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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
The horror cameos of Cameron Mitchell
In the late 70s and through the 80s, Cameron Mitchell sold his soul to horror. He appeared in Night Train to Terror (which I cover here), The Toolbox Murders (which I cover here), and From a Whisper to a Scream … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, Bloody Movie, Memorial Valley Massacre, Screamers, slashers, Terror Night, The Demon, The Silent Scream, Without Warning
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Three slow burns with twisted fuses
Time for three dark movies that take their time getting to their wacko conclusions! I take on The Baby, Eyes of Laura Mars, and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. THE BABY (1973) Despite being over forty years old, The Baby is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker, Eyes of Laura Mars, gay horror, John Carpenter, Night Warning, slashers, The Baby
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The Company of Wolves – beware the big bad hairy…
The 1984 film The Company of Wolves is essentially a horror fairy tale with a moral message; men are not pigs—they’re big hairy werewolves! Beware, or their evil testosterone will be the death of you! No wonder I hated this … Continue reading
When the final moments ruin The Final Terror
For years, I’ve recalled that I didn’t love The Final Terror when I saw it on cable back in the 80s, but I couldn’t remember why. I’ve finally watched it again and discovered there are plenty of great backwoods slasher … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, backwoods horror, slashers, The Final Terror
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Just make sure you can tell it’s horror that came from the 80s!
That’s what it feels like the producers said when they gave the go ahead for Necropolis. It opens in Amsterdam 1686, but this witch is already looking and dancing like an 80s slut. Her satanic ritual doesn’t go as planned … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, Necropolis, witches, Zombies
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Be kind, rewind: should you check out 80s flicks The Attic and Crawlspace?
Time for a couple of video store throwbacks! I take on two movies that would collect dust on the shelves while we were all renting Freddy, Michael, and Jason! THE ATTIC (1980) Carrie Snodgrass, who has quite a horror resume—Ed … Continue reading
And the best male horror hero ever is….
No mincing words in this blog. I fricking love The Being, which was released in 1983 after a few years collecting dust on the shelf. Sure it has Martin Landau as a government prick pretending toxic waste isn’t killing people … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, The Being
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Results of getting to the video store too late Part 5
Even more movies you’d rent from the almost empty video store shelves on a Friday night out of pure desperation in the 80s. But could you make it through this trash trilogy? DEATH SPA (1989) The sights and sounds of … Continue reading
Make room for stepdaddy!
The end of the 80s, when horror was running out of new and inventive identities for slasher killers. Since wicked stepmothers were old news, why not make stepdad a prick? Terry O’ Quinn of Lost is a man who just … Continue reading
All Jamie Lee Curtis, no masked killer
Between 1978 and 1981, Jamie Lee Curtis essentially invented the term scream queen with Halloween, Halloween II, The Fog, Prom Night, and Road Games. But that wasn’t the end of the road for her horror games. And I’m not just … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Steel, creature feature, Mother's Day, slashers, Virus
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