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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
It came from the early 80s and I just bought it on Blu-ray
Bette Davis leads the charge as we enter the eighties with this trio of films I’ve finally added to my collection. Let’s have a look. THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (1980) The most frightening scenes of this Disney supernatural film … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Deadly Games, occult, Revenge of the Dead, slashers, The Watcher in the Woods, witchcraft, Zeder
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It’s a non-canon Friday the 13th double feature
Jason fans rejoice. A lot of what you’ve been waiting for becomes a reality in these two films about the iconic horror franchise. 13 FANBOY (2021) This film has such a fantastic meta premise, brings together loads of horror veterans … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 Fanboy, 1980s, 80s, Rose Blood: A Friday the 13th Fan Film, slashers
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Some late 80s additions to my Blu-ray collection
The 80s really is the decade that just keeps giving and giving, so I was psyched to add three more titles to my always growing library. This trio takes us from 1985 to 1990. HARD ROCK ZOMBIES (1985) This crazy … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, demons, Hard Rock Zombies, living dead, Night Angel, slashers, The American Scream, undead, Zombies
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Crazy for the 80s
My latest selection of six flix to cover includes five I scored on Blu-ray, and a final one that could definitely use an official release on disc—and they’re all lesser-known movies you may have stumbled upon on HBO or on … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Big Man on Campus, creature features, Curfew, gay horror, Girlfriend from Hell, Graverobbers, home invasion, horror comedies, occult, Scream for Help, The Kindred, Zombies
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Still scraping the bottom of the 80s barrel
Once again I return to the 80s with five films that have landed in my personal collection in recent months. So let’s see what goodness the worst of the 80s turned up this time. JULES VERNE’S MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Candles, creature features, Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, The Power, The Secret of the Mummy, The Seven Vampires, vampires
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The werewolf films of Paul Naschy
Don’t know what possessed me, but I suddenly decided I needed to have every movie by Spanish actor/writer/director/horror hunk Paul Naschy in my movie collection. Considering I only had about four of them, that meant a whole lot more to … Continue reading
Adding more movies from the end of the last millennium to my collection
For a variety of reasons, this foursome from between 1989 and 1998 has ended up in my movie collection, so let’s see how happy I am with my purchases. LOBSTER MAN FROM MARS (1989) If it came from the 80s … Continue reading
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Man eaters and model murderers in the 1980s
I’ve just added four more from the 1980s to my horror movie collection. Two are from one of the Blu-ray collections of films by Spanish horror actor/director Paul Naschy, and two are a Euro giallo/slasher series double feature that was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, cannibals, giallos, Human Beasts, Night of the Werewolf, Nothing Underneath, slashers, Too Beautiful To Die, vampires, werewolves
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A journey through my recent 1980s purchases on Blu-ray
Now I feel like I’m just getting desperate to remain as immersed in the best decade of my life as much as possible, considering a majority of my recent “80s horror” purchases barely qualify as horror. Let’s see if any … Continue reading
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Tagged A Day of Judgement, American Rickshaw, backwoods horror, demons, Devil Story, gay horror, possession, Shallow Grave, slashers, supernatural
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The weirdest depths of 90s horror
My video store career started at the end of the 80s, and I spent most of the 90s working both there and at a bookstore part time to pay my way through college to eventually get my master’s degree (I … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Auntie Lee's Meat Pies, Funny Man, horror comedies, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, occult, satanism, slashers, The Borrower, The Day of the Beast, Uninvited
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