Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever

It’s no Shocker that I completely blacked out Wes Craven’s Shocker

Being a huge fan of A Nightmare on Elm Street from the moment it hit VHS, I was most definitely a Freddy fan rather than a Wes Craven devotee. I never worshipped any movies just because they were made by … Continue reading

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Death Valley: He’ll shoot your eye out!

In 1982, a year before A Christmas Story was released, our beloved Ralphie starred in a 1980s slasher—as “the final girl.” Yep. Death Valley is a road trip slasher flick in which the killer is predominantly stalking a little boy. … Continue reading

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Before Wes Craven’s Shocker there was…PRISON

Amazingly, this is one 80s horror film I didn’t see in the 80s. It was filmed in 1986 but not released until 1988…and also never showed up on VHS in the video store at which I worked at the time, … Continue reading

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I’m totally basketing out on Basket Case

While everyone else was busy listening to some serious bullshit being slung around about how me getting married is just going to RUIN everyone else’s life, I was making more worthwhile use of my time watching the Basket Case trilogy. … Continue reading

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The Serpent and the Rainbow; great title for a gay horror film

I never realized how gay Wes Craven’s 1988 film The Serpent and the Rainbow is because I never managed to sit through it and care about it. After trying again, this is what I came up with. Serpent=devil and sin … Continue reading

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There are monsters in my TV!!!!

And they’re both on one Blu-Ray disc! 80s classics The Video Dead and Terror Vision have finally made it back to the home “video” market after a long hiatus (aka: the VHS days). So while everyone else was watching the … Continue reading

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My kind of video game: zombies, cheerleaders, headless hunks, and 80s love

Forget the story, suspense, or scares of survival horror. Lollipop Chainsaw is a straight up hack n’ slash arcade style video game that is loads of zombie slaughtering fun. It’s just you, a chainsaw, a hot dumb cheerleader sucking on … Continue reading

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The 12 Horrors of Christmas Part 3: 5 crazy nights!

What can I say? I spent 5 nights watching a marathon of the Silent Night Deadly Night series while stringing popcorn for my tree. Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) The original Silent Night Deadly Night was so scandalous it was … Continue reading

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The 12 horrors of Christmas part 1: the one-off trilogy

It’s that time of year, and I’ve decided to get into the spirit by watching all the Christmas horror in my collection. There are plenty of sequels and remakes to come, but I begin with 3 completely non-related films. CHRISTMAS … Continue reading

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More than enough reasons to avoid isolated roads in Texas…

I’m not even going to talk about the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre other than to say it took me years to get up the nerve to watch it, and it is a film that still disturbs me today. So … Continue reading

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