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Tag Archives: 80s
Ghosts of the past back for revenge
As in, three ghost films from the 1970s and 1980s that are pretty much never mentioned these days. THE EVIL (1978) Anyone raised by a television in the 70s and 80s will recognize most of the faces in this film, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Ghost Town, ghosts, supernatural, The Evil, Twice Dead
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80s horror and b-movie Cult Trash part 3
Sometimes, marathons of lost 80s crap and 80s horror are a fresh change from the same old shit we’ve seen a million times. So I take on three more forgettable—I mean—forgotten films of the era! INSEMINOID (aka: Horror Planet) (1981) … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, cannibals, Dangerously Close, Horror Planet, Inseminoid, Radioactive Dreams
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80s alien b-movie cult trash part 2
It was the decade when every bad movie had its chance to shine on VHS…and these flicks still failed. Here’s my second triple feature of 80s b-movie cult trash, and it’s all about the aliens! GALAXY OF TERROR (1981) … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, Biohazard, Evils of the Night, Galaxy of Terror
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80s b-movie cult trash part 1
It was the decade when every bad movie had its chance to shine on VHS…and these flicks still failed. Here’s my first triple feature of 80s b-movie cult trash! VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS (1984) I can barely contain myself … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, horror comedy, horror musical, Not of This Earth, School Spirit, vampires, Voyage of the Rock Aliens
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Forget Short Circuit…these robots have a screw loose
If you like your cute robots to draw blood, here’s the perfect double feature: robot movies with slasher plots! And honestly, Chopping Mall and Evolver look like they may be siblings…. CHOPPING MALL (1986) Back in the day when every movie … Continue reading
Twenty-five years of crews vs. creatures
Coal mines, cruise ships, underwater nuclear bases, oil rigs. There are so many places burly men come to work and die thanks to the creatures in these features! DEEPSTAR SIX (1989) Deepstar Six came out at the height of the … Continue reading
Ghosthouse and Witchery – the curse of late 80s horror hops on a boat to Italy….
It was sad watching the awesomeness of early to mid-80s horror become the crap that flooded the direct-to-video market at the end of the decade and led to the shit of the early 90s. It’s even more depressing when you … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Ghosthouse, ghosts, supernatural, Witchery, witches
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The Unseen and Unhinged – when trios of girls made wrong turns in the 1980s
It’s The Unseen vs. Unhinged! UNHINGED (1982) Classic early 80s bizarr-o horror! Unhinged isn’t a formulaic teen slasher with a masked killer. It’s more like a backwoods family horror film that takes cues from Psycho and Homicidal. It even predates … Continue reading
Digging through the 80s horror archives
From TV to video, witches to psycho killers, I look at four 80s horror flicks you may have missed. THE PIT (1981) The Pit has a nice sleazy feel to it. A weird kid has no friends in school so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Bay Coven, creature feature, Midnight Offerings, slashers, Sweet Sixteen, The Pit, witches
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Time warping back to the 1980s Bible belt
It’s no surprise that The Bible Belt Slasher director and star Bradley Creanzo looks like 1980s Tommy Shaw of Styx. His franchise begins with a half hour short that is straight up slasher trash that could have come from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, slashers, The Bible Belt Slasher, The Holy Terror
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