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Tag Archives: creature feature
HULU HORRORS: hosts, immigrants, and ghosts
Each of these three had satisfying horror moments, but none of them fully wowed me. Let’s take a look. APPENDAGE (2023) If you’re looking for a more serious version of Bad Milo, this might fit the bill. Whereas Bad Milo … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged American Carnage, Appendage, body horror, creature feature, ghosts, Haunting of the Queen Mary, infected, supernatural
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Four 90s disappointments to add to the never-ending pile…
This mess of movies from the 1990s makes me wonder how the hell the video store I worked in lasted through the decade. Oh…that’s right. People kept re-renting 80s horror movies… CTHULHU MANSION (1992) I had high hopes for this … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature feature, Cruel Jaws, Cthulhu Mansion, demons, ghosts, home invasion, Naked Fear, Night Terrors, occult, supernatural
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STREAM QUEEN: a murderer and a monster walk into the woods…
Sometimes you just need to get away from it all, but bloodthirsty killers and monsters get in the way, as in two films on my watchlists that made for a good double feature while offering some variety in the cabin … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, creature feature, Murder in the Woods, slashers, The Millennium Bug
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I needed throwbacks to Crocodile and Crocodile 2 in my isolating life right now
I never would have imagined that by 2000, the man who brought us the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre would make a movie of SyFy original quality…which happens to be oodles of ridiculous fun that screams end of the 20th century. … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, Crocodile, Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
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Willard and Ben…friends to the end?
Time to take on the famous killer rat franchise since I finally added all three to my collection. WILLARD (1971) Willard is not the crazy killer rat movie you might expect or remember. It’s more a character study of how … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, creature feature, Willard
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Something queer is going on…or is it?
This handful of films has or supposedly has a queer bent, and a couple of them were brought to my attention by my readers, which I always appreciate. So do these four land on my does the gay guy die? … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature feature, Daniel Isn’t Real, gay horror, Jack Goes Home, occult, supernatural, The Dinner Party, The Untamed
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They’re not your everyday 1980s horror films
Every time I think I’ve covered just about all the horror the 1980s had to offer, some lost films resurface. So let’s take a look at The Nesting, The Strangeness, Beaks, and Dream Demon. THE NESTING (1981) Before there was … 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, Beaks, creature feature, demons, Dream Demon, ghosts, The Nesting, The Strangeness
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STREAM QUEEN: kids and creeps on Netflix and Shudder
It’s a mixed bag of scares with this foursome—2 from Netflix and 2 from Shudder, but they all have kids and creatures in common. IN THE TALL GRASS (2019) The director of Cube, Splice, and a whole bunch of other … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, Dark Light, In The Tall Grass, supernatural, Terrified!, Z
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Eureka! A totally satisfying triple feature for a change!
It took three platforms—Prime, Showtime, and Hulu—but I at last hit a quarantine high with big killer spider fun, a nasty infected remake with plenty of hunky bodies, and a slasher sequel with a gay lead character. Let’s see what … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, gay horror, horror comedy, infected, Itsy Bitsy, Pooka Lives!, Rabid, slashers
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I desperately needed a good horror fix, and the third time was a charm
With my latest self-isolation triple feature I was going for darker and scarier rather than predictable fun, but only one of these three satisfied. Was it Bloodline, Door in the Woods, or Shiver? Let’s find out. BLOODLINE (2018) Bloodline is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloodline, creature feature, Door in the Woods, ghosts, serial killers, Shiver, supernatural
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