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Category Archives: Scared Silly – Horror Comedy
Y2k indie zombie double feature
After movies like Resident Evil, House of the Dead, and the Dawn of the Dead remake dragged the living dead into the new millennium, aspiring filmmakers who grew up on Romero, Fulci, and Return of the Living Dead movies started … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Ghoulgirls, gay horror, horror comedies, living dead, undead, zombedy, Zombie Games: The Knackery, Zombies, zomcom
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Alienween and I Rec U – the wild retro worlds of horror director Frederico Sfacia
It’s always a thrill to stumble upon a director that clearly worships the same era of horror in which you grew up, so after seeing Italian director Federico Sfacia’s Alienween, I immediately checked out his first film I Rec U, … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Alienween, creature feature, I Rec U
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Clinger and Mum & Dad – this time I choose light over dark
DARK – Mum & Dad – Here’s a good example of why I shouldn’t take the advice of those overlooked horror movies on “must see” lists always being posted on the Internet. LIGHT – Clinger – Here’s a good example … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinger, horror comedies, living dead, Mum & Dad, torture porn, undead, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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Angry werewolves, a mad cowgirl, and a jaded screenplay writer
When it comes to this odd triple feature of films I watched recently, I guess the hairy beasts win it. Here’s my brief take on Skinwalkers, Mad Cowgirl, and Asylum. SKINWALKERS (2006) While the werewolves are pretty cool in this … Continue reading
Weekend watchings: 4 movies that didn’t do it for me
They all had the potential to be my kind of movie, but this quadruple feature ultimately delievered a weekend without a single satisfying horror movie experience. So here’s a quick rundown of each. PINPRICK (2009) This one is not much … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, Followed Home, Lake Eerie, Pinprick, slashers, The Neon Dead, Zombies
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Horror anthologies – 3X3!
One of these anthologies is not like the other two! A double dose of cheesy 3-tale horror anthologies does a Dan good, but a sci-fi horror anthology makes me a bored boy. 3: ALL HALLOWS EVE (aka: Voices from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3: All Hallows Eve, Dead On Appraisal, horror anthologies, Night People
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Bad boys vs. zombies vs. girl meets boy vs. zombies
There’s nothing like a zombie comedy double feature that goes right, especially when both movies are generally very different in sub-subgenre. I’m talking about rom-zom-com Night of the Living Deb and action zombedy buddy movie Overtime. They do have something … Continue reading
THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS Part 13: The end of the 80s horror era
I think this is it. I think my 80s Slasher Vaults series comes to an end with this 13th installment of lesser-known titles from the end of the 80s horror era. This one takes us right into the early 1990s, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, horror comedies, Houseboat Horror, Night of the Dribbler, slashers, The Deadly Intruder, The Refrigerator, Zipperface
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Forgotten films: a campy 90s supernatural slasher comedy double feature
When it comes to the drastic shift to slasher comedies in the 1990s, we’ve all seen Dr. Giggles, Ice Cream Man, The Dentist films, Leprechaun movies, etc. But no one really talks about The Granny and Evil Ed, two films … Continue reading
Zombie Quickies: when you need an undead fix
This flesh-eating foursome – Sound of Nothing, Bunker of the Dead, 5 Years After the Fall, and Isle of the Dead – offers a good dose of zombie variety, including comedy, found footage, military action, and serious survivalist drama. But … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 Years After the Fall, Bunker of the Dead, found footage, gay horror, horror comedies, infected, Isle of the Dead, living dead, Sound of Nothing, undead, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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