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Category Archives: Sound Check – The Songs Stuck in My Head
Three slow burns with twisted fuses
Time for three dark movies that take their time getting to their wacko conclusions! I take on The Baby, Eyes of Laura Mars, and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. THE BABY (1973) Despite being over forty years old, The Baby is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker, Eyes of Laura Mars, gay horror, John Carpenter, Night Warning, slashers, The Baby
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The Company of Wolves – beware the big bad hairy…
The 1984 film The Company of Wolves is essentially a horror fairy tale with a moral message; men are not pigs—they’re big hairy werewolves! Beware, or their evil testosterone will be the death of you! No wonder I hated this … Continue reading
Reliving the horror of the 1970s
In the 90s, I worked two jobs (video store and book store—awesome) to pay my way through college, which, between my undergrad and Masters, took all ten years of the decade to accomplish. Aside from school and work, I spent … Continue reading
Tamara and The Woods – when good girls go witch!
In the tradition of all those other movies about schoolgirls delving into witchcraft and using special powers to get revenge on mean girls, I take a look at Tamara and The Woods. TAMARA (2005) Tamara is a teen movie that … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, slashers, Tamara, The Woods, witches
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Stage Fright – sing until you scream
The Internet hype machine is proud to bring you…Stage Fright! A musical slasher! I personally am so in, but it’s generally a risky mashup. How many of us actually like both Glee and gore? Summer camp theater geeks stalked by … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, horror musicals, slashers, Stage Fright
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Just make sure you can tell it’s horror that came from the 80s!
That’s what it feels like the producers said when they gave the go ahead for Necropolis. It opens in Amsterdam 1686, but this witch is already looking and dancing like an 80s slut. Her satanic ritual doesn’t go as planned … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, Necropolis, witches, Zombies
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And the best male horror hero ever is….
No mincing words in this blog. I fricking love The Being, which was released in 1983 after a few years collecting dust on the shelf. Sure it has Martin Landau as a government prick pretending toxic waste isn’t killing people … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, The Being
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Julie Benz: always the wicked friend, never the evil leader
Julie Benz might fall under your scream queen radar because she’s often cast beside more infamous scream queens. Her horror career goes as far back as 1990’s Two Evil Eyes, she played Darla on Buffy and Angel… She was Dexter’s … 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 Bad Girls from Valley High, Christopher Lloyd, horror comedy, Janet Leigh, Jawbreaker, Judy Greer, Julie Benz, Kate Jackson, Rebecca Gayheart, Rose McGowan, Satan’s School for Girls, Shannen Doherty
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Make a pact not to go in the woods
A slasher musical and an indie ghost story. Are either worth a watch? DON’T GO IN THE WOODS (2010) Someone has taken their dreams of wanting to go solo too far! Don’t Go in the Woods is a musical … Continue reading
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Tagged Casper Van Dien, Don’t Go in the Woods, ghosts, horror musicals, slashers, The Pact
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Results of getting to the video store too late Part 2
It’s another segment covering movies you’d rent on a Friday night because all the hot titles were gone or you’d already seen all the best stuff in the horror section! VICIOUS LIPS (1986) The first thing you hear is new … 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 1980s, 80s, After Midnight, demons, Evilspeak, Forever Evil, gay horror, Gothic, horror anthologies, slashers, Sue Saad, Vicious Lips, Zombies
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