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Tag Archives: creature feature
Serial killers vs. killer animals—which will be king of the comic jungle?
How much hilarity do you like with your horror? Here are two very different horror comedies that don’t take themselves seriously. HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER (2008) How to be a Serial Killer is a satirical look at … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, horror comedy, How to be a Serial Killer, Rise of the Animals, slashers
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Twenty-five years of crews vs. creatures
Coal mines, cruise ships, underwater nuclear bases, oil rigs. There are so many places burly men come to work and die thanks to the creatures in these features! DEEPSTAR SIX (1989) Deepstar Six came out at the height of the … Continue reading
Digging through the 80s horror archives
From TV to video, witches to psycho killers, I look at four 80s horror flicks you may have missed. THE PIT (1981) The Pit has a nice sleazy feel to it. A weird kid has no friends in school so … 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, Bay Coven, creature feature, Midnight Offerings, slashers, Sweet Sixteen, The Pit, witches
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A triple feature of humor, horror, and hotties….
And they all deliver varying degrees of each. I look at Ninjas vs. Monsters, Stag Hunt, and The Walking Deceased. NINJAS vs. MONSTERS (2012) While watching Ninjas vs. Monsters, I discovered it’s the third in a trilogy, following Ninjas vs. … Continue reading
Spores vs. Scourge
SPORES (2011) A meteor hits the earth and a big creature attacks a homeless man in the woods. Okay, Spores. You totally have my attention! Then we meet our cast of kids, heading into the woods for some fun. … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, Scourge, Spores
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A psycho killer, the boogeyman, and a ghost
It’s the battle of the bad boys! I take a quick look at The Basement, Boogeyman, and The Summoning. THE BASEMENT (2011) This indie film wastes no time in getting to the action—and then becomes kind of actionless for quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Boogeyman, creature feature, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The Basement, The Summoning
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Naked zombies and a killer ass
More horror comedy trash from Mark Pirro, the man who brought us Curse of the Queerwolf (blog) and Deathrow Gameshow (blog). And these are possibly two of his best. NUDIST COLONY OF THE DEAD (1991) A zombie musical! Nudist Colony … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, horror comedy, horror musical, living dead, Nudist Colony of the Dead, Rectuma, undead, zombedy, Zombies
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An extra dose of late 80s horror cheese
As the 80s were coming to an end, so was a decade of awesome horror flicks as things moved towards the uninspired crap of the early 90s. And speaking of, here’s a handful of crap. NIGHT VISION (1987) What I … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, Deathrow Gameshow, gay horror, Hellgate, horror comedy, Leviathan, Night Vision, Zombies
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Early 90s horror vs. late 90s horror!
In this look at 90s horror, I take on a little of everything—killer baboon, The Warrens before The Conjuring, killer lizards, serial killer tutor, and computer time travel. SHAKMA (1990) Shakma is a perfect 80s to 90s transition movie. It … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1990s, 90s, Aberration, Bloodletting, creature feature, ghosts, Shakma, slashers, supernatural, The Haunted, The Thirteenth Floor
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It’s a bug…it’s a man…it’s MIMIC!
Three times the giant bug fun with my quick rundown of the Mimic trilogy. MIMIC (1997) Back when the original came out in the 90s, it left absolutely no impression on me. Upon viewing it again, I see why. … Continue reading
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