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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
A trio of 1970s and 1980s flicks from Nico Mastorakis
Nico Mastorakis has been making horror films for decades, and I’ve already covered The Zero Boys, so I figured it was time to clean house and cover some of his others from back in the day. So let’s take a … 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 exploitation, gay horror, home invasion, infected, Island of Death, Nightmare at Noon, The Wind, torture porn
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PRIME TIME: 3 quirky horror flicks with neon colors in the poster art
When I see neon in a horror movie poster, I have high hopes for some silly throwback horror fun. Did this selection from my watchlist–The Happy House, 1 Must Die, and Distiller–deliver? DISTILLER (2016) This one looks and feels like … Continue reading
A look back at the Evil Dead trilogy—of video games!
I dug out the old Dreamcast and Playstation 2 game systems, hooked them up to my big ass widescreen HD TV, and delved into three games based on the Evil Dead movies, all featuring Ash voiced by Bruce Campbell: Evil Dead: Hail to … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Tagged Dreamcast, Evil Dead A Fistful of Boomstick, Evil Dead Hail to the King, Evil Dead Regeneration, Playstation 2, PS2, survival horror, video games
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Making a Nightwish for the Laughing Dead to do a Slash Dance
I lived through the 80s, when cable TV was everything and I worked in a video store with a huge horror section, yet there are still films I’ve never seen. Like these three… SLASH DANCE (1989) It’s surprising that it … Continue reading
Back to the 80s—four from 85 to 90
The 80s vaults just keep swinging open, between indie companies digging up lost films for Blu-ray release, streaming services offering poor quality sources of old movies, and even owners of VHS tapes from back in the day uploading them to … Continue reading
Just when you though it was safe to go back near the water…
These two slasher parties from nearly a decade apart take place near water—one on a boat, one poolside. So which one would I rather attend? KILLER YACHT PARTY (2006) What’s comforting about Killer Yacht Party is that it feels and … Continue reading
Four of the more obscure from 1989 – 1996
I dare to once again travel back to that awful transition period between the end of the awesome 80s horror era to the resurgence of good horror post-Scream. So let’s see how this smorgasbord of varying styles and subgenres holds … Continue reading
PRIME TIME: When it’s not a werewolf or Bigfoot movie
When I recently did a multi-movie werewolf blog, I had American Beast and Fang all queued up, but it turns out neither is actually a werewolf film, so…they got booted to this blog. What exactly are they then? Let’s find … Continue reading
Giant bugs and familiar faces
Scrounging around cable and streaming services for films to watch with my man over the weekend, I couldn’t have planned a better hubby-safe creature double feature if I tried. He not only laughed, he even stayed in the room through … Continue reading
The VHS days: devouring Blood & Donuts in a Paperhouse
Here are two rather obscure films—one from 88, one from 95—that don’t quite hit the mark as horror movies for me, but both probably have a sort of cult following at this point. PAPERHOUSE (1988) Before Candyman, director Bernard Rose … Continue reading