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Tag Archives: creature features
STREAM QUEEN: underground dwellers, a classic monster match, and a killer cult
My latest streaming marathon of indies was quite entertaining, so let’s get right into them. IT CAME FROM BELOW (2021) Just check this one out if you need a creature feature fix and are a fan of The Descent. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Baphomet, creature features, Frankenstein vs. The Mummy, It Came from Below, occult, satanism
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Still scraping the bottom of the 80s barrel
Once again I return to the 80s with five films that have landed in my personal collection in recent months. So let’s see what goodness the worst of the 80s turned up this time. JULES VERNE’S MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Black Candles, creature features, Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, The Power, The Secret of the Mummy, The Seven Vampires, vampires
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Return to The Island of the Fishmen
A while ago I blogged about the U.S. horror flick Screamers, released in 1981, in a post about movies featuring cameos by Cameron Mitchell, in which I referenced this original 1979 version of the film, although I had never seen … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, The Fishmen and Their Queen, The Island of the Fishmen
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It came from the 1970s…and ended up in my horror collection
I’ve gotten to the point where I feel I have to justify to myself why I keep adding crap to my horror movie collection, so pardon me if I do so as I cover the six films of various subgenres … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, creature features, home invasion, horror anthologies, Mansion of the Doomed, Tales That Witness Madness, The Day Time Ended, The Evictors, The Spell, The Vampires Night Orgy, vampires, witches
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STREAM QUEEN: bunker creatures, space insects, school killers, and an anthology
It’s a foursome of flicks that bring all kinds of horrors. I can say for starters that I was never bored, so let’s get into them. DEATH VALLEY (2021) Matthew Ninaber, who plays the monster in Psycho Goreman, also plays … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond White Space, creature features, Death Valley, Future Fear, horror anthologies, Séance, slashers
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Paul Naschy: the millennium revival
We come to the end of my Paul Naschy marathon by moving into the new millennium for his final decade of horror films before he passed away. In the mid-2000s, Paul tapped into the cheesy direct-to-DVD market with several movies … 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 A Werewolf in the Amazon, Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood, creature features, Empusa, gay horror, occult, Rottweiler, supernatural, The Valdemar Legacy, vampires, werewolves
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Christmas horror roundup 2021
My Christmas horror experience this year included creatures, the infected, and a backwoods religious experience. Let’s take a look at the only four films I could scrounge up to add to the complete holiday horror movies page during this second … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Black Friday, Calvaire, creature features, demons, Elves, gay horror, infected, living dead, slashers, supernatural, The Advent Calendar, undead, Zombies
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Creatures and killers from 1954 to 1970
Back to the decades when horror and films in general transitioned from black and white to color as I take on eight movies that I’ve recently added to my collection. GORILLA AT LARGE (1954) At long last I’ve found the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Die! Die! My Darling!, Gorilla at Large, Maniac, Never Take Candy From a Stranger, slashers, Stop Me Before I Kill!, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, These Are the Damned, Trog
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STREAM QUEEN: creatures inside and out
From mysterious monsters in the pipes to yet another killer shark, I take on a variety of creature discomforts, starting with weird sounds coming from behind the walls. PIPELINE (2020) This indie film really has the best of intentions on … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Butchers, creature features, Great White, Jungle Run, Pipeline
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From a vampire’s return in 43 to a psycho circus in 60
Time to take on four oldies that have landed on my horror movie shelves, and the only miss for me is one that I scored simply because it was on a double feature disc with another movie I wanted. THE … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus of Horrors, creature features, slashers, The Return of the Vampire, The Snorkel, Them!, thrillers, vampires
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