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Tag Archives: creature features
STREAM QUEEN: zombies, a rat man, and a bat man
I’ll make this trio quick – creeps from between 2003 and 2013. ZOMBIE NIGHT (2003) As far as valiant low budget zombie efforts go, I give this one a thumbs up, especially since it’s juggling a whole lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottom Feeder, creature features, Like a Bat Outta Hell, living dead, undead, Zombie Night, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: time for a cabin in the woods marathon
I wish there were a way to have films with descriptions that begin “A group of friends heads to a cabin in the woods…” on streaming services automatically deposited into my watchlist. In this case, the cabin films got me … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Cabin Fear, creature features, demons, From Beneath, horror comedies, infected, Never Open The Door, Seclusion, slashers, The Shattering, werewolves
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Don’t break down in the cold or the aliens will get you!
A deformed masked killer flick, a chilly thriller from an established horror director, and a low budget alien indie. So did any of these streaming selections win me over? ENGINE TROUBLE (aka: Junior) (2002) What begins as an ominous intro … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, backwoods horror, creature features, Engine Trouble, Frozen, Night Feeders
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Getting through the 90s with Full Moon
There was a point in the 1990s when you had pretty much no choice but to watch a film by Full Moon Productions if you wanted to see something vaguely resembling a horror film. The studio carried horror through the … 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 Bad Channels, Castle Freak, creature features, Head of the Family, Hideous!, horror comedies, Lurking Fear, Netherworld, Seedpeople, Shadowzone, Shrunken Heads, The Creeps
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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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