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The last Horrrah of October 2017
Okay, it’s time for a bunch of modern horror quickies, from creatures to clowns, to ghosts and girls. CIRCUS KANE (2017) It’s killer clowns, reality show horror, and haunted attraction horror all wrapped into one film. And it’s fast-paced and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, Be Afraid, Circus Kane, creature features, Extraterrestrial, ghosts, horror comedies, Patchwork, slashers, Stickman, supernatural, The Diabolical, The Sandman
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Getting through the 90s with Full Moon
There was a point in the 1990s when you had pretty much no choice but to watch a film by Full Moon Productions if you wanted to see something vaguely resembling a horror film. The studio carried horror through the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Bad Channels, Castle Freak, creature features, Head of the Family, Hideous!, horror comedies, Lurking Fear, Netherworld, Seedpeople, Shadowzone, Shrunken Heads, The Creeps
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The gore risks of health pills and fast food…
Pictures speak buckets of blood, so I won’t say much about these two splatter flicks, which come nearly 20 years apart and are pretty much all about the weirdness and gore with relatively little importance placed on characters or plot. … Continue reading
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Tagged Body Melt, exploitation, Taeter City
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Slashing, scratching, and spoofing through the body count in the early 80s
Every once in a while, a batch of films I select for a blog remind me that not even nostalgia can save a 1980s triple feature. SHADOWS RUN BLACK (1984) I can honestly say I had no idea what the … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, horror comedies, National Lampoon’s Class Reunion, Shadows Run Black, slashers, The Black Cat
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Direct-to-DVD: 3 from Mike Mendez
When Don’t Kill It first started getting Internet promotion, I knew from the trailer it was most likely going to by my kind of movie, so I did a blind buy of the Blu-ray. As I was watching it with … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, Don’t Kill It, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, possession, supernatural, The Convent, The Gravedancers
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Night of the Unspeakable – Empire: the horror movie?
The written description for urban horror Night of the Unspeakable sounds like Night of the Demons/Demons in a hip hop recording studio, even though the trailer is demon free and just shows people having sex, so I gave it a … Continue reading
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Tagged demons, Night of the Unspeakable
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Head splitting headbangers and paranormal punk rockers
The guts, guitars, ghosts, and even gays in this trio of indie films deliver a variety of subgenres, yet all three films offer a touch of nostalgia for the days of high hair and mosh pits. HEAVY MENTAL (2009) … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Death Rot, gay horror, ghosts, Heavy Mental, horror comedies, slashers, supernatural, Teenage Ghost Punk
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Slashermania – multiple maniacs slash through T&A and LGBT to the sounds of 80s new wave
As a GenXer, I get the distinct pleasure of saying “you had to be there” to those who didn’t live through the 80s. Well now, you can get a taste of the 20th century’s most totally awesome decade if you … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, Slashermania, slashers
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DIRECT TO STREAM: the horror of Daniel Falicki
After watching Accidental Exorcist, which Daniel Falicki directs and stars in, I was intrigued enough to search out more of his work, and found three other titles of his available for streaming. Based on the four films I viewed, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 3:33 A.M.: The Witching Hour, Accidental exorcist, And Hell Awaits, Awaken the Devil, Daniel Falicki, demons, occult, possession
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