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Clash of the subgenres
Each of these films features a curious combination of subgenres that makes them all rather unique when taken as a whole, yet simultaneously cliché in how the individual subgenres are presented and play out in each movie. FOG CITY (2023) … Continue reading
Cautionary tales about the supernatural side effects of being around white people
This was a pretty fun marathon of movies featuring Black main characters in paranormal peril due to bad choices made by white people. BLACKSTOCK BONEYARD (2021) Blackstock Boneyard is apparently based on a true story of two Black men that … Continue reading
Three holiday horrors and a gay horror flick!
My latest weekend marathon featured two Halloween-themed horror flicks, a killer bunny flick good for an Easter horror marathon, and a mainstream gay horror flick that premiered on HBO MAX, making for a bunch of new titles for the holiday … 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 aliens, creature features, Full Moon Fever, gay horror, ghosts, Killer Witches from Outer Space, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Bunny Man, The Parenting, witches
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NETFLIX AND CHILLS: a trio of Asian horror flicks
I was due for an Asian horror ghost girl fix, and since Asian horror seems to be all the horror Netflix carries these days, finding three was easy. Let’s get into them. SUMALA (2024) This Indonesian film isn’t your … Continue reading
Tapping into the supernatural and occult with this trio of flicks
In my latest hunt to find three horror movies to watch on streaming services, it started with, “Which movies look good?” but then in an instant became, “Ooh! These three movies all have covers in red, black, and white.” Yes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conjuring the Cult, ghosts, Hideout, occult, supernatural, The Hopewell Haunting, trauma porn
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Of females and frights
It’s a trio of flicks about girls getting into scary situations, but I wasn’t fully satisfied with any of these. Let’s find out why. LET’S SCARE JULIE (2019) We’ve scared Jessica to death, now it’s time to scare Julie! I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloody Trip: The Equinox Killer, ghosts, home invasion, Let's Scare Julie, possession, supernatural, The Curse of the Necklace
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There’s something queer in the scare
It’s a trio of flicks featuring gay, lesbian, and queer characters in a variety of subgenres. TIME CUT (2024) Apparently, Time Cut first went into production like two years before Totally Killer even existed, but then the filmmaking process slowed. … 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 Clickbait: Unfollowed, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, LGBTQ horror, queer horror, slashers, supernatural, The Exorcism of Saint Patrick, Time Cut, torture porn, trauma porn
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HALLOWEEN HORROR ROUND-UP 2024
As far as I can tell after months of Halloween horror movie hunting, these should be the last four flicks out there that celebrate the season for this year and get added to the complete holiday horror movies page, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Carved, creature features, gay horror, ghosts, Halloween Massacre, Haunted Ulster Live, occult, possession, slashers, The Town Without Halloween
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A foursome of “house” movies from 1989
Made for Italian television and originally called The Houses of Doom (which is what the Blu-ray boxed set is called), these films were apparently shelved until the 90s. I’d never seen them until now, after buying the new boxed set. … 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, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The House of Clocks, The House of Lost Souls, The House of Witchcraft, The Sweet House of Horrors, witches
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Women vs. scary stuff
It turns out this trio of flicks I watched on Tubi all feature women in perilous horror situations. Shocker, I know. More shocking is that two out of the three really worked for me. THE DEAD GIRL IN APARTMENT 03 … Continue reading
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Tagged demons, ghosts, Lair of the Killer Clowns, occult, slashers, The Dead Girl in Apartment 03, Violett
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