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Tag Archives: creature features
DIRECT TO STREAMING: circling back around to some favorite indie directors
Every once in a while I discover a movie in my watchlists is from an indie director whose films I’ve covered in the past. Turns out there were four movies this time from three different directors. TOOTH FAIRY: THE LAST … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Doctor Carver, slashers, Spider in the Attic, The Jack In The Box Awakening, Tooth Fairy The Last Extraction
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Gator goodness…or a croc of shit?
After tapping into some shark horror at the beginning of the weekend, I ended the weekend with a triple feature focusing gators and crocs. Eek! FRESHWATER (2016) When a killer alligator movie…becomes a slasher? Well, that’s one way to make … Continue reading
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Tagged Alligator X, creature features, Croc, Freshwater
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TUBI TERRORS: a trio of shark flicks
It was another sharkathon with the hubby to usher in the summer season. Let’s see how it went with this trio we checked out on Tubi. BULL SHARK (2022) This is an astoundingly boring shark movie that doesn’t even try … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull Shark, creature features, Dam Sharks, Shark Season
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PRIME TIME: an exorcism, an anthology, and a big bug
I’m nearing the end of my Prime watchlist, so let’s get right into the three I just crossed off it. WHILE WE SLEEP (2021) If you need an exorcism itch to be scratched, you might get a hint of relief … Continue reading
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Tagged 8 Days to Hell, creature features, exorcisms, horror anthologies, possession, The Arbors, While We Sleep
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PRIME TIME: home invasion horror and a Lovecraft creature
Yay! It was a triple feature marathon of movies from my Prime list, and I had a good time with all three of them…and one even features a gay couple. BABYSITTER MUST DIE (2020) The deceiving cover and title make … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Babysitter Must Die, creature features, gay horror, home invasion, Knifecorp, slashers, The Deep Ones
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PRIME TIME: dabbling in the occult and bringing out the beasts
Despite being very different in plot and tone, these three films kind of worked together due to some common threads. They made for an absolutely unintentional, logical weekend triple feature–I was merely knocking off the next three flicks on my … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Flesh, occult, The Believer, The Manor, witchcraft
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Getting a head start on bad shark movies for the summer season
I couldn’t wait until Memorial Day weekend to kick off some summer style viewing, so I dived into a trio of goofy shark flicks. Let’s check them out. TOXIC SHARK (2017) This is how you do a cheesy CGI shark … Continue reading
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Tagged Avalanche Sharks, creature features, The Requin, Toxic Shark
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Dog vs. monster: have you watched a Watchers movie recently?
Based on a Dean Koontz novel, Watchers spawned three sequels over a ten-year span, and it even featured various horror veterans throughout the decade. Let’s take a look at all four flicks. WATCHERS (1988) I haven’t seen Watchers in over … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Watchers
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Vincent Price takes on fish men and a movie of the week gets a sequel
It’s back to the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s in search of some old school horror thrills. But not even horror faves Vincent Price or Lynda Day George did much to make these more enjoyable. WAR-GODS OF THE DEEP … Continue reading
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Tagged City in the Sea, creature features, Fear No Evil, occult, Ritual of Evil, satanism, supernatural, War-Gods of the Deep
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I saw it on cable: a dead mom, a dead husband, and a killer dress
I can basically just elevate my horror viewing experience by watching horror films on the cable channels rather than picking them off my watchlist on Prime, so here’s my latest excursion into the selection on Showtime and HBO. THE DJINN … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, demons, In Fabric, occult, supernatural, The Djinn, The Night House
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