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Tag Archives: backwoods horror
A hunky killer, a haunted lesbian couple, and hillbilly horror
As a triple feature plucked from my Tubi watchlist, these three indie films actually worked well together in terms of look and feel. As for the level of horror they delivered, it’s a mixed bag. DEATH’S SONATA (2024) Landing this … Continue reading
Backwoods horrorthon
It’s a foursome of fright flicks in the forest, with masked killers, unmasked killers, vampires, and Bigfeet. Let’s get right into them. WOLF MOUNTAIN (2022) This is a really uneven slasher. A young man is struggling with suppressed memories of … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Cabin in the Woods Movie, backwoods horror, Feet of Death, slashers, Vampire Lake, vampires, Wolf Mountain
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PRIME TIME: Bigfoot, a supernatural stalker, and a psycho sideshow act
It’s always a treat when I finish a movie marathon from my streaming watchlist and don’t find any real duds among the selection, as in this case. So let’s get into these three. HOAX (2019) This is how you start … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Bigfoot, Hoax, occult, supernatural, There is a Monster, Where the Devil Roams
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BOUGHT ON BLU: Devil Times Five and Hell’s Trap
It’s one from the 1970s and one from the 1980s, neither of which I’d ever seen before. Were they worth the blind buy? DEVIL TIMES FIVE (1974) Another entry in the evil children subgenre, this movie is so 1970s….especially the … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, backwoods horror, Devil Times Five, Hell's Trap, slashers
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PRIME TIME: killers and crazies
It wasn’t on purpose, but the titles of the three latest flicks I picked from my Prime watchlist for a movie marathon happen to begin with the letters L, M, and N. I had a favorite of the trio, so … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Mister Sleep, Night Explorers The Asylum, occult, slashers, The Legend of Lake Hollow
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TUBI TERRORS: backwoods horror, Lovecraft creatures, and sex and violence at a frat house
This is one chaotic trio of films, but they sure did hold my attention. Let’s get right into them. THE CAMP HOST (2024) This little film is so odd that I found it quite entertaining. It at first seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, demons, gay horror, Guys at Parties Like It, occult, slashers, supernatural, The Camp Host, The Old Ones
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TUBI TERRORS: girls with guts
We all love horror flicks with damsels in distress, but does this trio of films deliver? Let’s find out. THEY TURNED US INTO KILLERS (2024) This is actually a sequel to the revenge film Room 9. I didn’t at first … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Guts on the Chainsaw, home invasion, slashers, The Devil's Work, They Turned Us Into Killers
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Killer clowns, killer animatronics, and killer horn dogs
These three aren’t just random selections from my watchlists—they each star Sadie Katz, one of my favorite contemporary b-horror scream queens. CLOWN FEAR (2020) Clown Fear has great clown horror atmosphere and some hunky killer clowns, including my horror buddy … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Clown Fear, found footage, Night of the Zomghouls, slashers, Woods Witch
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TUBI TERRORS: a horror triple feature with gays!
This was a treat. Not only was it a triple feature of flicks in various subgenres, but each one also included gay male characters…including one that was a total gay horror romance, landing these films on the does the gay … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Children of the Night, gay horror, occult, Rage, slashers, supernatural, The Slaughter, vampires
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There’s more to horror than just white people…
My latest movie marathon included movies that feature Black main characters and racial themes. DON’T LOOK BACK (2020) Jeffrey Reddick, the openly gay writer of the original Final Destination, writes and directs this throwback to the supernatural slashers from the … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Don't Look Back, Goatman, possession, slashers, Trinket Box, witches
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