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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
They live again for Rowdy Roddy Piper?
Roddy Piper became a part of horror history when he starred in John Carpenter’s They Live, facing off against those zombie alien thingies. So it seems like a no brainer (or eat brainer) to put him in a film about … Continue reading
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Tagged living dead, Matthew Rush, Pro Wrestlers vs. Zombies, Roddy Piper, undead, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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My first NERDGASM
About a month ago, Dave Campfield, the director and star of the Caesar & Otto horror films (which I blogged about here) asked me to call in to his web show and talk about Boys, Bears & Scares and a … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Dave Campfield, Felissa Rose, Harrison Smith, Jonathan Tiersten, Nerdgasm, Wet Hot Amercian Summer
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Attack of the Slime City Monsters!
The original Slime City is the epitome of 1980s VHS low-budget cult horror trash. But even more shocking than the original movie is the fact that 22 years later, director Greg Lamberson decided to make a sequel! And it’s just … Continue reading
A decade before Asian horror became hot, there was Evil Dead Trap!
Way back in 1988, while Freddy, Jason, and Chucky were humoring American audiences, a dastardly little film called Evil Dead Trap was horrifying Japan. Naturally, it has nothing to do with the Evil Dead movies, even though it does throw … Continue reading
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Tagged Evil Dead Trap, Hideki – Evil Dead Trap II, slashers, supernatural
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Dream Lover – More dream horror from the 80s
Dreams were a total nightmare in the 80s, no matter what street you lived on! Dreamscape and Bad Dreams were just a few of the obvious titles to explore the subject. And then there was the 1986 Kristy McNichol film … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Dream Lover, Kristy McNichol
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Incubus vs. Inkubus!
Two cheesy b-horror movies, made nearly 30 years apart, each starring men from much bigger horror movies, and both with almost the same name! INCUBUS (1982) Incubus stars John Cassavetes of Rosemary’s Baby. It’s basically an 80s slasher with a … Continue reading
The Unnamable – so hideous she couldn’t be named twice
The first The Unnamable was released at the end of the 80s when it was all the rage to make films loosely based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. But it manage to avoid getting into the kind of trippy … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, H.P. Lovecraft, The Unnamable, The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
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When kid actors stole the show from Swamp Thing movies
DC Comics character Swamp Thing comes to life in these 1980s flicks…before comic book heroes were 95 percent CGI and during a time when cute and funny kids were the key to making movies the whole family could enjoy. SWAMP … Continue reading
3 horror and cult favorites make a Grotesque piece of 80s trash
When I see Linda Blair and think The Exorcist and Roller Boogie, see Donna Wilkes and think Angel and Jaws 2, and see 60s teen idol Tab Hunter and think Polyester and Grease 2, I know a 1988 film called … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, backwoods horror, Grotesque, slashers
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Time for a little 80s cult horror street trash
Street Trash is one of those 80s video store movies that was just begging for obscene and gross cult status. Hell, the title couldn’t be any more of a self-proclamation! Yeah. It’s kind of trashy. The whole movie revolves around … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Street Trash
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