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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
Theater geek outcasts face some serious Drac drama
Richard Griffin’s indie flix celebrate the sex, gore, and campy goodness of 70s and 80s horror, exploitation, and grindhouse movies (I blog about most of them here) so I’m always psyched when a new one comes around. This time he … Continue reading
Towns in the 80s were fricking scary!
If you’re looking for lesser-known horror flicks from the 80s that should totally get more love, take a visit to these charming little towns…if you dare. DEAD AND BURIED (1981) Dead and Buried is one of those movies that … Continue reading
Familiar 80s faces of fear!
Obscure films your video store may not have carried…but there are plenty of recognizable actors and veteran horror directors! UNINVITED (1988) As the eighties ran out of ideas for horror films, Greydon Clark, who brought us Satan’s Cheerleaders in the … Continue reading
Body count by Jake
When it comes to Thanksgiving horror films, if the Thankskilling movies aren’t your cup of trash (I blog about them here), the 1981 slasher Home Sweet Home probably isn’t either. But you really don’t have much choice when it comes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Home Sweet Home, slashers
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The Visitors and Monster High – obscure ghosts and aliens from the 80s
Here are two 80s flicks I’d seriously never heard of until one showed up on the Chiller Network and another showed up in a 4-in-1 DVD horror boxed set I purchased. So I look at The Visitors and Monster High! … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, ghosts, horror comedy, Monster High, The Visitors
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Halloween: choose your own adventure
I don’t know if there has ever been a horror franchise with more branching storylines and alternate endings. There are so many ways to watch the Halloween franchise. You could make it pure and simple. You could just watch the … Continue reading
A triple feature of gay slasher fiction!
Thanks to Boys, Bears & Scares, I’ve become familiar with a whole lot of fellow gay horror authors who grew up on 1980s slasher movies as I did. Just like me, these guys have taken their love of scary movies…and … Continue reading
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Dead Heat – zombie cops and zombie robbers
Take 80s buddy cop comedies like Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills Cop, add an undead twist, and you have the 1988 flick Dead Heat! Treat Williams plays the straight guy and SNL alum Joe Piscopo is the comic relief as … Continue reading
Splatter University – an 80 slasher that breaks the mold!
Splatter University looks like one of those typical 80s VHS horror flix. You know the kind. Hot, macabre cover art but probably a piece of shit when you watch it. Okay, so it might even appear to be a piece … Continue reading
It’s all just another name for Psycho
After Anthony Perkins finally caved and cashed in on his Norman Bates fame in the 80s with a string of Psycho sequels, everyone wanted him in their horror movie…as long as he pretty much played Norman Bates. And he went … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, A Demon in my View, Crimes of Passion, Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Edge of Sanity, gay horror, Jack the Ripper, slashers
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