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Tag Archives: creature features
I want your skin! Give me your skiiiiiin!
Always up for some good skin flicks, I never thought I’d be a fan of no skin flicks, but this was my kind of accidental double feature—two films about being terrorized by skinless beings! Let’s get right into Shed and … Continue reading
Revisiting the terror of Corman’s horror shop, blood bucket, and wasp woman
Along with William Castle, Roger Corman was one of the most prolific horror directors of the 50s and 60s and introduced what would become some of the most popular actors in the horror business over the decades. So, with yet … Continue reading
HULU HORRORS: Six flicks
Cleaned out my Hulu watchlist, and here are my brief thoughts on what I got out of the six flicks in it. BEAST OF THE WATER (2017) Once in a while I need a SyFy level creature feature with some … Continue reading
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Tagged Beast of the Water, creature features, demons, ghosts, Hunting Evil, Out of the Dark, Pure, slashers, supernatural, The Remains, Wounds
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PRIME TIME: a slasher, the occult, werewolves, a home invasion, and ghosts
I can always count on Prime to for indie flix I’ve heard nothing about, and this time a total of five movies offered me a whole load of subgenres. So here goes. BLACK HOLLER (2017) This supernatural slasher comedy is … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Black Holler, creature features, Fang, gay horror, ghosts, home invasion, horror comedies, Jackson, Killer Kate!, occult, Sacrificial, slashers, supernatural, werewolves
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A trio of upcoming horror flix in a variety of subgenres
I made a triple feature weekend out of forthcoming horror films Devil’s Acid, D-Railed, and The 11th Patient, and I personally have a favorite of the three. Let’s see which one. DEVIL’S ACID (2018) Devil’s Acid is going for the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, D-Railed, Devil's Acid, occult, slashers, supernatural, The 11th Patient
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PRIME TIME: When it’s not a werewolf or Bigfoot movie
When I recently did a multi-movie werewolf blog, I had American Beast and Fang all queued up, but it turns out neither is actually a werewolf film, so…they got booted to this blog. What exactly are they then? Let’s find … Continue reading
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Tagged American Beast, creature features, Fang, Prairie Dog
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Giant bugs and familiar faces
Scrounging around cable and streaming services for films to watch with my man over the weekend, I couldn’t have planned a better hubby-safe creature double feature if I tried. He not only laughed, he even stayed in the room through … Continue reading
PRIME TIME: a creature feature and some confusing backwoods horror
I thought I knew what I was getting into with this triple feature of my own making. Oddly, it’s the two backwoods horrors that left me scratching my head, while the Lovecraftian film (a subgenre that usually gives me a … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, creature features, Death Passage, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The Axiom, The Creature Below
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Book of Monsters vs. Slaughterhouse Rulez
It’s a horror comedy creature double feature, and one of them features comic duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. So which of these two films would I prefer to have in my private collection? BOOK OF MONSTERS (2018) Book of … Continue reading
Going back to before trolls discovered the Internet
When 1986 film Troll hit cable, I wasn’t a huge fan because it was essentially horror-lite, bordering on fantasy. 4 years later when Troll 2 hit video, I was breaking into my 20s and working at the video store, which … Continue reading