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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
Just when you though it was safe to go back near the water…
These two slasher parties from nearly a decade apart take place near water—one on a boat, one poolside. So which one would I rather attend? KILLER YACHT PARTY (2006) What’s comforting about Killer Yacht Party is that it feels and … Continue reading
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Tagged Killer Yacht Party, Pool Party Massacre, slashers
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Four of the more obscure from 1989 – 1996
I dare to once again travel back to that awful transition period between the end of the awesome 80s horror era to the resurgence of good horror post-Scream. So let’s see how this smorgasbord of varying styles and subgenres holds … Continue reading
PRIME TIME: When it’s not a werewolf or Bigfoot movie
When I recently did a multi-movie werewolf blog, I had American Beast and Fang all queued up, but it turns out neither is actually a werewolf film, so…they got booted to this blog. What exactly are they then? Let’s find … Continue reading
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Tagged American Beast, creature features, Fang, Prairie Dog
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Giant bugs and familiar faces
Scrounging around cable and streaming services for films to watch with my man over the weekend, I couldn’t have planned a better hubby-safe creature double feature if I tried. He not only laughed, he even stayed in the room through … Continue reading
The VHS days: devouring Blood & Donuts in a Paperhouse
Here are two rather obscure films—one from 88, one from 95—that don’t quite hit the mark as horror movies for me, but both probably have a sort of cult following at this point. PAPERHOUSE (1988) Before Candyman, director Bernard Rose … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood & Donuts, Paperhouse, vampires
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They came from the 80s…and landed on Blu-ray in the new millennium
As more and more 1900s horror of my childhood (damn, I’m old) makes its digital disc debut on Blu-ray, I give my brief thoughts on four recent releases that come from the 80s. Are they worth a buy even for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, cannibals, creature feature, Link, Night Beast, The Brain, Trapped Alive
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Will you have a howling good time with this 8-movie werewolf franchise?
I’m not going to go into depth about The Howling from 1981, because it’s a classic, and shame on you if you haven’t seen it. Yes, I’m totally horror shaming! It is director Joe Dante’s horror masterpiece, stars Dee Wallace, … 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 1980s, 80s, creature feature, Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, Howling III: The Marsupials, Howling IV: the Original Nightmare, Howling V: The Rebirth, Howling VI: The Freaks, Howling VII: New Moon Rising, The Howling, The Howling: Reborn, werewolves
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Going back to before trolls discovered the Internet
When 1986 film Troll hit cable, I wasn’t a huge fan because it was essentially horror-lite, bordering on fantasy. 4 years later when Troll 2 hit video, I was breaking into my 20s and working at the video store, which … Continue reading
Will the Primal Rage at Blood Lake leave you Scared Stiff?
It’s so satisfying that so many obscure films of the 80s are still being released on DVD and Blu-ray—with plenty more I’m still waiting for. So how important are these three to my extensive 80s horror collection? Well duh…super important … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, backwoods horror, Blood Lake, demons, ghosts, infected, Primal Rage, Scared Stiff, slashers
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I’ve been Scared to Death by a Syngenor Creature
Director William Malone (Parasomnia, House on Haunted Hill remake) introduced two different creatures that brought us through the 80s in three different movies. So let’s take a look at Creature, Scared to Death, and its sequel, Syngenor. CREATURE (1985) I’ll … Continue reading