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Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
Christopher Lee double feature: for the love of Satan!
Christopher Lee, king of the Satanists! Here’s a quick look at two of his films from over 15 years apart with a similar theme. HORROR HOTEL (The City of the Dead) (1960) This is a delicious little tale of witchcraft … Continue reading
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Tagged Horror Hotel, occult, satanism, The City of the Dead
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STREAM QUEEN: two new horror comedies
It started out as a double my fun feature night with these two films, but was either of them a disappointment? Let’s find out. VAMPIRES VS. THE BRONX (2020) Fright Night meets Attack the Block in this little film that … Continue reading
Time for some comfort slashers
This foursome of films definitely satisfied with a variety of slasher tropes and familiar plot templates, so let’s get right into them. CRAZY LAKE (2016) If you’re longing for the cheesy turn of the century slasher era, Crazy Lake is … 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 Psycho’s Path, Crazy Lake, gay horror, slashers, The Catcher, The Greenskeeper
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Monsters of the past: screaming through the 1950s and 1960s
Time to delve into four films from the black and white horror era, and they’re loaded with freaks and monsters. DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1955) Even if he didn’t have the money to make an impression with some of his … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Day The World Ended, occult, The Blancheville Monster, The Mask, The She-Creature
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STREAM QUEEN: horror comedies, vampires, and crazed killers
Two of these four flicks are heavy on the humor before getting to the horror, one vacillates between action flick and horror, and one is like 80s Spielberg with a darker horror edge. Let’s take a closer look at each. … Continue reading
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Tagged Among the Living, Camp Wedding, gay horror, horror comedies, Penance Lane, Rachel Gets Strange, slashers, vampires, Zombies
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Killer ghosts, a killer witch, a deformed killer, and a killer creature
This foursome of films has a little bit of everything, including found footage, slashers, the supernatural, and a creature feature. Let’s see which ones delivered on the horror. REEL EVIL (2012) This routine found footage film is from the director … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Bags, creature features, found footage, ghosts, Island Zero, Reel Evil, slashers, Specters, supernatural, The Candy Witch, witches
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Direct to streaming and Blu-ray: the horror of Jesse Thomas Cook
I’ve already blogged about several films from director Jesse Thomas Cook (Septic Man, The Hexecutioners, Monster Brawl), so after gravitating to another film of his on Prime, I figured it was time to complete my viewing of all his films…and … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, cannibals, Deadsight, demons, horror comedy, living dead, possession, Scarce, The Hoard, undead, Zombies
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Back in time with 4 vampire flicks from my brother’s collection
Another dip into the selection of DVDs left to me by my late brother, and this time it’s all vampire movies. This is the stuff he was watching when I was just a wee child…right before he started grooming me … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, Dracula, gay horror, Grave of the Vampire, The Fearless Vampire Hunters, vampires
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STREAM QUEEN: what to watch, which to skip
It was time for a slasher break, so I dug through my watchlists and here’s what I came up with—a blend of trashy, cheap, commercial, and kind of creepy films. SLAUGHTER STUDIOS (2002) It’s always fun to indulge in one … Continue reading
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Tagged Loveland, slashers, Slaughter Studios, The Cleaning Lady, The Jack in the Box
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Horror of the 1980s: beginning, middle, and end
Reveling in some new acquisitions to my DVD and Blu-ray collection, I knew it was once again time to blog about the 1980s. So here’s a selection of flicks I haven’t yet covered spanning from 1980 to 1989. CONTAMINATION (1980) … Continue reading