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Tag Archives: 80s
horror with balls of steels
Way back in the early 80s, probably 1981, me, my mother, and my brothers sat down in front of the TV for a horror film called Phantasm on like the late, late show. Little did I know that this was … Continue reading
Some Nightmares are a nightmare
It’s an 80s “Nightmare” 2-fer blog! Actually, the 1980 film was originally known as Stage Fright, while the 1981 film also goes under the title Nightmare in a Damaged Brain. Both films try to pull-off the then huge slasher genre, … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Nightmare, Nightmare in a Damaged Brain, Nightmares, slashers, Stage Fright
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The best 80s teen flick that couldn’t afford the brat pack…
Until The Breakfast Club, 80s teen flicks were predominantly total sexplotation romps. Then John Hughes decided to start focusing on the true emotional and social struggles of adolescence. So the dirtiest part of The Breakfast Club was pretty much Molly … Continue reading
Phreddy of the Opera?
Poor Robert Englund was so determined to be more than Freddy Krueger by the end of the 80s (although, he’ll always be Willie from V to me). So what did he do? He directed a horror movie in 1988 (976-EVIL … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Krueger, Gaston LeRoux, Jill Schoelen, Molly Shannon, Phantom of the Opera 1989, Robert Englund
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Let’s go to the maul….
To think, the 1980s almost ended without having a slasher about a killer in a mall. Sure, there’s Chopping Mall, but those are robots, not a traditional masked killer. That’s where Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge comes in. It … Continue reading
Close Encounters with the Goonies in an 80s Cocoon
For the first time since E.T., the trailer for Super 8 had me so intrigued because it showed so much of nothing that happens in the film, shrouding the plot in mystery. I felt the allure of theater-going returning and … Continue reading
Everybody hates a clown…
Clowns are about as kid-friendly as liver. Especially when the clown is slicing you open to remove your liver. When I think of clowns, I think of John Wayne Gacy, not Ronald McDonald (and even he was kinda creepy). If … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 100 Tears, 1980s, 80s, All Hallow's Eve, Amusement, clown horror, Clownhouse, Clowns, Corbin Bleu, Cutting Crew, Dead Clowns, Debbie Rochon, Drive Thru, Eli Roth, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Killjoy, Leighton Meester, S.I.C.K., Sam Rockwell, Scary or Die, Secrets of the Clown, SICK, Stitches, Suzanne Snyder
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For Adults Only: X-Arcade…the ultimate place to spend all your quarters…
I’ve spent the last decade trying to re-experience classic 80s arcade games the way I remember them. Plenty of ‘compilation’ discs have been released for everything from the first Playstation to the Wii, but with these consoles, you’re stuck using … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Arcade Stick, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Joystick, Playstation, video games, Wii, X-Arcade, X-Gaming, xbox, Xbox 360
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It just takes one dark night to leave you dead by dawn
My loving relationship with the film One Dark Night goes beyond the fact that it was released in the awesome 80s year of 1983 and stars E.G. Daily and has a product shot of Tab and offers a Defender arcade … Continue reading
Beware the crazed killer wielding his sausage…
A cherished inclusion in my 80s slasher collection is 1989’s Offerings, a ridiculous attempt to rip off the first Halloween a year after Halloween 4 was released. In fact, this film is really just a mashup of Halloween, Prom Night, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Offerings, slashers
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