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Tag Archives: demons
The Gate should have stayed closed after the first film
Director Tibor Takács, who has had a long career in horror, from I, Madman to Spiders 3D, scored an 80s video rental/cable classic with The Gate. A few years later he delivered a follow-up that suffers from a bad case … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature features, demons, living dead, supernatural, The Gate, undead, Zombies
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DIRECT TO STREAM: the horror of Daniel Falicki
After watching Accidental Exorcist, which Daniel Falicki directs and stars in, I was intrigued enough to search out more of his work, and found three other titles of his available for streaming. Based on the four films I viewed, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, 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 3:33 A.M.: The Witching Hour, Accidental exorcist, And Hell Awaits, Awaken the Devil, Daniel Falicki, demons, occult, possession
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A horror hospital, a cabin in the woods, and a bloody haunted attraction
Sometimes, you’re better off alone, as demonstrated by three films from the 2000s that show what can happen when pretty people hang out in groups… CANDY STRIPERS (2006) This is the kind of flick that makes me nostalgic for teen … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Candy Stripers, creature features, Dead Mary, demons, FrightWorld, horror comedies, possession, slashers
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VHS era nostalgia isn’t enough to make these two winners
Just as the love of VHS horror will never die, it seems neither will the efforts of indie horror directors to replicate that feeling in their movies. In my efforts to forever find movies that actually do it right, I … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: undeniably compelling haunted attraction double feature
As bad as they can be, I’m a total sucker for low budget horror that pretty much looks like it was filmed over a weekend at some haunting attraction in the director’s hometown during the month of October. So I … Continue reading
Warlock: The Trilogy
The Warlock movies would be nothing if not for the power of nostalgia. That’s why I hated them back in the 90s and kind of get a kick out of them now. They are so bad I don’t know why … Continue reading
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Tagged demons, gay horror, horror comedies, Julian Sands, supernatural
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Major body horror…as in, there’s more body than horror
It’s time for homoerotic horror that’s more sex than scares. I take a look at three from the 2000s. VOODOO ACADEMY (2000) This is the beginning of the end for David DeCoteau’s credibility as a director of bad horror movies, … Continue reading
Cabins are out, isolated houses in the country are in
Here we go: 3 cases of partying at a house in the middle of nowhere being a really bad idea, in movies that seem like good ideas and then kind of turn into bad ideas as well the longer they … Continue reading
Triple the 1990s horror trash
At this point, I cover any 1990s horror flix I haven’t yet touched on my blog simply so I can appear to be unbiased—not to mention, as a reminder that my bias is completely founded, because 1990s horror predominantly sux … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature. Sorority Babes in the Dance-A-Thon of Death, demons, gay horror, The Grave, The Island of Dr. Moreau
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The devil lives here – but it’s not as simple as it sounds
If you watch the trailer for The Devil Lives Here, you’ll most likely surmise that it’s a movie about a bunch of kids performing some sort of satanic ritual and accidentally unleashing something demonic from a boarded up room in … Continue reading