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Category Archives: Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head
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
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 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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Eat – Novella McClure has a very different kind of eating disorder
I was really hesitant going into Eat, a movie about a struggling actress who starts eating herself. I expected repulsive and depressingly dark body horror. But when blonde babe Novella McClure begins dolling herself up to the sounds of the … Continue reading
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Tagged body horror, cannibals, Eat, horror comedies
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The worst of the worst of 80s horror trash!
It would have been a miracle if your video store even carried any of these 80s horror films. HBO’s feature film intro anthem was too good to ever welcome them to its movie lineup. I look at four films that … 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, Blades, Bloodsuckers from Outer Space, horror comedies, living dead, slashers, The Nail Gun Massacre, undead, zombedy, Zombie Island Massacre, Zombies, zomcom
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