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Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
Gay horror Stephen King approves and gay horror he wrote
It was completely unintentional that I read two books in a row featuring gay couples—I just randomly picked the shortest books off the massive pile I still need to read to shrink it a bit faster. But this happy accident … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, home invasion, Knock at the Cabin, Stephen King, supernatural
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VAMPS: Sunset Society vs. Bloodrunners
A metal head and a hip hop icon each runs a vampire club. Who throws the better horror party? SUNSET SOCIETY (2018) Rolfe Kanefsky, one of my favorite directors of sexy, trashy, comic horror, does collaborative duties on this heavy … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Bloodrunners, horror comedies, Sunset Society, vampires
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Thriller and The Silence – Netflix and thrill…or not?
Since Netflix is charging us more now for more content, we’re definitely getting more, for better or worse. So are horror films Thriller and The Silence worth the price hike of admission? With its high-quality original programming in place, it … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, slashers, The Silence, Thriller
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I’ve been Scared to Death by a Syngenor Creature
Director William Malone (Parasomnia, House on Haunted Hill remake) introduced two different creatures that brought us through the 80s in three different movies. So let’s take a look at Creature, Scared to Death, and its sequel, Syngenor. CREATURE (1985) I’ll … Continue reading
I Am Zozo on Halloween and Sick for Toys on Christmas
Halloween and Christmas flicks I Am Zozo and Sick for Toys are two very different movies, both with wickedly devilish names, but does either film do its holiday–and my holiday horror page–justice? I AM ZOZO (2012) Aside from the fact … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, ghosts, I Am Zozo, Sick for Toys, supernatural
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Hulu’s Into The Dark installments for March and April
Fell a little behind on watching Hulu’s holiday horror series, which is now at the halfway mark, but before I get into the two most recent films (I finally have a favorite film in the series), here are the links … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, home invasion, I'm Just Fucking With You, slashers, Treehouse, witches
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All eyes on The Hills Have Eyes franchise
It’s one of the most iconic titles in horror history, and every installment has horror master Wes Craven’s name on it, but does the series live up to its reputation? THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977) Much of Wes Craven’s The … Continue reading
Streaming is free: Bigfoot Country and Late Fee
Every once in a while I scan the horror selection on the free streaming services—Popcorn Flix, Crackle, Vudu, BingeHorror, Tubi—for any new indies that haven’t landed on the pay services. This time around I scored a creature feature and Halloween … Continue reading
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Tagged Bigfoot Country, creature features, horror anthologies, Late Fee
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Time to return to House on Haunted Hill – twice
For me, 1959’s House on Haunted Hill is the masterpiece of William Castle/Vincent Price collaborations. So before revisiting this 1999 remake twenty years later, I was assuming I was unfairly hard on it the first time around. I was…until the … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, House on Haunted Hill, Return to House on Haunted Hill, supernatural
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Is the Boogeyman trilogy a thrillogy?
As I revisited the 2005 Boogeyman and got the same vibe the chilling opening of Darkness Falls gave me—boy terrified of monster coming into his room—I couldn’t fathom why I remembered nothing about this film. Then I watched the rest … Continue reading