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It happened at the end of the first decade of the new millennium
Vampires, ghosts, demons, zombies, slashers… For me, there’s one film worth digging out of this wreckage of films from 2007 and 2008. REVERB (2008) I like the premise of this one a lot. It’s the execution that ruins it for … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Botched, Brotherhood of Blood, demons, ghosts, horror comedies, Jack Brooks Monster Slayer, possession, Reverb, slashers, supernatural, The Messengers, vampires, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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The takeaway from horror between 72 and 82…sex bad!
Considering these are the kind of movies that educated me in my formative years, I’m proof positive that horror movies do not give rise to psycho murderers. However, they may spawn bratty gay guys with Peter Pan Syndrome who are … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blood Freak, cannibals, gay horror, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, Tenderness of the Wolves, The Brood, The Entity
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Ooh, baby, baby! It’s The Lullaby vs. The Nursery
They both have babies, they both have supernatural bitches after those babies. So which one did I like better? THE LULLABY (2017) The Lullaby is yet another carefully polished supernatural film (all the perfectly timed scares and ideally framed shots … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The Lullaby, The Nursery
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When a killer instinct leaves you with bones and dead birds
As I continue to dig through my collection for movies I haven’t blogged about yet, it’s time for three from the early 2000s about people trapped in a house or building. KILLER INSTINCT (2001) When a movie randomly begins with … Continue reading
More Vincent Price horror and beyond
I thought the only Vincent Price flick I still hadn’t blogged about was The Last Man on Earth, but my late brother’s collection strikes again! I inherited a handful more films to cover along with it. So here goes. SHOCK … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Diary of a Madman, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, ghosts, living dead, possession, Shock, slashers, supernatural, The Last Man On Earth, Tower of London, undead, vampires, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: 6 degrees of Bill Oberst Jr.
Taking a break from blogging about movies in my own collection, I perused my streaming watch lists and realized a bunch of the films included appearances by one of my indie faves, Bill Oberst Jr. Which means…BLOG THEME! These six … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Grim Becoming, A Haunting in Salem, creature feature, demons, Dis, ghosts, horror comedies, Hunting Grounds, possession, Scream at the Devil, slashers, supernatural, The Devil Within: Rise of Evil
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Remade in the 2000s: De Palma, Cohen, and Carpenter
They’re some of my faves—Sisters (1973), It’s Alive (1974), and The Fog (1980). In the new millennium they all got the remake treatment. So, were they treated well? You’ll need a working knowledge of the original films to get what … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, ghosts, It’s Alive, Sisters, slashers, supernatural, The Fog
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STREAM QUEEN: two new takes on familiar plots
You may feel like you’ve seen this all before, but these two films on Prime really add something unexpected, making this a fun and familiar double feature with some surprises along the way. APARTMENT 212 (2017) As a big fan … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartment 212, body horror, creature features, ghosts, home invasion, occult, supernatural, The Campus, Zombies
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Houses of horror through the 1970s
Nope, not The Amityville Horror house. These are six other horror houses from the decade. Maybe it’s because I grew up on so much of this shit that I simply can’t get into the resurgence of it in mainstream horror … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Burn Offerings, demons, ghosts, possession, supernatural, The House on Skull Mountain, The House That Would Not Die, The Legacy, The Legend of Hell House, The Stone Tape
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A 10-movie mish-mosh box
I specifically bought this cheapo multi movie DVD (10 movies on 2 discs) because it includes the film Summer School, which was only released previously as a DVD-R, and although I’ll buy bullshit recordable media when there’s no other option, … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged All Alone, backwoods horror, Billy's Cult, Bloodline, demons, ghosts, occult, Phobia, Stevie, supernatural, The Purgation, vampires, Vanished
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