Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror

A Viking demon, a water spirit, and a witch

It’s all kinds of body takeovers in this trio of flicks, but did any of them hit all my horror buttons? BLOAT (2025) This movie is all over the place in both narrative arc and story presentation, which is comprised … Continue reading

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Zombies, from silly to serious

It’s a six-film marathon of zombie and infected flicks that are a mixture of intense, dramatic, somber, comedic, and action-packed. Let’s find out which ones worked for me. ZOMBIE APACHE (2025) This 76-minute indie takes a fun approach to the … Continue reading

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A queer horror smorgasbord…sort of

Comedy, camp, Christmas, killers, the undead, single white straight cis stalkers, all kinds of gender identities and sexual orientations…this marathon of horror seems to have everything. But let’s find out what’s missing. THE LAST HOUSE OF HORROR (2023) This is … Continue reading

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BOUGHT ON BLU and DVD: a new slasher and 2 from 1967

I blind bought the new flick because I’m a sucker for throwback slashers, I bought one of the 67 flicks for Roddy McDowall, and the other one from 67 was on the same disc, so…bonus! But was the bonus worth … Continue reading

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Aliens, ass slugs, and melon heads

It’s a trio of creature features, but are the movies as good as their monsters? Let’s find out. THE AREA 51 INCIDENT (2021) You could say this is derivative of many alien movies, but that’s just admitting that many alien … Continue reading

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Holiday horror season 2025 continues

My latest marathon includes two that take place on Halloween, one that takes place on Thanksgiving weekend, and two Christmas flicks. But did they all manage to deliver on the holidays and the horror and earn places on the holiday … Continue reading

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Are cool monsters enough to make a movie worth a watch?

That is the question I asked myself as I checked out three horror flicks featuring deformed and grotesque humanoid beings. THE PRICE WE PAY (2022) The one thing this cliché movie has going for it is that the absolutely ludicrous … Continue reading

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Six degrees of holiday horror?

My latest marathon covers several holidays, some more than others. Let’s find out if they all make my holiday horror page. THE VICTORVILLE MASSACRE (2011) At last, I found a horror movie that takes place on Labor Day weekend. In … Continue reading

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Three from 1973

It’s always hard to wrap my head around the fact that movies like these were coming out at the same time as game changers like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Exorcist. And yet I keep watching them when I come … Continue reading

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When my streaming slasher selections go wrong

It’s a variety of different types of slashers, each of them with (sometimes oddly) erotic elements, but that didn’t make my latest triple feature any better. Let’s find out what went wrong. SPIN THE BOTTLE (2024) A teen supernatural slasher … Continue reading

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