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Tag Archives: backwoods horror
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
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
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
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Don't Look Back, Goatman, possession, slashers, Trinket Box, witches
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TUBI TERRORS: a backwoods slasher, witchy woods, and a desert horror
Each of these three flicks had a slow burn element to them, and two of them turned the heat up higher after the burn. Let’s find out which ones. THE HOOT OWL (2022) Running only 71-minutes long, this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Bury the Bride, slashers, The Hoot Owl, The Winter Witch, vampires, witches
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Bad things always happen in the middle of nowhere
Whether it’s a motel, a country house, or a forest campsite, people just never learn. So which of these three isolated locations worked best for me in my latest triple feature? Let’s find out. MYSTERY SPOT (2021) If you come … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, creature features, demons, Demons at Dawn, Freak, gay horror, ghosts, Mystery Spot, supernatural
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