Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever

4 decades, 4 urban horrors

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Daniel

As usual, I can’t just feel a little pain and walk away. So after watching 2 urban horror flix from my collection, I decided to expand this blog to include an urban horror flick from each of the past 4 … Continue reading →

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Son of a witch! Witchcraft came from the 80s…and just won’t die

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Daniel

I was working in the video store back in the late 80s when Witchcraft (1988) hit the shelves. I was on the verge of leaving my teen years behind to become a man, so the sinister satanic sacrificial cover art … Continue reading →

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STREAM QUEEN: when it’s all about the body count

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Daniel

Just like the many masked killers they’ve spawned, slashers will never die. Good or bad, they are always nice to have around when you just need some mindless massacre madness to break up the monotony of quality horror that stimulates … Continue reading →

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Kevin Tenney: in the wake of the great demon incident

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Daniel

I was the guy my boss turned to back in the 80s when the horror movie screeners arrived at our video store—it was my job to watch them and let him know if they were worth buying for the store … Continue reading →

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The queen that hated scream queens made them too scared to scream

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Daniel

Ah, the 80s. The decade when even respected veteran actors like Mike “Mannix” Connors got in on the slasher craze. But Connors wasn’t going to get chased around on Halloween or hacked up by a guy in a hockey mask. … Continue reading →

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Zombie turns into Zombi 2 turns into loads of Zombi

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Daniel

The time has come at last for me to delve into the “franchise” spawned by Lucio Fulci’s zombie classic. Despite these 4 films not being an official series, they make up one of my favorite cheesy 80s Euro zombie gorefest … Continue reading →

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I’ll have the Xtro, hold the Xtra Xtros

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Daniel

Ah, Xtro. One of those drug trips I took as a teen just by watching cable. I miss the 80s, when the shit that happened in a movie could make absolutely no sense yet bombard my young mind, heart, soul, … Continue reading →

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Women losing their minds…and heads…in the early 80s

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Daniel

Ladies of the 80s sure did have their sanity tested, especially when they starred in the last movies left on the video store shelves on a Friday night. For instance, you might get stuck with these three films if you … Continue reading →

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The rest of Vincent Price in the 80s

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Daniel

The king of horror left his mark on the 1980s simply by leaving his mark on the title track from the king of pop’s massive album Thriller. But he also continued to appear in horror flicks, most of which I’ve … Continue reading →

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Weird shit through the 80s

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Daniel

From January 1st, 1980 – December 31st, 1989, I didn’t miss a moment of the 80s. I had cable. I worked at a video store. And yet, there are still horror flicks from the decade that I haven’t yet seen. … Continue reading →

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