Category Archives: Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head

STREAM QUEEN: a double dose of exploitation slashers

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Daniel

I use the term slasher in the most general sense because in each case, there’s a killer and a body count. But really, Phantom of the Grindhouse and The Greasy Strangler are purely trash cinema. PHANTOM OF THE GRINDHOUSE (2013) … Continue reading →

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Underwhelmed in the second part of the 80s

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Daniel

Here are four examples of why the biggest mistake 80s horror made was in trying do something other than formulaic slashers. ETERNAL EVIL (aka: The Blue Man) (1985) Four years after bringing us the holiday slasher classic My Bloody Valentine, … Continue reading →

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Zach attack!

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Daniel

Cutie Zach Galligan charmed us as the boy next door in Gremlins, and for the next decade, he remained a favorite horror hero as he alternated between Gremlins films and Waxwork films. So it’s time to look back at the … Continue reading →

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Warlock: The Trilogy

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Daniel

The Warlock movies would be nothing if not for the power of nostalgia. That’s why I hated them back in the 90s and kind of get a kick out of them now. They are so bad I don’t know why … Continue reading →

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Hacking and slashing from 2007 -2009

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Daniel

Sometimes you just need a triple feature of popcorn flicks loaded with boys, babes, and blood. These three films did the trick…. HACK! (2007) Coming a little over a decade after the Scream craze started, Hack! may seem totally derivative … Continue reading →

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Cabins are out, isolated houses in the country are in

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Daniel

Here we go: 3 cases of partying at a house in the middle of nowhere being a really bad idea, in movies that seem like good ideas and then kind of turn into bad ideas as well the longer they … Continue reading →

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Men, monsters, mutants, and music

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Daniel

It’s modern horror time! So which film from this eclectic trio was my favorite? Let’s take a look. BANG BANG BABY (2014) A sci-fi musical about 1960s rock ‘n’ roll and a chemical leak that turns people in a small … Continue reading →

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I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER vs. BLAIR WITCH

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Daniel

Which of these two high profile titles was less torture for me to sit through? Let’s get right to it. I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER (2016) I seriously thought I was going to have an ADHD meltdown trying to … Continue reading →

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Chatting with horror author Alexander S. Brown

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Daniel

Having just finished reading both a short story collection and a full-length novel by horror author Alexander S. Brown, I took some time to chat with him about his love of the genre, and he even shared some fun pix … Continue reading →

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Three reasons why I’d rather be watching trashy b-movies

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Daniel

I’m actually disappointed that I was disappointed by three movies I assumed would at least deliver some entertaining horror fun even if they were films I never needed to see again. After all, these three titles are totally within the … Continue reading →

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