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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
When the classic monsters got the last laugh
Once Freddy, Jason, and Michael raised the horror bar in the 80s, the original monsters kind of lost their fear factor…so they gnaw on our funny bones instead! But do these six flix still hold up? TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (1985) Director … 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 1980s, 80s, creature features, horror comedies, My Best a Friend Is A Vampire, My Boyfriend's Back, Teen Wolf, Teen Wolf Too, The Monster Squad, Transylvania 6-5000
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Double witch film toil and trouble!
It’s flashback time to the end of the 80s for some witch flix—a comedy spoof and a creepy family movie. LOVE AT STAKE (1987) When I worked at the video store in the late 80s, I used to play this … Continue reading
For the love of horror anthologies throughout the 80s
Here it is—a blog covering the six final 80s era anthologies in my movie collection that I haven’t yet covered. It’s mostly the biggies, so I’m going to call out my favorite stories from each anthology. CREEPSHOW (1982) The classic … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Cat’s Eye, Creepshow, Creepshow 2, horror anthologies, Tales from the Darkside, The Willies, Twilight Zone: The Movie
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Nielsen Ratings: it’s Dracula Dead and Loving It vs. Repossessed
Leslie Nielsen was around for ages before he hit the peak of his popularity, making his mark on both slapstick 80s comedies and horror movies with films like Airplane!, Naked Gun, Prom Night, and Creepshow. Conveniently, he also mixed both … Continue reading
Five that are all over the 80s horror map
I can practically smell the dusty shelves at my video store when I drudge up some of these older 80s horror titles to write about, so nostalgia alone makes me cherish them all…no matter how bad some may be. DISCONNECTED … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature features, Disconnected, From Beyond, living dead, Monkey Shines, slashers, The Lair of the White Worm, The Vineyard, undead, vampires, Zombies
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The takeaway from horror between 72 and 82…sex bad!
Considering these are the kind of movies that educated me in my formative years, I’m proof positive that horror movies do not give rise to psycho murderers. However, they may spawn bratty gay guys with Peter Pan Syndrome who are … 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 Blood Freak, cannibals, gay horror, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, Tenderness of the Wolves, The Brood, The Entity
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3 doses of wicked women from the 1980s
I’m close to being tapped of any 1980s horror in my collection that I haven’t yet blogged about, and I cross three more off the list with this nostalgic triple feature. GHOST STORY (1981) I read Peter Straub’s novel in … Continue reading
Jekyll and Hyde get goofy, gay, and gender-bending
It’s back to the 80s and 90s for this double feature of raunchy giggles at the expense of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel. JEKYLL & HYDE…TOGETHER AGAIN (1982) Aah…one that aired regularly the year I got a job delivering … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, gay horror, horror comedies, Jekyll & Hyde…Together Again
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1980s dolls vs. 1990s blood dolls!
Before Chucky, there was Dolls! And by the time Chucky found a wife, Full Moon had milked killer dolls to death, mostly with the Puppet Master movies, and then with its own rip-off film, Blood Dolls! Seems like Charles Band … Continue reading
Talk to the hand…and beg it not to kill you!
I love giving a good hand blog, so I wrap my fist around three spanning two decades in this one. THE HAND (1981) Hard to believe Oliver Stone directed this rather forgettable 1981 horror flick that feels more like a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Body Parts, horror comedies, Idle Hands, slashers, The Hand
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