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Looking for the sounds of the 80s with a modern edge? The latest episode of my now wave show features tracks by Poppy, The Smiths, Korinthians, Vanguard, Toyah, and more.When sales show this installment of my gay horror series sold a copy in early May, I can only assume a reader is celebrating the halfway to Halloween mark! #gayhorrorBoys, Bears & Scares Zones
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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
Cheap thrills and kills from the 1950s through the 1990s
It’s a smorgasbord of oddities from a variety of decades dating all the way back to 1958, so let’s see if any of them had any memorable moments. I BURY THE LIVING (1958) Albert Band, director of the Prehysteria movies … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Berserk!, Calendar Girl Murders, Child in the Night, I Bury the Living, Shanks, slashers, The Amusement Park
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Four flicks taking us from 79 through 90
More scrounging around has scored me three more flicks to add to my collection, and one I checked out thanks to a tip from a follower of my site. So let’s get into them. THE MEATEATER (aka: Blood Theatre) (1979) … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, Haunting Fear, Hell High, slashers, supernatural, The Majorettes, The Meateater
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Five flicks from two indie horror directors of the 80s
My never-ending hunt for more obscure 80s horror flicks I had yet to add to my movie collection recently resulted in the addition of five from two directors I already have in my collection: Roberta Findlay, who was also a … Continue reading
Posted in In My Write Mind: News About My Writings, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, Blood Sisters, Blood Theatre, ghosts, Lurkers, slashers, supernatural, The Oracle, The Visitants
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Revisiting murderous closet case Freddy Krueger by today’s queer horror standards
It’s a glorious time to be a queer horror fan. LGBTQ+ positive horror is being celebrated throughout numerous mediums. Queers are creating films, TV shows, fiction, comics, art, and merchandise, and have flooded the market with sites, podcasts, and film … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, 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 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, gay horror, slashers
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90s horror crawling onto Blu-ray
The indie movie companies keep digging up the obscurities and bringing them to high def, so let’s see what has been brought back from the 90s in recent months. FATAL EXAM (1990) This one has that totally 80s shot-on-video look…because … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, All-American Murder, creature features, Fatal Exam, Last Gasp, possession, slashers, supernatural, Winterbeast
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Time for a four course meal of my favorite comfort food…80s horror
I will devour 80s horror forever, but was this foursome filling enough? Let’s take a look. BEYOND DREAMS DOOR (1989) Clearly inspired by the huge popularity of the Elm Street series, this low budget direct-to-video movie is mostly a nonstop … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Beyond Dreams Door, Beyond Terror, creature features, ghosts, Grave Secrets, living dead, occult, supernatural, Transmutations, undead, Zombies
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Four horror flix and thrillers from the 1980s
A killer knight, a big bug, a sexy psycho, and even a gay stalker in my latest marathon of films from the 1980s. Let’s get right into them. PANIC BEATS (1983) Director/writer/actor Paul Naschy pumped out Euro horror flicks for … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blue Monkey, creature features, gay horror, Insect!, Mind Games, Panic Beats, slashers, supernatural, The Phone Call
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Was a trip to Boggy Creek fun enough to go back for seconds?
Born in 1969, I was a wee child when my mother and older brothers subjected me to the horrors of UFOs, Bigfoot, ghosts, and the occult, which were all the rage during the 1970s. So it’s time to stroll down … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Bigfoot, Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, creature features, The Legend of Boggy Creek
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Early 80s vs. late 80s horror
I went deep diving for my 80s fix with four in a variety of subgenres. So let’s get right to them. THE LAST SHARK (1981) Falling between Jaws 2 and Jaws 3, The Last Shark put in the effort to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Link, creature features, Dark Tower, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The House of Usher, The Last Shark
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The hunt for 80s horror continues
If you’re itching for something from the 80s, but you feel like you’ve seen it all, here are four more you could check out. But should you? BLIND DATE (1984) If Eyes of Laura Mars, Dreamscape, and Looker melded reels, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind Date, creatures features, Darkroom, Deadly Dreams, Demon of Paradise, slashers
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