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Category Archives: Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head
A trio of supernatural fiends from the late 80s
VHS vamps and demons! I look at three cheesy films from 1988, 1989, and 1990. They would have made a semi-fulfilling triple feature rental back then, and they’d make a good bargain bin 3-on-1 DVD release today. All three suffer … Continue reading
Teen Witch vs. Werewolf Mom!
I can never get enough of cute comedies featuring loved ones turning into some sort of supernatural creature or gaining magic powers—especially if they came from the 80s! But are 1989 films Teen Witch and My Mom’s a Werewolf worthy of 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
Tagged 1980s, 80s, horror comedy, My Mom’s a Werewolf, Teen Witch
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Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive vs. Trucks
Two movie adaptations of a Stephen King short story made nearly a decade apart. So how do they compare? MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) Stephen King directs and has admitted to being burnt on coke at the time. It’s a 1980s movie—it’s … Continue reading
Afflicted vs. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
If you have to watch one movie about creatures of the night, which of these two should it be? Depends on your tastes. A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014) A Persian film by an Iranian director…filmed in California. … Continue reading
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Tagged A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Afflicted, found footage, vampires
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The stuff of 80s horror nightmares
Why were Friday nights awesome in the 80s? You’d rent three movies and get the fourth free at the video store, pop loads of buttery popcorn, and then watch crappy midnight movies until four in the morning. 80s horror movies … 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 1980s, 80s, demons, Fear No Evil, gay horror, possession, Retribution, slashers, supernatural, Superstition, The Dark Power, witches, Zombies
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Enter The Devil’s Carnival…and be prepared to sing!
The Devil’s Carnival appears to be a horror musical in installments. Part 2 and 3 are on the way. If you’ve seen Repo! The Genetic Opera, you’ll feel right at home, because they are both directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, … Continue reading
Taking out the 80s slash trash!
Digging into the bowels of 80s slashers, I’ve gathered together a handful to cover so let’s get right to it! THE FOREST (1982) The Forest isn’t your ordinary backwoods cannibal movie. It’s a hot mess! You feel right at … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, backwoods horror, gay horror, Girls Nite Out, slashers, Stripped to Kill, Stripped to Kill II, The Forest
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Beware the Black Witch of the Projects
After The Blair Witch Project bored us for life…I mean, scarred us for life (no I don’t)…back in 1999, the hip hop community of the time came together to give us the story of the urban legend known as “The … Continue reading
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Tagged Da Hip Hop Witch, found footage
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Modern horror—the artistic, the routine, and the barely watchable
But I watched anyway! So let’s get right into what I experienced with these three very different films. NEVERLAKE (2013) If you like fancy frights, you might just enjoy Neverlake. This film is beautiful to look at and has the … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, horror anthology, horror comedy, Neverlake, supernatural, The Boneyard Collection, The Sacrament
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If May and American Mary had a lovechild, her name would be Alyce Kills
Alyce Kills…but she takes her time in this slow burner. Alyce is this really weird, socially inept chick (only slightly less creepy than May). Alyce was always the outcast in her group of friends. But she does have one best … Continue reading