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Category Archives: The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
Masked killers, a satanic cult, and some crazy bitches
With time to kill on the long New Year’s weekend, I lined up movies old and new…so here’s a look at four newer films I’d never seen before…including a New Year’s Eve flick to add to the holiday horror page! … Continue reading
Horror directors doing horror writers in the 90s
It feels like the close of the millennium was the end of the era of horror movies based on iconic authors (although Stephen King has made a big comeback lately). So I thought I’d take a look back at a … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Dagon, Lord of Illusions, Phantoms, Sleepy Hollow, supernatural, witches
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Two crazy couplings…and it’s the straight one that delivers the man flesh
This was a fun little pairing of gay and straight indie thrillers, and what the gay film lacks in man meat, the straight film more than makes up for. DEVIL’S PATH (2018) Devil’s Path does something you don’t see every … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Devil's Path, gay horror, Skare, slashers
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Amicus anthologies in the 1970s
I’ve already blogged about 1960s anthologies Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors and Torture Garden from British film production company Amicus. The horror brand continued its streak of anthology films into the seventies, but for every time they did one right, … Continue reading
SAY WHAT? 4 flicks in foreign languages
Alien creatures, Bigfoot, infected folks, demonic possession…these are a few of my favorite things. But did other countries do them right? Let’s take a look. DEAD SHADOWS (2012) The 74-minute length had me doing a happy dance…until the movie ended, … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Cold Ground, creature features, Danny’s Doomsday, Dead Shadows, demons, found footage, ghosts, infected, Luciferina, possession, supernatural, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: a bunch of horror in the woods and one in an asylum
A 5-flick marathon, various subgenres. So do I want to add any of them to my movie collection with all the great gift cards I’ll get this Christmas? THE HUMAN VIRUS (2014) I’ll make this one short. The Human Virus … Continue reading
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Tagged Cain Hill, creature features, Dead Night, demons, Exposure, found footage, infected, Primal Rage, slashers, The Human Virus
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This year’s Christmas horror roundup continues
My early Christmas horror shopping started here, and only a few strays that I know of still remain to be seen after this batch I’m about to unwrap and add to my holiday horror page. But which ones are like … 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 All the Creatures Were Stirring, Christmas Blood, gay horror, horror anthologies, horror comedies, Pooka, Secret Santa, slashers, Slay Belles
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Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman…I can’t do it!
Short of Rawhead Rex, which I love but author Clive Barker apparently hated, Candyman for me is the ultimate movie based on his work. In 1992 it was surrounded mostly by desperate attempts to keep 80s franchises alive as well … Continue reading
Zombies, serial killers, and demons—which ones kept me most entertained?
This triple feature of films spanning different horror subgenres was culled from various mediums—cable, a Blu-ray, and streaming. Only one really paid off for me. Let’s take a look at which one. THE CURED (2017) While it’s thrilling to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Death House, demons, gay horror, ghosts, infected, May the Devil Take You, slashers, The Cured, Zombies
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Lost in the 80s: killer kids, another teen wolf, and a guy who can’t get a date
Basically my whole life is in shambles because two out of these three forgotten films of the 80s aren’t available on disc to add to my collection. Take note, kiddies. THAT is white privilege on full display. THE CHILDREN (1980) … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, infected, Lone Wolf, Mindkiller, slashes, The Children, werewolves, Zombies
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