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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
Burnt Offerings: a new era of the slow burner horror film?
Having almost 40 years of experience watching horror films (I’m 41 and have been watching some form of horror films since I was like 5) I grew up on what are now considered ‘slow burners’: horror films that have about … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Cabin Fever, Eli Roth, Friday the 13th, halloween, House of the Devil, Saw, Scream, slasher, slow burner, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, The Exorcist, The Grudge, The Ring, The Roost, Ti West
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Return of the Alien’s Deadly Sperm…I mean, Spawn
When I saw this gory little b-movie back in the 80s on VHS, it was titled Return of the Alien’s Deadly Spawn, but the DVD release simply uses the original title The Deadly Spawn, which they apparently changed to cash … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, creature feature, Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn, The Deadly Spawn
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MIDNIGHT has serious old skool potential…but lacks crucial 1980s cred
Since the1982 film Midnight is horror and came from the 80s, I’m obligated to own it. Yes, obligated. It’s a rule of living in the Dan Zone. I’m just shocked that I absolutely never saw this movie before I bought … Continue reading
Infogrames Warlords remake on PC ALMOST rules
Memories…like the corners of my television screen… Way back in the day—like 1983/1984—me and my friends on my block would cram into my bedroom on the hottest days of the summer, in front of a fan, and have serious sessions … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Atari Revival, Infogrames, PC gaming, retro gaming, Stelladaptor, video games, Warlords
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More than you’d ever want to know about the 80s classic Square Pegs
I was in 8th grade when the television show Square Pegs premiered in the fall of 82 and became an instant hit with the Gen-X crowd. Rather than sending us off to the School of the Performing Arts and thereby … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Amy Linker, Berlin, Billy Idol, Devo, halloween, Jami Gertz, John Hughes, Johnny Slash, new wave, Sarah Jessica Parker, slasher, Square Pegs, The Waitresses, Tracy Nelson, Valley Girl
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Danny’s Lament: Pluck your magic twanger Froggy!
If you know that reference, then you are truly a Frogger junky like myself. Me and a couple of friends spent a majority of the decade from 2001 – 2009 playing the numerous modernized versions of Frogger for everything from … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Frogger, Konami Classics Volume 1, retro gaming, video games, Xbox 360
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010–Further evidence that the best movies came from the 80s
WARNING: this post is totally spoiler-FILLED. I saw Rob Zombie’s Halloween and my confused reaction was, “What was he trying to do to such an iconic film?” I saw the Friday the 13th remake and thought, “Whatever. Another Jason film. … Continue reading
Night of the Double-D Demon—Mausoleum
I have this demonic obsession with horror films featuring humans turning into walking, talking Exorcist freaks, so Demons and Night of the Demons are two of my favorite demonic possession series. But before those films were made, a classic 80s … Continue reading
Blood Song—Totally Out of Tune Terror
This 1982 slasher has everything going for it. A classic synthesized Halloween theme song rip-off, Donna Wilkes, who shrieked her way through Jaws II and later played hot hooker Angel, and teen angel Frankie Avalon as the killer! Need I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Angel, Blood Song, Frankie Avalon, Grease, halloween, Jaws 2, slasher
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To think that one of my all-time favorite 80s songs was meant for this movie…
Really funny thing about the horror film Maniac. Just around the time the VHS format was winning the format war (bye bye beta), the movie Flashdance was rushed onto video in the fall of 1983 to cash in on its … Continue reading