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Tag Archives: creature features
Four horrors of the 1900s
Ha! Sounds like a long time ago, doesn’t it? In fact, the first film in this foursome is nearly 100 years old and its plot is still being ripped off to this day. So let’s see how the past has … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Horrors of the Black Museum, Mystery of the Wax Museum, slashers, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, The Crawling Eye
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Four from the Christopher and Cushing era
My late brother was a big fan of the Hammer horror films and anything starring Christopher Lee and/or Peter Cushing, so he left me with a nice little collection of their films. Here’s my first dip into the selection, which … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Horror Express, supernatural, The Gorgon, The Mummy, The Skull
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Four from the end of the 90s
This proved to be an entertaining selection of four films from between 1997 and 1999 that are a bit of a departure from the sleek, post-Scream craze going on at the time. THE WAX MASK (1997) Fulci and Argento worked … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, ghosts, John Carpenter’s Vampires, Knocking On Death’s Door, slashers, supernatural, The Relic, The Wax Mask, vampires
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STREAM QUEEN: demons be damned
I love me some demon movies…when they’re worth loving. Did any of these four make my heart beat faster? Let’s find out. THE MIDNIGHT MAN (2016) The Midnight Man begins with three children playing a supernatural game in the dark … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, creature features, demons, Devil’s Gate, Devil’s Revenge, possession, The Evil Down the Street, The Midnight Man
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I’ll take the 80s triple feature with extra cheese on a Blu-ray
The 80s hits (and misses) just keep going Blu thanks to all the indie companies digging them out of the vaults, so it’s time to take on three I just added to my collection: a giallo, a giant snake film, … Continue reading
Posted in 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 features, Delirium, Flesh-Eating Mothers, giallos, infected, slashers, Spasms, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: these killer creatures bit, but not in the good way
There are pterodactyls, a croc, and dogs, but this wasn’t one of my best moments selecting movies for a themed triple feature, so let’s just get this over with. TERRORDACTYL (2016) It shocks me that Terrordactyl never found its way … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, horror comedies, Terrordactyl, The Breed, The Pool
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SHUDDER AND SHRIEK: bad things happening at isolated houses
Chipping away at my current “Shudder originals” list, so here are my thoughts on four films set in houses and cabins. REVENGE (2017) I finally got around to watching this one, and I did only because it caught my attention … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, ghosts, home invasion, Incident in a Ghostland, Lake of Death, rape revenge, Revenge, supernatural, The Beach House
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1970s Black horror double feature: Blackenstein vs. Devil’s Express
It’s a double feature of Black horror from the 1970s! Is it everything we expect from the Blaxploitation era? DEVIL’S EXPRESS (1976) I swear Devil’s Express is like The Last Dragon meets Raw Meat…with the vibe of 1970s cop shows … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackenstein, creature features, demons, Devil’s Express
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You don’t seem like yourself lately…
It’s a smorgasbord blog of four flicks about infected people and human hungry creatures. THE DUSTWALKER (2019) The Crazies meets It Follows with a dash of Under the Dome in this melancholy Australian film, which definitely delivers some chills, thrills, … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Don’t Grow Up, Don’t Speak, infected, Project Ithaca, The Dustwalker, Zombies
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Lady horror of the 1960s and 1970s
As I take a break from new stuff to continue my journey through my late brother’s DVD collection, I focus on four that are so of his era, and they all feature a woman or women in sci-fi or horror … 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 creature features, horror comedies, Lady Frankenstein, Queen Kong, The Last Woman on Earth, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
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