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Tag Archives: creature features
TUBI ORIGINALS: vampires, a killer creature, and another visit to Amityville
Tubi is pumping out exclusive horror flicks, so I added a bunch of new ones to my watchlist. Here are my thoughts on the first three I checked out. CARNIFEX (2022) This is about us uneventful and generic as a … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Captive, Carnifex, creature features, ghosts, possession, supernatural, The Amityville Curse, vampires
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BOUGHT ON BLU: The 40s, the 60s, the 80s
My latest trio of purchases all happen to come from decades that were 20 years apart, and it was a satisfying shopping spree. CAT PEOPLE (1942) Believe it or not, I had never seen the original Cat People, but now … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Cat People, creature features, Silent Rage, slashers, The Strangler
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TUBI TERRORS: shark movies
I just can’t wait until shark week to indulge in bad shark movies. However, I’m running out of options, so this trio is definitely a deep, desperate dive. SHARK WATERS (2022) This is a shark movie that should be all … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Shark Lake, Shark Waters, sharks, Swamp Shark
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TUBI TERRORS: creatures around every corner
My latest triple feature covers racial issues, high school issues, and found footage clichés. Let’s get right to them. STAY OUT (2022) Even though it’s not a great movie, you’ve gotta love a 69-minute indie horror flick that shoves “woke” … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, found footage, Horror High, Stay Out, vampires, We Found Something
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BOUGHT ON BLU: a psycho killer, aliens, and a silly sequel
I bought one because it’s a sequel to an 80s flick, one because it was the only flick I still needed starring Bruce Campbell, and one because it stars Traci Lords, Ricki Lake, and Ted Raimi. So were they worth … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, creature features, horror comedies, Skinner, slashers, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 2, Terminal Invasion
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Bad things always happen in the middle of nowhere
Whether it’s a motel, a country house, or a forest campsite, people just never learn. So which of these three isolated locations worked best for me in my latest triple feature? Let’s find out. MYSTERY SPOT (2021) If you come … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, creature features, demons, Demons at Dawn, Freak, gay horror, ghosts, Mystery Spot, supernatural
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With a special appearance by Danny Trejo…
Inevitably, horror king Danny Trejo will occasionally pop up in movies in my watchlist. He might have top billing, he might be featured front and center in the poster art. And yet…he will barely be in the movie. So, why … 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, Cyborg X, L.A. Slasher, slashers, The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus, Vampfather, vampires
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Catching up with some indie horror creators
Filling in my viewing gaps of films featuring horror actor Nick Damici and movies by indie director Charlie Steeds, I ended up doing a marathon of four films, so let’s get into them. WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (2013) Director … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blood Conscious, cannibalism, creature features, demons, Freeze, gay horror, ghosts, home invasion, occult, supernatural, The Haunting of the Tower of London, We Are What We Are, witches
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STREAM QUEEN: holiday horror overload
It’s almost Easter time, so I dug up two more Easter horror flicks to add to the complete holiday horror page, along with two Halloween horrors and two Christmas horrors. LARRY AND THE GRAVE IN THE PINES (2022) I only … 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 creature features, Easter Bunny Massacre: The Bloody Trail, Easter Holocaust, gay horror, horror anthologies, Larry and the Grave in the Pines, Sister Krampus, slashers, SlashFM, The Fright Before Christmas, witches
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STREAM QUEEN: sharks, demons, and werewolves
I jumped around streaming services for my latest triple feature, which was comprised of films that brought me into familiar territory. MANEATER (2022) With SyFy now a lost cause that simply shows the same movies over and over again, finding … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, demons, Maneater, possession, Project Legion, Viking Wolf, werewolves
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