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Tag Archives: creature features
Mod odd horror takes me back to the odd 80s
In the never-ending stream of horror movies I watch, I often find common threads for themed posts like this one, which includes what are in essence three very different types of films: an undead haunting, a creature feature, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Dead and Gone, demons, ghosts, Gremlin, horror comedies, slashers, supernatural, The Ice Cream Truck
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Some creatures you can see, others not so much
Once again I was put to the “it’s what you can’t see that’s scariest” test…and once again, the results have me as a guy who needs money shots. Loads and loads of them! Actually, of the four films in this … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Bad Blood, Clawed, creature features, demons, Devil in the Dark, occult, supernatural, The Ritual
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What in 80s hell?
Sometimes you just need to take a trip back to the 80s, when we watched fucked up movies loaded with violence, sex, and gore, didn’t have God or prayer in school…yet never shot up our classmates. Having said that, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature features, Don’t Answer The Phone!, ghosts, Panic, Seeding of a Ghost, slashers, Sledgehammer, supernatural
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I’m sure glad I found this footage
Found footage films rarely impress me. Therefore, I tend to avoid them unless a) the premise sounds slightly more unique than the usual (The Monster Project), or b) I have a reason to watch the film despite it being found … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: various apparitions and creepy crawly creatures in the shadows
As usual, there were various degrees of entertainment to be found in my latest selection of movies. And as usual, the most polished films are the ones that I would have been fine with skipping… PARANORMAL APPARITION (aka: Cold Blood … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 2 Bedroom 1 Bath, Blood Hunters, Blood Woods, creature features, ghosts, Paranormal Apparition, supernatural, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Totem
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STREAM QUEEN: you’ve seen it all before…but which do you want to see again?
Found footage, slashers, ghosts, crawling girl ghouls, etc. How badly do you want to be scared in the same way you have dozens of times before? This is a bunch of quickies I figuratively crossed off my watch lists—and got … Continue reading
Killer Shrews vs. Cthulhu!
You can’t kill classic creatures! They just keep coming back, sometimes with comic results…especially when they work their way into indie horror. So here’s looking at Attack of the Killer Shrews! and The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu. ATTACK OF … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged Attack of the Killer Shrews, creature features, horror comedies, HP Lovecraft, The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu
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An alien life form, infected crazies, and a demon walk onto a Prime watchlist
You’ve probably heard this one before, so I’ll make the coverage of three from my latest streaming excursion quick. MAN VS. (2015) The question with Man vs. is…how much one-man found footage can you put up with while waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 24 Hours to Die, creature features, demons, found footage, infected, Man vs., The Demon
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When werewolf fur needs a trimming
Watching a marathon of indie werewolf films over Halloween weekend, I realized pretty quickly that this might be one of the most challenging subgenres to take on with a limited budget. Just the fact that the directors of all of … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Beast: A Monster Among Men, Bubba The Redneck Werewolf, creature features, Dense Fear Bloodline, found footage, horror comedies, Predatory Moon, Sheep Skin, Silverhide, werewolves, Wolf House
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