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Is the worst of 80s horror worthy of Blu-ray?
So much 80s horror trash wasn’t even worthy of DVD release…yet is all making its way to Blu-ray now…with disclaimers noting that they aren’t in HD and not sourced from original prints. So essentially, they are full screen VHS tapes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Breeders, creature feature, Killer Workout, Shock ‘Em Dead, slashers
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Apartment Zero and Pin – a nineteen-GAY-T-eight double feature
Apartment Zero and Pin are so perfectly indicative of the taboo nature of homosexuality in the late 80s, each dancing around gay sexual desire without fully admitting to it. If you’ve not seen these two twisted films of psycho homoerotic … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Apartment Zero, gay horror, Pin, Terry O’Quinn
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The year of the final girl…
With slasher-baiting titles like Final Girl, The Final Girls, and Last Girl Standing, how could any long time fan of the genre not check them all out? I did, and here’s what I found. FINAL GIRL (2015) If you go … Continue reading
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Tagged Final Girl, Last Girl Standing, slashers, The Final Girls
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Two out of three ain’t bad…
In my never-ending effort to watch everything I can on streaming services, cable, and DVD in this world of hit or miss horror, I bring you three more recent flicks I viewed. And I only really despised one of them. … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Charlie’s Farm, Dark Floors, ghosts, supernatural, Walled In
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Halloween thrills – The Hollow vs. The Guest
Imagine this: the horror flick titled The Hollow has nothing to do with the Headless Horseman and has less Halloween holiday spirit than the thriller titled The Guest. Let’s take a look. THE HOLLOW (2015) Made for the SyFy Network, … Continue reading
TRILOGY OF THE CRYPT
Just before the TV series went the way of the crypt, there was a plan to make a franchise of Tales from the Crypt movies. That idea fell apart, probably because Demon Knight ruled, Bordello of Blood was okay, and … Continue reading
All kinds of Halloween horror for 2015
A load of new horror films with Halloween in mind hit the market this year. I’ve already looked at Volumes of Blood here, so now I take a quick look at four more. Are they mood setters? HONEYSPIDER One … Continue reading
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Tagged All Hallows’ Eve 2, Gravy, Hellions, Honeyspider, horror anthologies, horror comedies, occult, supernatural
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How do you take your horror comedy?
Dark and mean, light and musical, or frickin’ scary with subtle humor? I look at three totally different types of horror films with varying levels of humor. THE LOVED ONES (2009) The overwhelming positive response I’ve seen online to this … 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
Tagged gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, horror musicals, supernatural, The Bloody Indulgent, The Loved Ones, torture porn, vampires, We Are Still Here, Zombies
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The Slashening – girls, guys, bears, and pizza boys beware
Add Brandon Bassham, writer and director of The Slashening, to the list of filmmakers who really did their homework before attempting a throwback slasher. Actually, The Slashening is much more than that. Essentially, it’s a retro raunchy sex comedy dropped … 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
Tagged gay horror, horror comedies, slashers, The Slashening
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screamin’ & singin’
Horror musicals! Most are full-length features, some are shorts. Others feature just a few bona fide musical numbers. Let me know if I’ve missed any! If I’ve blogged about a film, the picture is clickable. It’s a Backstreet Boy! From … Continue reading
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