Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever

4 flicks from an All Night Horror Marathon DVD

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Daniel

You have to love these cheaply priced compilations that cram 4 to 8 movies on 2 or 3 discs, often movies that would never have made it onto DVD otherwise but may have been one of your favorite video rental … Continue reading →

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Horror pop musical extravaganza and 80s vampire comedy throwback!

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Daniel

I accidentally treated myself to an awesome vampire double feature of camp, comedy, and musical numbers! First comes the rockin’ teen pop musical I Kissed a Vampire, then the retro awesome comedy Vamps. I KISSED A VAMPIRE (2010) I’m a … Continue reading →

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Meet the half ambiguously gay horror comedy duo

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Daniel

Imagine the slapstick humor of Abbott & Costello or the Three Stooges taking on modern horror clichés and you pretty much have the Caesar and Otto films. Creator and director Dave Campfield stars in the movies as Caesar, described as … Continue reading →

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Can you handle the comedy of Curse of the Queerwolf?

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Daniel

If micro-budget indie film Curse of the Queerwolf were made today by a gay director, it would be a midnight movie cult hit. Back in 1988, it was apparently looked at as an anti-gay horror comedy. To be honest, even … Continue reading →

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Indiana Jonesing to kill some zombies with a laser disc player?

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Daniel

Okay. The 1986 flick Raiders of the Living Dead has nothing to do with Indiana Jones, but I imagine the title was probably inspired by it—and Return of the Living Dead, obviously. In terms of bad 80s horror flix, Raiders … Continue reading →

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It’s a shocker that The Horror Show isn’t Wes Craven’s Shocker

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Daniel

In the late 80s, the horror genre flirted with the prison theme of dead men walking—literally! A year after the release of the movie Prison and just in time to compete with Wes Craven’s Shocker, the 1989 flick The Horror … Continue reading →

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Erasure’s Snow Globe is scarier than the Crypt Keeper’s Christmas album

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Daniel

Think of the classic Erasure Christmas song “She Won’t Be Home.” Now imagine an entire Christmas album of fun Erasure seasonal originals along with Andy and Vince giving traditional holiday songs that bouncy Erasure sound. Now keep imagining, because this … Continue reading →

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The horror of Phyllis Diller

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Daniel

I never would have expected Phyllis Diller to enter the horror zone, but by the late 80s, Jason, Freddy, Michael, and Chucky had made horror so cool that everyone was doing it. Of course, Phyllis first made her mark on … Continue reading →

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The horror of A Christmas Story

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Daniel

A Christmas Story wouldn’t become a hit until it aired on cable a year after its release, but November 18th, 2013 is the 30th anniversary of its theatrical release. What a perfect opportunity to celebrate the horror of A Christmas … Continue reading →

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The Monster in the Closet wants to do nasty things…to your man!

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Daniel

Other than the campy gay subtext, you’d never guess that Monster in the Closet is a Troma film. It’s a light, fun spoof of 50s creature features, with a monster that looks like a Muppet version of the Rancor from … Continue reading →

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