Tag Archives: 80s

MIDNIGHT has serious old skool potential…but lacks crucial 1980s cred

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Daniel

Since the1982 film Midnight is horror and came from the 80s, I’m obligated to own it. Yes, obligated. It’s a rule of living in the Dan Zone. I’m just shocked that I absolutely never saw this movie before I bought … Continue reading →

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Infogrames Warlords remake on PC ALMOST rules

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Daniel

Memories…like the corners of my television screen… Way back in the day—like 1983/1984—me and my friends on my block would cram into my bedroom on the hottest days of the summer, in front of a fan, and have serious sessions … Continue reading →

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More than you’d ever want to know about the 80s classic Square Pegs

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Daniel

I was in 8th grade when the television show Square Pegs premiered in the fall of 82 and became an instant hit with the Gen-X crowd. Rather than sending us off to the School of the Performing Arts and thereby … Continue reading →

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Danny’s Lament: Pluck your magic twanger Froggy!

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Daniel

If you know that reference, then you are truly a Frogger junky like myself. Me and a couple of friends spent a majority of the decade from 2001 – 2009 playing the numerous modernized versions of Frogger for everything from … Continue reading →

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Night of the Double-D Demon—Mausoleum

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Daniel

I have this demonic obsession with horror films featuring humans turning into walking, talking Exorcist freaks, so Demons and Night of the Demons are two of my favorite demonic possession series. But before those films were made, a classic 80s … Continue reading →

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Blood Song—Totally Out of Tune Terror

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Daniel

This 1982 slasher has everything going for it. A classic synthesized Halloween theme song rip-off, Donna Wilkes, who shrieked her way through Jaws II and later played hot hooker Angel, and teen angel Frankie Avalon as the killer! Need I … Continue reading →

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To think that one of my all-time favorite 80s songs was meant for this movie…

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Daniel

Really funny thing about the horror film Maniac. Just around the time the VHS format was winning the format war (bye bye beta), the movie Flashdance was rushed onto video in the fall of 1983 to cash in on its … Continue reading →

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Dance of the Dead…No, it’s not the name of my latest gay zombie novel

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Daniel

Remember the classic Night of the Creeps? In that 1986 horror comedy, a bunch of college teenagers have to fend off the zombies their friends become after being inhabited by some nasty slug thingies. 2008’s Dance of the Dead has … Continue reading →

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Malevolence—a modern slasher made by a man who loves old school slashers of the 80s

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Daniel

With all the copycat films that came out in the wake of Scream (the ultimate homage to 80s slashers), it’s sad that Malevolence has gone mostly unnoticed, but also completely unappreciated by many who have seen it. It even got … Continue reading →

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Madman—not your ordinary early 80s Friday the 13th ripoff.

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Daniel

Only two years after the release of the original Friday the 13th, Madman was one of many that followed the same summer camp stalker format. But this is one really bizarre backwoods slasher. I instantly loved it because the opening … Continue reading →

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