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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
80s horror and sci-fi garbage
Sometimes, you just want to watch a bunch of crappy lost 80s horror movies that have been transferred directly from old VHS tapes to DVD and sold at ridiculous budget prices. These four flicks are so worthy of this special … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, David DeCoteau, Dreamaniac, Mutant Hunt, Prisoners of the Lost Universe, slashers, Warriors of the Wasteland
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The Keep vs. The Believers
Sometimes, you revisit 80s movies that remind you it wasn’t all slashers back then…and also remind you of just why slashers dominated the horror genre. Some of this other shit is boring! Of course, for me, it’s also evidence that … Continue reading
Is the worst of 80s horror worthy of Blu-ray?
So much 80s horror trash wasn’t even worthy of DVD release…yet is all making its way to Blu-ray now…with disclaimers noting that they aren’t in HD and not sourced from original prints. So essentially, they are full screen VHS tapes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Breeders, creature feature, Killer Workout, Shock ‘Em Dead, slashers
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It came from the 80s…but what the hell is it?
1980s horror had its fair share of crazy creatures—and no CGI! Can you identify these 12 movies by their monster faces? Answers below! ANSWERS: 1 – The Boogens 2 – C.H.U.D. 3 – The Deadly Spawn 4 – Enemy Mine … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature features
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Apartment Zero and Pin – a nineteen-GAY-T-eight double feature
Apartment Zero and Pin are so perfectly indicative of the taboo nature of homosexuality in the late 80s, each dancing around gay sexual desire without fully admitting to it. If you’ve not seen these two twisted films of psycho homoerotic … 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 Apartment Zero, gay horror, Pin, Terry O’Quinn
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The year of the final girl…
With slasher-baiting titles like Final Girl, The Final Girls, and Last Girl Standing, how could any long time fan of the genre not check them all out? I did, and here’s what I found. FINAL GIRL (2015) If you go … Continue reading
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Tagged Final Girl, Last Girl Standing, slashers, The Final Girls
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Halloween thrills – The Hollow vs. The Guest
Imagine this: the horror flick titled The Hollow has nothing to do with the Headless Horseman and has less Halloween holiday spirit than the thriller titled The Guest. Let’s take a look. THE HOLLOW (2015) Made for the SyFy Network, … Continue reading
80s crap vs. 90s crap!
Once again, it’s back to the VHS days. This time, I take on four flicks spanning from 81 – 96, and featuring, demons, aliens, a killer hand, and a naked psycho with a knife. DEMONOID (1981) The ultimate unintentional … Continue reading
The homo and horror of Cruising
Cruising. It’s the infamous movie that infuriated gays in 1980. I was just eleven, not a sign of gayness in my life as I danced around my room, singing the Xanadu soundtrack…. Even when I finally saw Cruising years later … Continue reading
The Slashening – girls, guys, bears, and pizza boys beware
Add Brandon Bassham, writer and director of The Slashening, to the list of filmmakers who really did their homework before attempting a throwback slasher. Actually, The Slashening is much more than that. Essentially, it’s a retro raunchy sex comedy dropped … 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
Tagged gay horror, horror comedies, slashers, The Slashening
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