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Early 90s horror vs. late 90s horror!
In this look at 90s horror, I take on a little of everything—killer baboon, The Warrens before The Conjuring, killer lizards, serial killer tutor, and computer time travel. SHAKMA (1990) Shakma is a perfect 80s to 90s transition movie. It … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1990s, 90s, Aberration, Bloodletting, creature feature, ghosts, Shakma, slashers, supernatural, The Haunted, The Thirteenth Floor
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You’ve seen it all before, but is it worth seeing again?
Familiar fear can be comforting. So I take on 2:13, Almost Human, and The Canal! 2:13 (2009) In the tradition of Seven, the Hannibal films, and every other serial killer profiling movie you’ve ever seen, star and screenplay writer Mark … Continue reading
The Haunting vs. The Haunting
The Haunting, based on the classic Shirley Jackson novel The Haunting of Hill House, is a story that is much more focused on the human psyche than it is on the paranormal. So if the mysteries of the mind scare … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged ghosts, supernatural, The Haunting, The Haunting of Hill House
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IT HAPPENED BEFORE THE 1970s….
Here goes. One each from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s! FREAKS (1932) Infamous at the time of its release for using real sideshow “freaks” as its cast, this film, which runs little over an hour, isn’t really a “horror” … Continue reading
It came from the 1970s…but what the hell is it?
You gotta love some of the crap they dig up to fill those cheap multi-movie boxed sets. Here’s my take on five 1970s horror films that I inadvertently added to my collection because I bought boxed sets that included one … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature feature, demons, Devil’s Nightmare, ghosts, Good Against Evil, Moon of the Wolf, possession, Snowbeast, supernatural, The Bat People, werewolf
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Three Asian horror films that haven’t gotten the American makeover
Forget The Ring, The Grudge, Pulse, Shutter, The Eye, Dark Water…Jeez. We’ve remade so many Asian horror films here in the U.S. But not these three films! GUROZUKA (2005) Imagine if a scary tape turned you into a masked … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, Gurozuka, Infection, Reincarnation, Rinne, slashers, supernatural
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Doing a horror threesome with Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele was pretty much the female Vincent Price of the 1960s. She was a serial scream queen! So here’s a quick look at three of her flicks from the mid-60s. CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964) Castle of Blood is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Castle of Blood, Edgar Allan Poe, ghosts, Nightmare Castle, possession, supernatural, The She-Beast, witches
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This is some serious horror!
There’s nothing like cheesy fun scares, thrills and gore, but once in a while you (meaning, not me) want something a little more serious. No zombies. No masked killers. No drooling monsters. So here’s a quick rundown of four flicks … Continue reading
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Tagged Acolytes, Deadline, ghosts, Pathology, supernatural, torture porn, Vile
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Trash time! Which ones are worth a watch?
Killer nun. Killer kids. Video game turned CGI movie. Ghosts in an apartment. Religious possession. Mothman in a mirror. And… a killer vase on a plane? I’ve assembled my own little version of one of those 8-pack DVDs you can … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Airborne, Alone in the Dark, Apartment 143, creature feature, Deliver Us From Evil, Emergo, Evidence, found footage, ghosts, Mothman, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Children, The Nun, video games
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A double feature of different (in a good way)
Despite being pretty unwavering in which subgenres of horror I most prefer to consume, once in a while, a film that doesn’t fit the usual “Dan movie” criteria (or as my friends call them, BDMs—bad Dan movie), catches me off … Continue reading