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4 from the end of the millennium
Sure the 1990s was a tumultuous decade for horror. Sure most of the movies sucked. That’s why it’s tragic that the most unique films of the era are often ignored, have been forgotten, or are just never mentioned. For instance… … Continue reading
Boys, bears and the backwoods horror of Slasher.com
And now for something completely different from Chip Gubera, director of the horror musical Song of the Dead. Actually, since that 2005 film, everything Gubera has made seems pretty unique. Unfortunately, he hasn’t done enough in terms of full-length films. … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Slasher.com, slashers
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Take a Hard Ride to Hell and enter the Devil’s Den
It’s always fun finding lesser-known indies packed with horror veterans being dropped into familiar scenarios, to see how they’ll handle shit we’ve seen before with different actors. For instance, these two films… DEVIL’S DEN (2006) Director Jeff Burr has decades … Continue reading
Unearthed and Stabbed in the Face!
It’s a Pumpkinhead look-alike vs. a Halloween slasher! Here are my brief thoughts on these two from the first decade of the new millennium. UNEARTHED (2007) Unearthed stars Emmanuelle Vaugier, who was a big time scream queen in the first … Continue reading
A trio of new millennium monsters
Each film in my latest triple creature feature has its own angle to deliver some good variety: a werewolf anthology, a Marvel Comics swamp thing, and a Halloween monster. I’ll begin with the one I feel most guilty about admitting … Continue reading
my horror blogs indexed P – R
WELCOME! Here it is. Evidence of how much of my life I’ve wasted—better known as an alphabetical list of every horror movie and TV show I’ve blogged about on my site. Click a title and the blog will pop up … Continue reading
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Kids vs. Monsters: A double comedy creature feature
The late 80s/90s was a great time for “light horror comedies” and “spooky family fun films.” Very often, the plots revolved around someone discovering a family member or romantic partner was some sort of vampire, zombie, werewolf, or other creature … Continue reading
The horror of Clint Howard in the 90s
Clint Howard became a b-movie horror king in the 90s, appearing in two Silent Night, Deadly Night films (blog here), Leprechaun 2, The Dentist 2 (blog here), Humanoids from the Deep (blog here), and these three films. DISTURBED (1990) … 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
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, horror comedy, My Mom’s a Werewolf, Teen Witch
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Four to watch if you like your fear to feel very familiar….
Are familiar faces and familiar plots reason enough to watch any of these modern horror flicks? Here’s what you can expect. THE WOMAN (2011) A nice family finds a feral animal woman in the woods and chains her up in … Continue reading