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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
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, cannibals, creature feature, Link, Night Beast, The Brain, Trapped Alive
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I’ve been Scared to Death by a Syngenor Creature
Director William Malone (Parasomnia, House on Haunted Hill remake) introduced two different creatures that brought us through the 80s in three different movies. So let’s take a look at Creature, Scared to Death, and its sequel, Syngenor. CREATURE (1985) I’ll … Continue reading
I can’t keep the truth hidden any longer
You know my basic belief—90s sequels destroy 80s classics. Well, revisiting The Hidden movies challenged everything I thought I believed…about the 90s and myself. THE HIDDEN (1987) In my mind this is one of the classics my favorite decade—just like … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, creature features, The Hidden, The Hidden II
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Critters: back to the beginning
With a Critters Shudder show and a new movie for SyFy, it was the perfect time to revisit my box set of the four original films in the Critters franchise, plus the new movie. Let’s see just how bad they … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s, 90s, aliens, creature features, Critters, Critters Attack!, horror comedies
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5 movies—3 decades of horror nostalgia
A slasher, a big rat sequel, aliens, a vampire, a mummy, and even some man hotness along the way. I take a look back five ranging from 1982 through 2006. ISLAND OF BLOOD (1982) An 80s slasher so obscure I … 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 1980s, 80s, aliens, Cold & Dark, creature features, Gnaw: Food of the Gods II, Island of Blood, mummy, Petrified, Progeny, slashers, vampires
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Beware what’s on either side of the skyline…
Looking for a “safe” movie I could enjoy with the hubba hubba over the weekend that would still give me some horror thrills, I stumbled upon Beyond Skyline, not even knowing it was a sequel. After it was over, we … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Beyond Skyline, Skyline
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SAY WHAT? 4 flicks in foreign languages
Alien creatures, Bigfoot, infected folks, demonic possession…these are a few of my favorite things. But did other countries do them right? Let’s take a look. DEAD SHADOWS (2012) The 74-minute length had me doing a happy dance…until the movie ended, … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Cold Ground, creature features, Danny’s Doomsday, Dead Shadows, demons, found footage, ghosts, infected, Luciferina, possession, supernatural, Zombies
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PRIME TIME: Let’s Not Meet or we’ll get Fractured by the Ghastlies
It’s time for a mini smorgasbord of new stuff that just hit Prime. What do they have in common? They all recently hit Prime. Otherwise, it’s a variety: an 80s critter flick spoof, a home invasion flick, and a backwoods … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, backwoods horror, creature features, Fractured, Ghastlies, home invasion, horror comedies, Let’s Not Meet, slashers
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50s creatures and 60s killers
Just like the 1950s and 1960s were the dawning of the rock ‘n roll era, these two decades served as a launching pad for the modern horror age. So it’s always fun to look back at some of the influences … Continue reading
Posted in Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, creature features, Fiend Without a Face, Invaders from Mars, Peeping Tom, slashers, The Beach a Girls and the Monster
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They came from another planet in the middle of the 80s
They also come from my collection as I chip away at my goal of blogging about all the movies on my shelves. ALIEN PREDATORS (1985) In recent times, director Deran Sarafian has directed episodes of The Strain, Hemlock Grove, and … Continue reading