Category Archives: Scared Silly – Horror Comedy

And my new favorite haunted house comedy is….

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Daniel

It took one single clip of the film The Selling (aka: The Selling of Scarry Manor) on cable for me to know I needed to add it to my DVD collection. I had no idea just how crucial an addition … Continue reading →

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The horror of a 1990s trashy double feature

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Daniel

Having run out of frightening ideas, much of the early 1990s horror turned to campy, crappy, and crude horror and exploitation comedy. And nobody did it better than Fred Olen Ray and Troma! EVIL TOONS (1992)   Fred Olen Ray … Continue reading →

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A cabin horror comedy double feature

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Daniel

Time to head back to the self-referential killer cabins! I take a look at The Cabining and You Can’t Kill Stephen King. THE CABINING (2014)   Little indie horror comedy The Cabining puts a lot of weight on the shoulders … Continue reading →

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The perversions of Peter Cottontail!

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Daniel

Director Dustin Mills has brought us z-grade, direct-to-video crap like Bath Salt Zombies, Night of the Tentacles, and Zombie A-Hole. But he may have outdone himself with Easter Casket, in which a psycho Peter Cottontail plans to take revenge on … Continue reading →

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When you slap together 3 indie films and call it a Christmas horror flick…

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Daniel

…you get Santa’s Sickest: Tales of Terror, Torture, Murder and Gore! Sure there’s an evil Santa on the DVD case. Sure, the blurb on the back reads: “…when Santa goes off the deep end and decides it’s time to exact … Continue reading →

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Night Terrors – the throwback horror anthology horror lovers should be talking about

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Daniel

As I was looking for some new Christmas horror, the Internet pointed me to a movie called Night Terrors. I watched the trailer, got an 80s shot-to-video vibe, saw a killer Santa, and went for it with no expectations. But … Continue reading →

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Theater geek outcasts face some serious Drac drama

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Daniel

Richard Griffin’s indie flix celebrate the sex, gore, and campy goodness of 70s and 80s horror, exploitation, and grindhouse movies (I blog about most of them here) so I’m always psyched when a new one comes around. This time he … Continue reading →

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Quick looks at modern horror time killers part 9

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Daniel

This trio of films has its flaws, but I would definitely not pass up any of them. Each one has its own very distinct personality for sure. HELLBENDERS (2012) Hellbenders is a pretty fun premise—a bunch of deadbeat messes join … Continue reading →

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The horror—and humor—of trying to make an indie film…

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Daniel

Take the mockumentary-style candid camera of The Office and turn it on the crew of an indie film where everything goes wrong, and you have the movie Le Fear II: Le Sequel by director Jason Croot. No, it’s not a … Continue reading →

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Battle of the indie slashers: Gore, Quebec vs. Sledge!

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Daniel

I love me some backwoods slasher indies with that 80s throwback feel. So I had to make Gore, Quebec and Sledge a double feature based on the titles alone! But they’re two very different experiences. GORE, QUEBEC (2014) Gore, Quebec … Continue reading →

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