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Tag Archives: 80s
Triple bite from a decade of vampire comedies
The 1980s ushered in a new decade of horror spoofs, and one creature of the night that was often took the brunt of the joke was the vampire. Conveniently, three vampire comedies from that era have hit Blu-ray simultaneously, so … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, horror comedy, Love at First Bite, Once Bitten, vampires, Vampire’s Kiss
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A Betsy Russell camping horror double feature
If you grew up in the 80s, you saw Betsy Russell ride naked on a horse in Private School. You saw her as a vengeful prostitute in Avenging Angel. And you saw her fix cars in Tomboy. If you grew … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Bloody Pom Poms, Camp Fear, Cheerleader Camp, slashers
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80s bottom of the barrel creature features
Sometimes, the sludge at the bottom of the barrel tastes nasty good…. DEMONWARP (1988) Demonwarp should just be called WARPED because it is Bigfoot-alien-zombie insanity. You heard right. It’s the best crossover of unexplained mysteries since Stephanie Powers brought a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, Demonwarp, Evil Spawn, Slugs, The Alien Within
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Vincent Price ushers in the new wave of the 80s with The Monster Club
Before he scored a huge hit on the 1980s pop charts with “Thriller,” Vincent Price experimented with the early new wave scene in the 1981 anthology horror film The Monster Club. It could seriously be called The New Wave Monster … Continue reading
Zombies, rats, future rats, and honky horror
A journey back to the bad VHS and cable days with four perfect pieces of crap. HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980) The hungry die and become…hungry. This is zombie/3rd world cannibal Euro trash with a combination of people in … Continue reading
Familiar 80s faces of fear!
Obscure films your video store may not have carried…but there are plenty of recognizable actors and veteran horror directors! UNINVITED (1988) As the eighties ran out of ideas for horror films, Greydon Clark, who brought us Satan’s Cheerleaders in the … Continue reading
Body count by Jake
When it comes to Thanksgiving horror films, if the Thankskilling movies aren’t your cup of trash (I blog about them here), the 1981 slasher Home Sweet Home probably isn’t either. But you really don’t have much choice when it comes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Home Sweet Home, slashers
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Splatter University – an 80 slasher that breaks the mold!
Splatter University looks like one of those typical 80s VHS horror flix. You know the kind. Hot, macabre cover art but probably a piece of shit when you watch it. Okay, so it might even appear to be a piece … Continue reading
It’s all just another name for Psycho
After Anthony Perkins finally caved and cashed in on his Norman Bates fame in the 80s with a string of Psycho sequels, everyone wanted him in their horror movie…as long as he pretty much played Norman Bates. And he went … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, A Demon in my View, Crimes of Passion, Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Edge of Sanity, gay horror, Jack the Ripper, slashers
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Evil Eddie triple feature!
Even Eddie Murphy has flirted with the paranormal, demons, vampires, and ghosts. And it all started way back in the 80s! THE GOLDEN CHILD (1986) It’s Eddie’s Big Trouble in Little China, only it’s in Tibet. In The Golden Child, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, Disney’s The Haunted Mansion, ghosts, horror comedy, living dead, The Golden Child, undead, Vampire in Brooklyn, Zombies
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