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Tag Archives: creature feature
The never-ending feeling of DOOM
Doom is one of those video game franchises that always seemed more action than horror to me, plus it was a first person shooter, which I suck at, so I never checked it out the first time around. But when … Continue reading
And the best male horror hero ever is….
No mincing words in this blog. I fricking love The Being, which was released in 1983 after a few years collecting dust on the shelf. Sure it has Martin Landau as a government prick pretending toxic waste isn’t killing people … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, The Being
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Results of getting to the video store too late Part 5
Even more movies you’d rent from the almost empty video store shelves on a Friday night out of pure desperation in the 80s. But could you make it through this trash trilogy? DEATH SPA (1989) The sights and sounds of … Continue reading
The time the same horror movie was made twice
It’s not like it hasn’t been done before. Take The Exorcist prequel. It ended up being two different films with the same leading man. That isn’t the case with The Forgotten Ones and The Lost Tribe. Apparently, The Forgotten Ones … Continue reading
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Tagged After Dusk They Come, creature feature, The Forgotten Ones, The Lost Tribe
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Bio-Zombie and The Host – Asian horror double feature bonanza
Imagine watching two Asian horror flicks in a row without a single long-haired girl in sight! The Host is a major creature feature, while Bio-Zombie is, you know…. THE HOST (2006) When The Host first begins, something shocking happens—Hershel from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bio-Zombie, creature feature, horror comedy, living dead, The Host, undead, Zombies
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All Jamie Lee Curtis, no masked killer
Between 1978 and 1981, Jamie Lee Curtis essentially invented the term scream queen with Halloween, Halloween II, The Fog, Prom Night, and Road Games. But that wasn’t the end of the road for her horror games. And I’m not just … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Steel, creature feature, Mother's Day, slashers, Virus
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Results of getting to the video store too late Part 3
Time for another segment of movies you’d rent from the almost empty video store shelves on a Friday night out of pure desperation. THE VAGRANT (1992) While presented with a dark sense of humor, The Vagrant actually plays upon the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, home invasion, possession, The Godsend, The Outing, The Vagrant
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BEWARE MY THE BLOB BLOG!
It’s a trio of films about the gelatinous critter creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor! THE BLOB (1958) Back in the 1970s, I believe I used to watch The Blob on ABC’s “The 4:30 movie.” … Continue reading
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Munchies and Hobgoblins – the bottom of the barrel from the Gremlins era!
It’s time to cover the Munchies and the Hobgoblins movies! MUNCHIES (1987) Munchies is just an appetizer. It comes from a time in the 80s when there was no longer any Fantasy Island or The Love Boat graveyard for has-been … Continue reading