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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
I have a lot to say about a whole lot of Salem’s Lot…
In short, the original Salem’s Lot still as chilling and atmospheric as it was when I watched it in 1979. The 2004 remake is slightly different in both good and bad ways, but not nearly as creepy. And the original … Continue reading
The time Pinky Tuscadero was in a 1980 slasher? Happy Days indeed.
Why even bother writing any further? The headline says it all. That’s all that matters. It’s all you need to know about the 1980 film New Year’s Evil. Pinky plays the host of a televised punk and new wave New … Continue reading
The time Jamie Lee Curtis took her scream queening on the road…
Everyone knows Halloween, Halloween II, Prom Night, Terror Train, and The Fog. But one “horror” film from Jamie Lee Curtis’s original scream queen years tends to fall under the radar, mostly because JLC only appears in it for about 20 … Continue reading
My Return to Return to Horror High is giving me 6 degrees of flashbacks
The thing I remembered most about the 1987 slasher Return to Horror High from when I originally saw it in the 80s was that Marsha Brady played a cop. That sentence pretty much sums up why it needs to be … Continue reading
My Re-animator re-experience…
I saw the original 1985 Re-Animator when it first came on cable (which probably would have been a year later), and it never stuck with me as a favorite in my huge list of favorites, while many consider it a … Continue reading
It’s not Halloween, so why is he called Pumpkinhead?
Sneaking in just under the wire, Pumpkinhead came out a couple of months after Michael Myers returned in 1988, sealing its fate as a product of the 80s. Sure, it has nothing to do with one of horror’s favorite holidays; … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, Lance Henriksen, Linnea Quigley, Pumkinhead II: Blood Wings, Pumpkinhead, Pumpkinhead 4: Blood Feud, Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes
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That’s Jurassic ParQ with a Q. As in Q: The Winged Serpent
Interspersed between the myriad of slasher movies I watched on cable in the 80s were the occasional alien b-movies like Strange Invaders and Invaders from Mars, as well as creature features like C.H.U.D. and Q: The Winged Serpent. Rewatching this … Continue reading
Out of the 80s slasher vaults crawls Mortuary!
Because of a nostalgia for my 80s movies that will never die, I have been waiting for over a decade for the “1983” film Mortuary to be released on DVD so I could see it again. I’ve put the year … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 1983, 80s, Bill Paxton, Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Mary Beth McDonough, Mortuary, slashers, The Waltons
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On the prowl for a forgotten 80s slasher?
1981’s The Prowler is almost a perfect lost slasher. It has a distinctly “My Bloody Valentine” vibe to it. It has a lead chick with a distinctly Amy Steel vibe to her—she even hides under a bed and has a … Continue reading
Posted in 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 1980s, 80s, slashers, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, The Prowler
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