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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
Lady in White – To Kill a Mockingbird meets Steven Spielberg in the 80s
1988 film Lady In White is a must-see for anyone who loved the nostalgic feel of Netflix throwback series Stranger Things but missed out on the 80s – or those who lived through the 80s but somehow missed out on … Continue reading
The Thing – it comes back every 30 years…
The original The Thing from Another World was a 1951 sci-fi hit that was then remade by John Carpenter as The Thing in 1982. Finally, in 2011 came a direct prequel to Carpenter’s film. Also just titled The Thing, it … Continue reading
THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS Part 13: The end of the 80s horror era
I think this is it. I think my 80s Slasher Vaults series comes to an end with this 13th installment of lesser-known titles from the end of the 80s horror era. This one takes us right into the early 1990s, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, horror comedies, Houseboat Horror, Night of the Dribbler, slashers, The Deadly Intruder, The Refrigerator, Zipperface
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Rush Week and Midnight Ride – boys on campus and Skywalker on the road
At the end of the 1980s, stuntman/actor/director Bob Bralver, whose lengthy career includes appearing on Star Trek, directing episodes of Knight Rider, and doing stunts for Diagnosis Murder, made a couple of horror movies loaded with 80s pop culture appeal! … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Midnight Ride, Rush Week, slashers
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THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS Part 12: It Came from 1988
It would have been a pretty fulfilling slasher marathon if you rented these three lost slashers from the video store back in 1988. Here’s why. ICED It’s a wintry skiing slasher from Jeff Kwitny, the man also responsible for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Fatal Pulse, Hollywood’s New Blood, Iced, slashers
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THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS 11: they mostly came from 1987
This next trio from 87 (a big year for forgotten slashers and pretty much the year the genre went bust) has a special case—one of the films was released in 1987, but actually has ties to a classic of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Frenzy, gay horror, Lunch Meat, slashers, Twisted Nightmare
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Freddy had his Nightmares, but Jason was denied his Friday TV time slot
A year before Freddy slashed his way onto the small screen with Freddy’s Nightmares, Frank Mancuso, Jr., producer of many of the Friday the 13th movies, had a hand in bringing the franchise name to a weekly series that had … Continue reading
Zombie cannibals and claymation aliens in the 1980s
Doctor Butcher, M.D. and Mutilations—the titles go together better than the content, but at least it made for a double feature with some 80s variety. DOCTOR BUTCHER, M.D. (aka: Zombie Holocaust) (1980) This classic cannibal zombie gorefest is better known … Continue reading
83 and 89 – demons, a costumed killer, a werewolf, and vampires
Cleaning 1980s horror house, here is the latest batch of weird crap I came up with from the VHS era that isn’t the usual slasher. THE ALCHEMIST (1983) Directed by Charles Band, who would go on to create Full Moon … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, gay horror, Night Shadow, Nightlife, Skullduggery, slashers, supernatural, The Alchemist, vampires, werewolves
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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 8: forgotten SOV slasher, backwoods bummer, and end of era goodie
In this installment, it’s a slasher smorgasbord of three random flicks that got lost in the video store shelves back in the day. In my opinion, one of them should have gotten more love and deserves a DVD release. NIGHT … Continue reading