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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
The weirdness of the 80s in four films
There’s so little left for me to cover from the 1980s, yet I keep scraping the bottom of the seemingly endless barrel from the golden age of video tapes. So let’s get into the four I’ve watched recently, two on … 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 Death Ship, ghosts, Hellhole, slashers, supernatural, Touch of Death, White of the Eye, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: four films, one fave
I took a break from all the low budget indie stuff to indulge in some films with a little more polish. How did that work out for me? Let’s take a look. WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS (2020) Not even 1980s … 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 occult, Painkillers, supernatural, The Lodge, The Wretched, vampires, We Summon the Darkness, witches
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I’ll take the 80s triple feature with extra cheese on a Blu-ray
The 80s hits (and misses) just keep going Blu thanks to all the indie companies digging them out of the vaults, so it’s time to take on three I just added to my collection: a giallo, a giant snake film, … Continue reading
Posted in 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, creature features, Delirium, Flesh-Eating Mothers, giallos, infected, slashers, Spasms, Zombies
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It came from 1989…four times
The day I can no longer dig up lost 1980s films I’ve never seen is the day I will stop living in the past. Okay, I’m lying. But this foursome was a delicious dive into first time viewing of horror … 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 features, Family Reunion, ghosts, occult, Shocking Dark, Sounds of Silence, supernatural, The Immortalizer, Zombies
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They’re not your everyday 1980s horror films
Every time I think I’ve covered just about all the horror the 1980s had to offer, some lost films resurface. So let’s take a look at The Nesting, The Strangeness, Beaks, and Dream Demon. THE NESTING (1981) Before there was … 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, Beaks, creature feature, demons, Dream Demon, ghosts, The Nesting, The Strangeness
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A trio of 1970s and 1980s flicks from Nico Mastorakis
Nico Mastorakis has been making horror films for decades, and I’ve already covered The Zero Boys, so I figured it was time to clean house and cover some of his others from back in the day. So let’s take a … 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 exploitation, gay horror, home invasion, infected, Island of Death, Nightmare at Noon, The Wind, torture porn
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PRIME TIME: 3 quirky horror flicks with neon colors in the poster art
When I see neon in a horror movie poster, I have high hopes for some silly throwback horror fun. Did this selection from my watchlist–The Happy House, 1 Must Die, and Distiller–deliver? DISTILLER (2016) This one looks and feels like … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1 Must Fall, Distiller, ghosts, horror comedy, slashers, supernatural, The Happy House
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A look back at the Evil Dead trilogy—of video games!
I dug out the old Dreamcast and Playstation 2 game systems, hooked them up to my big ass widescreen HD TV, and delved into three games based on the Evil Dead movies, all featuring Ash voiced by Bruce Campbell: Evil Dead: Hail to … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Tagged Dreamcast, Evil Dead A Fistful of Boomstick, Evil Dead Hail to the King, Evil Dead Regeneration, Playstation 2, PS2, survival horror, video games
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Making a Nightwish for the Laughing Dead to do a Slash Dance
I lived through the 80s, when cable TV was everything and I worked in a video store with a huge horror section, yet there are still films I’ve never seen. Like these three… SLASH DANCE (1989) It’s surprising that it … Continue reading
Posted in 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, demons, ghosts, Nightwish, Slashdance, slashers, supernatural, The Laughing Dead, Zombies
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Back to the 80s—four from 85 to 90
The 80s vaults just keep swinging open, between indie companies digging up lost films for Blu-ray release, streaming services offering poor quality sources of old movies, and even owners of VHS tapes from back in the day uploading them to … 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, aliens, cannibals, Cut and Run, Deadly Manor, Edge of the Axe, Nightflyers, slashers
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