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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 8: forgotten SOV slasher, backwoods bummer, and end of era goodie
In this installment, it’s a slasher smorgasbord of three random flicks that got lost in the video store shelves back in the day. In my opinion, one of them should have gotten more love and deserves a DVD release. NIGHT … Continue reading
The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 5: the 80s horror vault inside the vault
For this installment of my 80s Slasher Vault series, I look at some 80s horror slashers that were basically locked in a vault that was then locked in another vault. HORROR HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 5 (1985) A slasher so … 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, backwoods horror, Berserker, Blood Harvest, Blood Tracks, Horror House on Highway 5, slashers
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Jason Voorhees goes all Ed Gein!
Just the other day I blogged about the 1974 film Deranged, which was pretty much the story of real-life psycho killer Ed Gein, with some fictional horror embellishment and the changing of Ed’s name to Ezra Cobb. It would have … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield, slashers
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3 random flicks from this decade
My brief look at films about: rednecks with guns (how creative); a murder game taken too far, and kids vs. mom. WRATH (2011) Um…so…a group of friends drives through redneck territory. Hicks with sniper rifles take most of them out … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Goodnight Mommy, Murder in the dark, slashers, torture porn, Wrath
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IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM Part 6: a little bit of everything
This batch of slashers from the decade following the success of Scream has it all: meta teen slasher fun, backwoods horror, and a touch of torture porn to round things out. CHERRY FALLS (2000) Despite some really juicy footage being … Continue reading
IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM Part 4: wrong turns….
The resurgence of slashers following Scream needed to break the teen horror mold somehow, so it began turning to the old Texas Chainsaw backwoods formula, which was often a convenient way to also work in the growing trend of torture … Continue reading
Lumberjack Man – would you like some flesh flaps with those flapjacks?
I had no expectations going into Lumberjack Man, figuring it was going to be another awful slasher only worthy of the SyFy Channel. After catching it on cable, I’ve put it at the top of my “to buy” list. At … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, horror comedies, Lumberjack Man, slashers
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2 psycho stalkers, 2 psycho families, 2 too talky
It’s a total coincidence that I watched this handful of movies—which have some common characteristics—one after the other. Conveniently, it makes it easy to toss them all into one blog about two psycho stalkers, two psycho families, and two movies … Continue reading