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Tag Archives: 80s
Why can’t life be like that night in the 1980s when you rented Headhunter?
Angel Heart, The Believers, The Serpent and the Rainbow. After this run of relatively – I’m so going to say it – boring voodoo films at the end of the 80s, there came…Headhunter! Who needed a budget, big names, or … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, Headhunter
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80s horror and a 90s straggler – one each from 1982, 1988, and 1996
Just a brief mish-mosh of 80s horror and 90s horror odds and ends from the VHS era. This time around: a Fulci film, an HP Lovecraft adaptation, and a “family” horror flick. MANHATTAN BABY (1982) It’s hard to comprehend that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, H.P. Lovecraft, Manhattan Baby, possession, Shadow Zone: The Undead Express, supernatural, The Evil Clergyman, vampires
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Homophobia panic over 80s slasher City In Panic
It’s no wonder 1986 film City in Panic is never mentioned with the myriad of forgotten slashers of the era. At a time when boobs and babes were the preferred dead meat (it was pretty much a rule), this is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, City in Panic, gay horror, slashers
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Lady in White – To Kill a Mockingbird meets Steven Spielberg in the 80s
1988 film Lady In White is a must-see for anyone who loved the nostalgic feel of Netflix throwback series Stranger Things but missed out on the 80s – or those who lived through the 80s but somehow missed out on … Continue reading
THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS Part 13: The end of the 80s horror era
I think this is it. I think my 80s Slasher Vaults series comes to an end with this 13th installment of lesser-known titles from the end of the 80s horror era. This one takes us right into the early 1990s, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, horror comedies, Houseboat Horror, Night of the Dribbler, slashers, The Deadly Intruder, The Refrigerator, Zipperface
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Rush Week and Midnight Ride – boys on campus and Skywalker on the road
At the end of the 1980s, stuntman/actor/director Bob Bralver, whose lengthy career includes appearing on Star Trek, directing episodes of Knight Rider, and doing stunts for Diagnosis Murder, made a couple of horror movies loaded with 80s pop culture appeal! … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Midnight Ride, Rush Week, slashers
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THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS Part 12: It Came from 1988
It would have been a pretty fulfilling slasher marathon if you rented these three lost slashers from the video store back in 1988. Here’s why. ICED It’s a wintry skiing slasher from Jeff Kwitny, the man also responsible for the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Fatal Pulse, Hollywood’s New Blood, Iced, slashers
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THE 80s SLASHER VAULTS 11: they mostly came from 1987
This next trio from 87 (a big year for forgotten slashers and pretty much the year the genre went bust) has a special case—one of the films was released in 1987, but actually has ties to a classic of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Frenzy, gay horror, Lunch Meat, slashers, Twisted Nightmare
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80s SLASHER VAULTS 10: It came from 1987
The slashers market was so oversaturated by 1987 that titles became more obscure and often never even made it to the local video store shelves at all, like the remaining titles I’ll be covering in the next few installments of … Continue reading