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Tag Archives: creature features
Paul Naschy: the millennium revival
We come to the end of my Paul Naschy marathon by moving into the new millennium for his final decade of horror films before he passed away. In the mid-2000s, Paul tapped into the cheesy direct-to-DVD market with several movies … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Werewolf in the Amazon, Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood, creature features, Empusa, gay horror, occult, Rottweiler, supernatural, The Valdemar Legacy, vampires, werewolves
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Christmas horror roundup 2021
My Christmas horror experience this year included creatures, the infected, and a backwoods religious experience. Let’s take a look at the only four films I could scrounge up to add to the complete holiday horror movies page during this second … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Black Friday, Calvaire, creature features, demons, Elves, gay horror, infected, living dead, slashers, supernatural, The Advent Calendar, undead, Zombies
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Creatures and killers from 1954 to 1970
Back to the decades when horror and films in general transitioned from black and white to color as I take on eight movies that I’ve recently added to my collection. GORILLA AT LARGE (1954) At long last I’ve found the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Die! Die! My Darling!, Gorilla at Large, Maniac, Never Take Candy From a Stranger, slashers, Stop Me Before I Kill!, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, These Are the Damned, Trog
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STREAM QUEEN: creatures inside and out
From mysterious monsters in the pipes to yet another killer shark, I take on a variety of creature discomforts, starting with weird sounds coming from behind the walls. PIPELINE (2020) This indie film really has the best of intentions on … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Butchers, creature features, Great White, Jungle Run, Pipeline
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From a vampire’s return in 43 to a psycho circus in 60
Time to take on four oldies that have landed on my horror movie shelves, and the only miss for me is one that I scored simply because it was on a double feature disc with another movie I wanted. THE … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Circus of Horrors, creature features, slashers, The Return of the Vampire, The Snorkel, Them!, thrillers, vampires
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A demented grandma, zombie sea life, club-hopping vampires, and a killer teddy bear
While I was busy feeling miserable for two days after getting a COVID booster shot, I tapped into my cable and streaming watchlists, so here are my thoughts on four flicks I crossed off those lists. RELIC (2020) It has … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Aquarium of the Dead, Bearry, creature features, gay horror, living dead, Night Teeth, Relic, slashers, supernatural, undead, vampires, Zombies
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It’s October: how about a whopping 13 movie Peter Cushing marathon?
This big ass blog takes on the remaining 13 movies I hadn’t yet posted about from my collection of Peter Cushing films. I’ve now covered virtually every horror movie he was in (!), with just a few stray titles still … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Corruption, creature features, Fear In the Night, horror comedies, I Monster, Incense for the Damned, Island of Terror, Legend of the Werewolf, Night of the Big Heat, occult, Peter Cushing, satanism, slashers, Tender Dracula, The Abominable Snowman, The Blood Beast Terror, The Devil's Men, The Ghoul, Twins of Evil, vampires, werewolves
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STREAM QUEEN: if you miss the days of nature striking back on SyFy…
This foursome of flicks I found on Amazon Prime includes the kind of shark, big bug, and crocodile horror you might leave on if you accidentally stumbled upon it while channel surfing during a boring weekend about fifteen years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Apex Predators, Centipede, creature features, From the Depths, Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island
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DIRECT TO STREAMING: 4 from Scott Jeffrey
Director Scott Jeffrey is so prolific I suddenly found I had fallen behind in keeping up with his filmography, so I quickly delved into his four latest. Here’s how the marathon turned out for me. THE CURSE OF HUMPTY DUMPTY … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Bats, Cannibal Troll, Conjuring the Genie, creature features, slashers, The Curse of Humpty Dumpty
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DIRECT TO STREAMING: two more from Bruce Wemple
Director Bruce Wemple thrilled me with a Wendigo flick with a queer slant (The Retreat), and intrigued me with a lesbian thriller with a Bigfoot slant (Monstrous). So of course I was going to check out two more of his … 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 features, Dawn of the Beast, Lake Artifact
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