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

Y2k indie zombie double feature

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Daniel

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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Horror anthologies – 3X3!

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Daniel

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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Rush Week and Midnight Ride – boys on campus and Skywalker on the road

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Daniel

At the end of the 1980s, stuntman/actor/director Bob Bralver, whose lengthy career includes appearing on Star Trek, directing episodes of Knight Rider, and doing stunts for Diagnosis Murder, made a couple of horror movies loaded with 80s pop culture appeal! … Continue reading →

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Freddy had his Nightmares, but Jason was denied his Friday TV time slot

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Daniel

A year before Freddy slashed his way onto the small screen with Freddy’s Nightmares, Frank Mancuso, Jr., producer of many of the Friday the 13th movies, had a hand in bringing the franchise name to a weekly series that had … Continue reading →

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83 and 89 – demons, a costumed killer, a werewolf, and vampires

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Daniel

Cleaning 1980s horror house, here is the latest batch of weird crap I came up with from the VHS era that isn’t the usual slasher. THE ALCHEMIST (1983) Directed by Charles Band, who would go on to create Full Moon … Continue reading →

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Don’t look in the basement at home because they’re watching

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Daniel

My latest streaming marathon—three very different subgenres of horror—left me wanting more, even if each movie had its moments. DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT 2 (2015) This is pretty cool. This direct sequel to the 1973 film Don’t Look in … Continue reading →

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MTV – where music and monsters met in the 1980s

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Daniel

The 1980s were made to push the horror agenda! The slasher genre became a cultural phenomenon, giving birth to the likes of Freddy and Jason, two of the most iconic horror characters since the Universal monsters. New techniques in practical … Continue reading →

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Just snuggle up with Bunni and enjoy the Prom Ride to The Funhouse Massacre

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Daniel

This is rare. Three modern “kill the group of friends” films of various subgenres and budgets that all gave me something to enjoy. So let’s get right to it. BUNNI (2013) A few months back I posted about the movie … Continue reading →

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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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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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