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Tag Archives: 80s
They’re not your everyday 1980s horror films
Every time I think I’ve covered just about all the horror the 1980s had to offer, some lost films resurface. So let’s take a look at The Nesting, The Strangeness, Beaks, and Dream Demon. THE NESTING (1981) Before there was … 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, Beaks, creature feature, demons, Dream Demon, ghosts, The Nesting, The Strangeness
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Modeling can be murder
It’s a double feature of pretty women falling victim to psychotic, artistic men as I take on Playgirl Killer and Double Exposure. PLAYGIRL KILLER (1967) I had to revisit this one because it was an oldie I watched on TV … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Double Exposure, gay horror, Playgirl Killer, slashers
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Making a Nightwish for the Laughing Dead to do a Slash Dance
I lived through the 80s, when cable TV was everything and I worked in a video store with a huge horror section, yet there are still films I’ve never seen. Like these three… SLASH DANCE (1989) It’s surprising that it … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, ghosts, Nightwish, Slashdance, slashers, supernatural, The Laughing Dead, Zombies
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Back to the 80s—four from 85 to 90
The 80s vaults just keep swinging open, between indie companies digging up lost films for Blu-ray release, streaming services offering poor quality sources of old movies, and even owners of VHS tapes from back in the day uploading them to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, cannibals, Cut and Run, Deadly Manor, Edge of the Axe, Nightflyers, slashers
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Four of the more obscure from 1989 – 1996
I dare to once again travel back to that awful transition period between the end of the awesome 80s horror era to the resurgence of good horror post-Scream. So let’s see how this smorgasbord of varying styles and subgenres holds … Continue reading
It’s the horror of playing Q-bert Rebooted
80s video games will always get attention in my world, so I had to dip into Q-bert Rebooted, yet another update of the arcade classic. Not surprisingly, when you boot the game up, you can choose between the new version … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Q-bert Rebooted, video games
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The VHS days: devouring Blood & Donuts in a Paperhouse
Here are two rather obscure films—one from 88, one from 95—that don’t quite hit the mark as horror movies for me, but both probably have a sort of cult following at this point. PAPERHOUSE (1988) Before Candyman, director Bernard Rose … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood & Donuts, Paperhouse, vampires
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They came from the 80s…and landed on Blu-ray in the new millennium
As more and more 1900s horror of my childhood (damn, I’m old) makes its digital disc debut on Blu-ray, I give my brief thoughts on four recent releases that come from the 80s. Are they worth a buy even for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, cannibals, creature feature, Link, Night Beast, The Brain, Trapped Alive
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Will you have a howling good time with this 8-movie werewolf franchise?
I’m not going to go into depth about The Howling from 1981, because it’s a classic, and shame on you if you haven’t seen it. Yes, I’m totally horror shaming! It is director Joe Dante’s horror masterpiece, stars Dee Wallace, … 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, creature feature, Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, Howling III: The Marsupials, Howling IV: the Original Nightmare, Howling V: The Rebirth, Howling VI: The Freaks, Howling VII: New Moon Rising, The Howling, The Howling: Reborn, werewolves
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I don’t know why I swallowed all this fly
Actually, I do know why. The Fly legacy rules and has haunted me since my childhood. So let’s get into all five films. THE FLY (1958) The pure simplicity of The Fly makes it such a classic of the 1950s. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, Curse of the Fly, Return of the Fly, The Fly, The Fly II
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