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Tag Archives: creature features
I’ll have the Xtro, hold the Xtra Xtros
Ah, Xtro. One of those drug trips I took as a teen just by watching cable. I miss the 80s, when the shit that happened in a movie could make absolutely no sense yet bombard my young mind, heart, soul, … Continue reading
From Batman to bad movies – the hokey horror of Adam West
After a notable absence from horror following some appearances in the 80s (One Dark Night, Zombie Nightmare), superhero icon Adam West brought his charms to some cheesy horror as we moved into the new millennium. So here’s a look at … Continue reading
Boys battling beasts from beyond
Here are two very different types of indie horror comedies about goofy guys thrust into otherworldly situations. So did they charm the pants off me? ORCS! (2011) I have to admit, despite being a horror diehard, I loathe any sci-fi … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Chainsaw Maidens from Hell, creature features, demons, horror comedies, Orcs!
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STREAM QUEEN: dead in the woods and dead under the wheels
Hey. When horror keeps coming at you in a never-ending stream, you’ll watch anything. Maybe that’s dulled my senses, but I didn’t hate either of these films. SUPER HYBRID (2010) The director of the U.S. version of One Missed Call … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, creature features, Get Dead, horror comedies, slasher, Super Hybrid
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Dark Harvest and Totem – slashing scarecrows and cabin creatures in the 90s
If I’ve gotta do 90s horror, slashing scarecrows and cabin creatures are a good way to go. I missed both of these movies back in the day, so I was in for some surprises. DARK HARVEST (1992) A shot-on-video slasher … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Dark Harvest, David DeCoteau, slashers, Totem
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THE HYPE MONSTER: The Void vs. Bloody Muscle Body Builder In Hell
Word of Internet mouth can be a horror flick’s best friend or seriously oversell it. So here’s a look at two films that were getting major attention on the Web, leading to me blind buying both of them. Do I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloody Muscle Body Builder In Hell, creature features, demons, horror comedies, living dead, occult, possession, supernatural, The Void, undead, Zombies
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Back to the 90s with monsters, a killer clown…and the cannibal dead?
This trio isn’t exactly the cream of the 90s crop (very few films were), but it sure did keep me entertained with a mix of creature feature cheese, slasher slop, and backwoods bizarreness. THE TERROR WITHIN II (1991) A while … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Blood Massacre, creature features, gay horror, slashers, The Clown at Midnight, The Terror Within II
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Monsters of the 1960s
Every once in a while, it’s fun to revisit the films that introduced me to the genre – films I was allowed to watch on TV at an age when I was still too young to see the hard stuff … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, ghosts, living dead, Night Fright, supernatural, Terror-Creature From The Grave, The Amazing Transparent Man, The Plague of the Zombies, undead, Zombies
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When a video game character keeps you up Until Dawn
Finally got around to playing Until Dawn, and it truly is like “playing” a traditional horror movie in which teens do the typical stupid thing—they return to the house in the woods where they played an awful prank a year … Continue reading
Don’t fuck in the woods or you’ll turn blood redd
Here are two examples of why I watch so many indie horror films. There are filmmakers out there who have the vision, the ideas, the talent, the stories to tell, and perhaps just plain old fun fear to put on … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Redd, creature features, Don’t Fuck in the Woods, gay horror, werewolves
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