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HALLOWEEN HORROR ROUND-UP 2020
It’s a whole new bundle of movies to add to the Halloween section of my complete holiday horror page, but is it a lucky or unlucky 7? Let’s get right into which ones deliver the Halloween thrills we seek. MASS … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Do Not Reply, Halloween Party, horror anthology, horror comedies, Hubie Halloween, Mass Hysteria, slashers, Spine Chiller, They Live Inside Us, Weedjies: Halloween Night, witches
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It came from 1957 and 1958
It’s a black and white creature feature bonanza with this foursome—two from 1957 and two from 1958, all of which feel much more contemporary in tone than some of the horror-lite made in those days. BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957) The … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood of Dracula, creature features, How to Make a Monster, It! The Terror From Beyond Space, The Monster That Challenged the World, vampires
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Monsters of the past: screaming through the 1950s and 1960s
Time to delve into four films from the black and white horror era, and they’re loaded with freaks and monsters. DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1955) Even if he didn’t have the money to make an impression with some of his … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Day The World Ended, occult, The Blancheville Monster, The Mask, The She-Creature
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Killer ghosts, a killer witch, a deformed killer, and a killer creature
This foursome of films has a little bit of everything, including found footage, slashers, the supernatural, and a creature feature. Let’s see which ones delivered on the horror. REEL EVIL (2012) This routine found footage film is from the director … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Bags, creature features, found footage, ghosts, Island Zero, Reel Evil, slashers, Specters, supernatural, The Candy Witch, witches
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Horror of the 1980s: beginning, middle, and end
Reveling in some new acquisitions to my DVD and Blu-ray collection, I knew it was once again time to blog about the 1980s. So here’s a selection of flicks I haven’t yet covered spanning from 1980 to 1989. CONTAMINATION (1980) … Continue reading
The 80s obscurities keep on coming
The 80s never really end for me, so here’s yet another blog covering four more lost horror movies of the decade. FIEND (1980) Fiend comes from the director of Nightbeast, and to me it’s like unofficial Night of the Living … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Deadly Lessons, Fiend, gay horror, horror anthologies, living dead, Night Terror, Razorback, slashers, undead, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: random acts of horror…and one that was definitely my fave
For my latest streaming binge, I turned to Hulu, Netflix, and Shudder, for some “refined” horror…which usually doesn’t work out for me. However, nearly half of these four films brought me some horror joy. 1BR (2019) Blech. I’ll get 1BR … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: four killer creature films
Although I may not have loved every film in this foursome, I sure enjoyed the variety of styles and tones. Let’s get right into them. DEAD STOP (2011) Overall, Dead Stop is worth a watch for some gore and cheap … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Dead Stop, Half Moon, It Came from the Desert, Rottentail, slashers, werewolves
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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
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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
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Tagged creature features, Horror Express, supernatural, The Gorgon, The Mummy, The Skull
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