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Tag Archives: home invasion
BEWARE boys, bears, and all you other beasts. They’re coming to get you!
It’s a trio of queer themed flicks in different horror subgenres, including a glory hole killer, a gay ghost, and lesbian-hating home invaders, giving me a few more titles to add to the complete homo horror movies page. Let’s see … Continue reading
2025 HALLOWEEN HORROR ROUND-UP
I was beginning to think I wouldn’t have many Halloween horror flicks to add to the complete holiday horror page this year, but I scoured my streaming services for a handful of new ones I hadn’t yet seen, plus I … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 10/31 Part 4, Coffintooth, creature features, Helloween, home invasion, horror anthologies, Night of the Reaper, Pumpkinhead, slashers, The Kick Back, VHS Halloween, WNUF Halloween Special
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Mothers and others
This trio of films about mothers and monsters offers a variety of familiar subgenres, including evil children, backwoods slashing, and possession. But do they also deliver on scares? THE OTHER (2025) The director of the gay slasher classic Hellbent takes … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, exorcisms, home invasion, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Beast Inside, The Other, Womb
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From kids’ characters to holiday horror
The bodies pile up with Popeye, Goldilocks, and two movies for the holiday horror page. Let’s take a look. SHIVER ME TIMBERS (2025) I’ve already covered Popeye’s Revenge, so I was so ready for another spinach-fueled slasher. Actually, this evil … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Gnome Sick, Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge, home invasion, horror comedies, Shiver Me Timbers, slashers, Wicked Season
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A monster and murderers
I actually had a good time with two out of these four flicks. Let’s find out which ones. GET OFF MY LAWN (2025) You really need to go into this one knowing that it’s intended as a campy, dark comedy … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 31 Kills of Halloween, creature features, found footage, gay horror, Get Off My Lawn, home invasion, horror comedies, Monster On a Plane, My First Horror Film, slashers
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HYBRID HORROR: a home invasion, ghosts, a witch, possession, and trans representation
It’s a trio of indie flicks with various subgenres within subgenres. Does that make them more intriguing or just create chaos? Let’s find out. THE WRAITH (2025) This one begins with a woman getting burned as a witch and vowing … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Crystal Lake, Ghost Game, ghosts, home invasion, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Wraith, trans horror, witches
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Low-tech scares…going back to basics by dabbling in the occult
Cults, the occult, and a witch? Sign me up! But…did I get what I signed up for with this trio of selections from Tubi that rely on simple incantations, rituals, and sacrifices? Let’s find out. EVERWINTER NIGHT (2023) With a … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Everwinter Night, folk horror, home invasion, occult, revenge horror, The Book of the Witch, The Burned Over District, witches
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TUBI TERRORS: more masked killer horror
This was a mostly disappointing triple feature of masked killer movies for me, so let’s find out why. THE SCOUT (2021) When you feel the need to pack your IMDb movie page with reviews from friends saying things like, “so … Continue reading
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Tagged home invasion, Payment Received, slashers, The Scout, Weekend Deadaway
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A horror anthology, a supernatural slasher, and a home invasion flick
I take on three more I watched on Tubi that, despite being pretty basic and unoriginal, each delivered a few thrills…and one featured two gay leads! WORST LAID PLANS (2022) This 78-minute anthology is just 3 short films assembled together … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, home invasion, horror anthologies, Hunting for the Hag, slashers, Sorry Charlie, Worst Laid Plans
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TUBI TERRORS: masked killers!
It’s a trio of slashers flicks, and I had a major favorite. Let’s find out which one. BAD CONNECTION (2023) This is the kind of simple stalker/slasher fun I needed in my life right now. Bad Connection is a blast, … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Bad Connection, gay horror, Go Away, home invasion, Killer Influence, slashers
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