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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
Did I just watch Paranormal Activity 3…or Poltergeist 4???
Okay. So I made it through the third film in the Paranormal Activity franchise last night, and I have to say, it is by far the best of the three…until the end… Let’s start with the good. The film scared … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Amityville Horror, Paranormal Activity 3, Poltergiest
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Check your brain at the door (where it will probably get eaten)
Way back in 1985, just after George Romero’s official third installment in the “of the dead” series hit theaters, the campy horror Return of the Living Dead, an unofficial continuation, was released, and did something Day of the Dead didn’t. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, horror comedy, Linnea Quigley, living dead, Necropolis, Rave to the Grave, Return of the Living Dead, SSQ, Stacey Q, undead, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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Who’s afraid of the big bad Fright Night remake?
Right off the bat, the Fright Night remake did some things incredibly right, at least for me. Hot off the many heels of The United States of Tara, Toni Colette is the mom. I’m amazed she even did it, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Sarandon, Colin Farrell, Fright Night, J. Geils Band, Peter Vincent, Roddy McDowall, Toni Colette, vampires
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This is HUGE: another lost 80s slasher finally on DVD
1982’s Humongous is yet another Friday the 13th rip-off I saw on cable back in the day, and waited over a decade for it to be released on DVD. I can’t wait until the day I have EVERY 80s slasher … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Humongous, Janet Julian, Janet Louise Johnson, Nancy Drew, Page Fletcher, Paul Lynch, slashers
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Is Blade in the Dark a euphemism—or are you just happy to kill me?
In true 80s-Italian-horror fashion, director Lamberto Bava, son of director Mario Bava, proves that film creators are more psychosexually messed up than the characters in their films. I’m taking on 1980’s Macabre and 1983’s A Blade in the Dark not … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, A Blade in the Dark, Lamberto Bava, Macabre, slashers
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The Prince of Deepness from the master of the slasher
When Prince of Darkness came out in 1987, it was nearly a decade after John Carpenter had set the tone for 80s horror with Halloween. But here, he took horror to a whole new level—and sort of back to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Alice Cooper, Donald Pleasence, John Carpenter, Prince of Darkness
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80s slash-back: The Dorm That Dripped Blood
1982’s The Dorm That Dripped Blood has also gone by the name Pranks, which was the title of my DVD copy—which I just upgraded for the newly released Blu-Ray edition when I found out the DVD was an edited version!!! … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Daphne Zuniga, Pranks, slashers, The Dorm That Dripped Blood
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A creepy doll and a heinous old lady mask = classic 1983 slasher
Curtains is just one of dozens of slashers I saw way back in the early 80s on cable. As with every other person who actually knows of this film, I was forever scarred by the ice skating scene. And it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Curtains, dolls, John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, slashers
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horror with balls of steels
Way back in the early 80s, probably 1981, me, my mother, and my brothers sat down in front of the TV for a horror film called Phantasm on like the late, late show. Little did I know that this was … Continue reading
Some Nightmares are a nightmare
It’s an 80s “Nightmare” 2-fer blog! Actually, the 1980 film was originally known as Stage Fright, while the 1981 film also goes under the title Nightmare in a Damaged Brain. Both films try to pull-off the then huge slasher genre, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Nightmare, Nightmare in a Damaged Brain, Nightmares, slashers, Stage Fright
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