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Tag Archives: ghosts
When someone moves into a house with ghosts
After living through thousands of Amityville Horror, Poltergeist, and Paranormal Activity movies over the decades, no ghost would have to tell me twice to get the fuck out. I’d drop what I was doing and flee right on the spot, … Continue reading
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Tagged Find Me, ghosts, House of Afflictions, supernatural
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The House of Adam – I plan to someday be a much scarier gay ghost than him….
I get that The House of Adam is a low budget gay indie, so I didn’t expect any master film-making or amazing special effects, and I’m even okay with the awkward acting. The problem is the inept effort to cram … Continue reading
Stream Queen 10: from supernatural to slashers
My latest streaming selections include a prison with an unseen presence, a slumber party slasher with plenty of half-naked babes, and a Euro horror film that has it all—a psycho killer, ghosts, and the undead! INSIDE (2012) Is it a … Continue reading
Stream Queen 9: a bunch of horror comedies
With this foursome, I got a little of everything: low budget to well-polished; zombies to the supernatural; good to bad. ZOMBIE WEREWOLVES ATTACK! (2009) It can only be uphill from here. The animated horror intro gave me high hopes … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Punch, Buck Wild, Dean Koontz, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, Odd Thomas, supernatural, zombedy, Zombie Werewolves Attack!, zomcom
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Stream Queen 8: Halloween in February!
I’m always seeing memes about how we should skip Valentine’s Day and just have a second Halloween in February, so it’s quite convenient that I found a bunch of streaming stuff that takes place on Halloween. But are they Halloweenie … Continue reading
The movies of the “Films to Keep You Awake” box
I originally bought this DVD boxed set of 6 Spanish films for the movie The Xmas Tale, which I blog about here. Now, having watched the remaining 5 films, I can say this is pretty much like an anthology show … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 Films to Keep You Awake, A Real Friend, ghosts, slashers, Spectre, supernatural, The Baby’s Room, The Blame, To Let, vampires, witches
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A so-so foursome: ghosts, vampires, a dead killer, and a spreading infection
You know how it is when you watch a horror film that doesn’t quite grab you, yet doesn’t actually suck. Well, I just struck a wave of four of them. DEAD STILL (2014) If the video game Fatal Frame were … Continue reading
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Tagged body horror, Contracted: Phase II, Dead Still, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedy, infected, Lesbian Vampire Killers, slashers, Some Kind of Hate, supernatural, vampires
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Sometimes, predictable is better
Once in a while, if a film tries to do something different and fails miserably, you realize you really just need a good old derivative hack ‘n’ slash to make things better. Which is why I followed up Cassadaga with … Continue reading
Cleaning out the DVR 2
This trio depletes my current stash of recorded movies. That’s the good news. Bad news is, only one of them was worth my personal time and taste. ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2013) Only Lovers Left Alive, about a vampire couple … Continue reading