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The time Pinky Tuscadero was in a 1980 slasher? Happy Days indeed.
Why even bother writing any further? The headline says it all. That’s all that matters. It’s all you need to know about the 1980 film New Year’s Evil. Pinky plays the host of a televised punk and new wave New … Continue reading
On the prowl for a forgotten 80s slasher?
1981’s The Prowler is almost a perfect lost slasher. It has a distinctly “My Bloody Valentine” vibe to it. It has a lead chick with a distinctly Amy Steel vibe to her—she even hides under a bed and has a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, slashers, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, The Prowler
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There’s a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills on my 80s Tuff Turf…
1985, the year that brought us the epic masterpiece The Last Dragon, was also the year I first adored Demi Moore as the husky-voiced 80s bitch with the flowing locks in the movie St. Elmo’s Fire. But 6 months before … Continue reading
I want my music collection in my home…not floating in the clouds…
As I continue my struggle to find my music purchases in hard format while beginning to accept the fact that at some point I’ll have to just ‘keep up with the times’ by downloading music onto my computer, I mourn … Continue reading
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Tagged CDs, digital downloads, MP3s, music, Records, Vinyl
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Check your brain at the door (where it will probably get eaten)
Way back in 1985, just after George Romero’s official third installment in the “of the dead” series hit theaters, the campy horror Return of the Living Dead, an unofficial continuation, was released, and did something Day of the Dead didn’t. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, horror comedy, Linnea Quigley, living dead, Necropolis, Rave to the Grave, Return of the Living Dead, SSQ, Stacey Q, undead, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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Who’s afraid of the big bad Fright Night remake?
Right off the bat, the Fright Night remake did some things incredibly right, at least for me. Hot off the many heels of The United States of Tara, Toni Colette is the mom. I’m amazed she even did it, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Sarandon, Colin Farrell, Fright Night, J. Geils Band, Peter Vincent, Roddy McDowall, Toni Colette, vampires
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The Greatest album ever made….
Hasn’t been made yet. Record breaking record Thriller almost broke a record for being an entire record of hit records (Did I break the record for the number of times using the word record in one sentence?). In fact, only … Continue reading
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Tagged billboard, dance songs, greatest hits, halloween songs, hit record, hit single, party songs, pop hit, Pop Music, rock songs, top 10 hit, wedding songs
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A decade in Paris—the horror of her movies, the hotness of her music
This blog is in no way meant to endorse Paris Hilton. Dan Kelly just genuinely loves universally loathed horror movies and pop music. NINE LIVES (2002) 3 years before The Simple Life, there was Nine Lives. Yep, Paris actually scored … Continue reading
Is that a slug in your pocket or are you just REALLY hung???
Slugs, leeches, slithery things that can worm their way into your most private of orifices. Yuck. But they make for some squirm-worthy horror movies. LEECHES Ah. A 2003 three film by David DeCoteau, the king of not-gay homoerotic horror movies … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Dick Miller, Elizabeth Banks, horror comedy, Intimate Strangers, Jane Wiedlin, Leeches, Nathan Fillion, Night of the Creeps, Slither, Stan Ridgway
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People who live in steel houses shouldn’t become zombies…
Okay. It feels like all I write about these days is fricking zombies! Here we go again. Night of the Comet, 1984. Loved this film when it was on cable when I was a kid. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart … Continue reading