedies, occult, possession, slashers, Sleepaway Slasher, supernatural, The Night They Knocked
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Creatures and crazies of the early 1970s
Ah. The early 1970s, when I was just a wee toddler and a few short years away from my first dose of horror movies. I wish I could remember what the first genuine horror movie was that I actually watched. … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Malatesta's Carnival of Blood, Octaman, slashers, The Corpse Grinders, The Creeping Flesh
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Digging around for some fresh slashers
I bought the biggie in this bunch on Blu, and the other three I watched on Amazon Prime. Surprise, surprise–the one I bought is the best of the bunch. Let’s get into them. FAT TUESDAY (2018) Filmed during the actual … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpine Lake, Fat Tuesday, Freaky, gay horror, horror comedies, Redwood Massacre Annihilation, slashers
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Four horror flicks of the late 1970s
A killer puppet, occult orgies, a big walking fish, and even a gay guy in a backwoods horror. Let’s get into these four from the end of the 1970s. RITUALS (1977) Whether intended or not, Rituals comes across as a … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Bog, creature features, gay horror, Magic, occult, Rituals, Satan's Blood, witches
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Was a trip to Boggy Creek fun enough to go back for seconds?
Born in 1969, I was a wee child when my mother and older brothers subjected me to the horrors of UFOs, Bigfoot, ghosts, and the occult, which were all the rage during the 1970s. So it’s time to stroll down … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Bigfoot, Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, creature features, The Legend of Boggy Creek
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Will these scary creatures make you scream?
Aliens, a tentacle, a giant croc, and a demon. So which ones deliver on the chills and thrills? ATTACK OF THE UNKNOWN (2020) If SyFy bothered to show anything other than Harry Potter movies these days, this film would be … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Attack of the Unknown, creature features, demons, Into the Dark: Tentacles, occult, Rogue, supernatural, They Reach
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For the love of holiday horror: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s Eve
Will this smorgasbord of horror movies covering a variety of holidays make the off-season bright? Let’s get a taste of each one as I add them to the holiday horror page. TRICK OR TREAT (2019) The big trick here is … Continue reading
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Tagged All My Friends Are Dead, Archaon: The Halloween Summoning, demons, Derelicts, gay horror, home invasion, supernatural, Trick Or Treat
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PRIME TIME: infected vs. ghosts
Ravers get infected and robbers get ghosted. So which one of these two indie films showed me a better time? RAVERS (2018) Now this is how you do a tight little indie infected film. Ravers is smartly written and … Continue reading
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Tagged Are We Dead Yet, ghosts, horror comedies, infected, Ravers, supernatural, The Living Dead, undead
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