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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
The worst of the worst of 80s horror trash!
It would have been a miracle if your video store even carried any of these 80s horror films. HBO’s feature film intro anthem was too good to ever welcome them to its movie lineup. I look at four films that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blades, Bloodsuckers from Outer Space, horror comedies, living dead, slashers, The Nail Gun Massacre, undead, zombedy, Zombie Island Massacre, Zombies, zomcom
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Three modern indies—demons, a cannibal killer, and the occult
Here goes: three more indie films that have nothing in common. One is an oddball backwoods creature feature, another a throwback slasher. And the third is a short film of magic, love, and death—and possibly a gay crush…. NIGHT OF … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, demons, gay horror, ghosts, Lost After Dark, Night of the Flesh Eaters, slashers, supernatural, The Devil of Kreuzberg
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A unique horror trio from the first three years of the 80s
Breaking the slasher, werewolf, and vampire molds, it’s Fade to Black, Wolfen, and The Living Dead Girl. FADE TO BLACK (1980) Fade to Black totally caters to movie geeks, with nonstop horror film references, movie posters, and actual film clips … Continue reading
Another Troma 80s horror trash trio
Who can explain why studios like Troma and Full Moon have been able to turn out crap for decades? Not me. I also can’t explain why I continue to watch their films. Although, people with the same dilemma as me … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Hook, Curse of the Cannibal Confederates, Curse of the Screaming Dead, gay horror, living dead, slashers, Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator, Troma, undead, Zombies
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Three post-possession horror films of Linda Blair
After escaping Pazuzu’s evil clutches, Linda Blair went the horror trash route in movies such as Grotesque (blog here) and Witchery (blog here). She also took on a witch, a deformed psycho killer, and zombies! SUMMER OF FEAR (aka: Stranger in … Continue reading
80s horror and b-movie cult trash Part 4
The misses just keep coming! I take on three more 80s horror flicks that got taken out with the garbage. FORBIDDEN WORLD (aka: Mutant) (1982) Any movie that opens with a spaceship shootout that looks like cutting room floor … Continue reading
Ghosts of the past back for revenge
As in, three ghost films from the 1970s and 1980s that are pretty much never mentioned these days. THE EVIL (1978) Anyone raised by a television in the 70s and 80s will recognize most of the faces in this film, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Ghost Town, ghosts, supernatural, The Evil, Twice Dead
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80s horror and b-movie Cult Trash part 3
Sometimes, marathons of lost 80s crap and 80s horror are a fresh change from the same old shit we’ve seen a million times. So I take on three more forgettable—I mean—forgotten films of the era! INSEMINOID (aka: Horror Planet) (1981) … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, cannibals, Dangerously Close, Horror Planet, Inseminoid, Radioactive Dreams
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80s alien b-movie cult trash part 2
It was the decade when every bad movie had its chance to shine on VHS…and these flicks still failed. Here’s my second triple feature of 80s b-movie cult trash, and it’s all about the aliens! GALAXY OF TERROR (1981) … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, Biohazard, Evils of the Night, Galaxy of Terror
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