Category Archives: Scared Silly – Horror Comedy

The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 7: On and Off Campus

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Daniel

Sex, nudity, new wave music, parties—there’s just something special about the student body being slaughtered by a killer in 80s slashers. So it’s time for six of them. FINAL EXAM (1981) I would say the best thing about Final Exam … Continue reading →

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Creeporia – campy horror comedy for the whole family!

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Daniel

While the brutality and torture continues to escalate in modern horror, every once in a while, a farcical show like Creeporia comes along, celebrating classic movie monsters and capturing the spirit of more innocent monster comedies like The Addams Family, The … Continue reading →

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I know what end of the spectrum I fall on…

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Daniel

One is an atrocious piece of home-brewed killer shark crap. The other is a sleekly produced home invasion thriller. Guess which one I’d ever bother watching a second time. RAIDERS OF THE LOST SHARK (2015) Oh yes I did. I … Continue reading →

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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 6: 80s horror spanning the decade from 80 to 89

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Daniel

They’re good. They’re bad. These five are some of my favorite 80s horror flix from the VHS slasher era, for better or worse. FUNERAL HOME (1980) Directed by William Fruet (The House by the Lake, Spasms, Killer Party, several episodes … Continue reading →

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Perkins: still a psycho in the 1990s

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Daniel

Right up until his death in 1992, Anthony Perkins continued appearing in horror films and thrillers…and almost had his own horror TV show! I covered several of his psychotic non-Psycho roles here, so how about some more? DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS … Continue reading →

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IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM Part 10: 10 years later…

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Daniel

I bring my “After Scream” blog series to a close with this one. Having covered every slasher in my collection that comes from the decade following the Scream trilogy, I leave you with 3 films that came exactly 10 years … Continue reading →

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Stream Queen: 4 zombie films from 4 years in a row

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Daniel

As the zombie craze keeps coming back from the dead, my latest streaming binge of four zombie films from four consecutive years seems to be digging a deeper grave with each new year…but Jesse Metcalfe saves the day at the … Continue reading →

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The horror world needs a full-length feature from this author/director of horror shorts

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Daniel

After seeing the five short horror films director Armando D. Muñoz made between the years 2000 and 2008, I can’t imagine why no one has thrown money at him to do a full-length feature. Perhaps he’ll make one for his … Continue reading →

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Three more independent zombie films? Bring it!

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Daniel

Nope. Still not sick of zombie films, especially when I watch three in a row that are better than most of the less-than-average junk being pumped out these days. BAD TO THE JONES (2011) Writer/director Marlon Ladd and actor Chris … Continue reading →

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STREAM QUEEN: Looking for something other than the usual?

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Daniel

If you like independent film that doesn’t bother to follow mainstream protocol, here are six that don’t exactly give us the predictable, and cover various subgenres—but that doesn’t mean all of them were up my alley. THE SCENESTERS (2009)   … Continue reading →

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