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Tag Archives: 80s
Zombie cannibals and claymation aliens in the 1980s
Doctor Butcher, M.D. and Mutilations—the titles go together better than the content, but at least it made for a double feature with some 80s variety. DOCTOR BUTCHER, M.D. (aka: Zombie Holocaust) (1980) This classic cannibal zombie gorefest is better known … Continue reading
The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 9: It came from 1982
By 1982, with the release of Friday the 13th Part III in 3D and Jason getting into his hockey gear for the first time, even Michael Myers took a break and left the killing to a bunch of Halloween masks. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Beat, Honeymoon Horror, slashers, The Ghost Dance
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83 and 89 – demons, a costumed killer, a werewolf, and vampires
Cleaning 1980s horror house, here is the latest batch of weird crap I came up with from the VHS era that isn’t the usual slasher. THE ALCHEMIST (1983) Directed by Charles Band, who would go on to create Full Moon … 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, gay horror, Night Shadow, Nightlife, Skullduggery, slashers, supernatural, The Alchemist, vampires, werewolves
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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 8: forgotten SOV slasher, backwoods bummer, and end of era goodie
In this installment, it’s a slasher smorgasbord of three random flicks that got lost in the video store shelves back in the day. In my opinion, one of them should have gotten more love and deserves a DVD release. NIGHT … Continue reading
MTV – where music and monsters met in the 1980s
The 1980s were made to push the horror agenda! The slasher genre became a cultural phenomenon, giving birth to the likes of Freddy and Jason, two of the most iconic horror characters since the Universal monsters. New techniques in practical … Continue reading
The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 7: On and Off Campus
Sex, nudity, new wave music, parties—there’s just something special about the student body being slaughtered by a killer in 80s slashers. So it’s time for six of them. FINAL EXAM (1981) I would say the best thing about Final Exam … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Cutting Class, Final Exam, Girl School Screamers, slashers, The House on Sorority Row, The Initiation, Welcome to Spring Break
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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 6: 80s horror spanning the decade from 80 to 89
They’re good. They’re bad. These five are some of my favorite 80s horror flix from the VHS slasher era, for better or worse. FUNERAL HOME (1980) Directed by William Fruet (The House by the Lake, Spasms, Killer Party, several episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Diner, Funeral Home, horror comedies, Intruder, slashers, The Funhouse, Tobe Hooper, Visiting Hours
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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 5: the 80s horror vault inside the vault
For this installment of my 80s Slasher Vault series, I look at some 80s horror slashers that were basically locked in a vault that was then locked in another vault. HORROR HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 5 (1985) A slasher so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, backwoods horror, Berserker, Blood Harvest, Blood Tracks, Horror House on Highway 5, slashers
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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 4: triple the backwoods terror…
Starting this journey with a film that helped usher in the 80s, this installment of the Slasher Vaults makes a pit stop at the mid-80s, and finally takes a wrong turn at the end of the decade. TOURIST TRAP (1979) … Continue reading
The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 3: Christopher Lewis’s Blood Pack
Having clear memories of watching The Ripper, Blood Cult, and its sequel Revenge on VHS back in the 80s when I worked at a video store, I must have been feeling really nostalgic the day I purchased this 3-DVD set. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Cult, Revenge, slashers, The Ripper
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