Probe My Thoughts
Follow on Instagram
Revisiting the ghosts of the Playstation 2—I take a look back at Fatal Frame III on my site: boysbearsandscares.comLooking for the sounds of the 80s with a modern edge? The latest episode of my now wave show features tracks by Alice Merton, Pet Shop Boys, Winnetka Bowling League, The Driver Era, OMD, and more.Boys, Bears & Scares Zones
What’s Your Pleasure?
- Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts
- In My Write Mind: News About My Writings
- Johnny You ARE Queer – Gay Thoughts
- Living in the 80s – forever
- Movie Times & Television Schedules – Staying Entertained
- Scared Silly – Horror Comedy
- Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head
- The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
- What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Subscribe to Boys, Bears & Scares!
Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
BOUGHT ON BLU: an 80s Italian horror double feature
It’s a double disc release of 2 horror movies from Italian director Marcelo Avallone, neither of which I had ever seen before purchasing the set. Both of them have enough whacky 80s Euro horror elements to leave me satisfied and … 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, demons, Euro horror, Maya, Specters, supernatural
Comments Off on BOUGHT ON BLU: an 80s Italian horror double feature
Women take the Writing and Directing Wheel!
It’s all about the girls in this trio of light horror flicks that are all written and/or directed by women and rely on hot pink to make their poster art pop… LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024) I kept my hopes for this … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Courtney Gets Possessed, exorcisms, Festival of the Living Dead, horror comedies, Lisa Frankenstein, living dead, possession, undead, Zombies
Comments Off on Women take the Writing and Directing Wheel!
Tales From The Crypt!
It was the very end of the 80s when the horror anthology series Tales From The Crypt premiered on HBO and the Crypt Keeper quickly established himself as a horror icon. Episodes of greed, deceit, and lust leading to gruesome … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged horror anthologies, Tales from the Crypt
Comments Off on Tales From The Crypt!
BOUGHT ON BLU and UHD: five purchases from the past few months
It’s a lost 80s horror bonanza, with five flicks that never came my way in the days of cable and video rentals, but have found a home in my media library four decades later. I’m absolutely giddy over it…but that … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Euro horror, Fatal Games, Off Balance, queer horror, Rat Man, slashers, Spider Labyrinth, The Black Room, witches
Comments Off on BOUGHT ON BLU and UHD: five purchases from the past few months
Stream and slash
I was due for a good fix of simple slashers, but with the three recent ones I watched, only one satisfied—and it even lands on the does the gay guy die? page. CRUEL SUMMER (2021) I’ve been a fan of … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, 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 Cruel Summer, gay horror, slashers, That's a Wrap
Comments Off on Stream and slash
HALLOWEEN HORROR ROUND-UP 2023
Following up on my other Halloween movie post a few weeks ago, I think this is the only other one I need to do covering everything Halloween themed that I could possibly stumble upon this season to add to the … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Escape Room: Quest of Fear, gay horror, Hollowhood, home invasion, horror comedies, occult, slasher, The Clown Chainsaw Massacre, The Mount, The Pumpkin Man, The Woods of Purgatory, Totally Killer, Zombie Town, Zombies
Comments Off on HALLOWEEN HORROR ROUND-UP 2023
BOUGHT ON DISC: aliens, a killer baby, and a Fulci flick
It’s a look at three of the latest movies I’ve added to my collection, including 2 Blu-rays and a 4k UHD. BABY BLOOD (1990) If you’re looking for a bloody, sleazy good time, this French evil baby flick puts all … 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, aliens, Baby Blood, giallos, Lords of the Deep, slashers, The Psychic
Comments Off on BOUGHT ON DISC: aliens, a killer baby, and a Fulci flick
Did the Hammer House of Horror series nail it?
Shifting from period pieces and leaving Frankenstein and Dracula in the past, Hammer Films tried to start the 1980s with an anthology series. But with the Creepshow films and television shows like Tales from the Crypt and Tales from the … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, Hammer House of Horror, horror anthologies
Comments Off on Did the Hammer House of Horror series nail it?
STREAM QUEEN: summer scares
It’s always fun to stay inside in the AC when it’s hot outside and just binge a bunch of horror movies that take place during the summer months. So did this foursome satisfy my Fourth of July weekend marathon needs? … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, 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 Bermuda Island, creature features, Forest of Death, gay horror, She Came From the Woods, supernatural, The Black Demon
Comments Off on STREAM QUEEN: summer scares
BOUGHT ON BLU & 4k: more obscure 80s films
It’s always a treat to find 80s movies that passed me by back in the day to add to my collection. Gotta thank all the boutique labels for digging these three up. Let’s get right into them. NIGHT SCREAMS (1987) … 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, Alien from the Abyss, creature features, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Night Screams, slashers
Comments Off on BOUGHT ON BLU & 4k: more obscure 80s films