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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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STREAM QUEEN: 6 flix that have their moments
Nothing in this marathon of movies gave me the urge to own what I was watching, but there’s definitely some good horror fun to be had in each film (some more than others). Here’s the rundown… DARK, DEADLY & DREADFUL … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Creek, creature features, Dark Deadly & Dreadful, demons, home invasion, horror anthologies, Keep Watching, Ouija 3: The Charlie Charlie Challenge, slasher, Souleater, Voodoo Possession, Zombies
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Getting inside these twins and realizing they’re fraternal, not identical
Almost a decade ago, the brutal French home invasion film Inside blew away horror fans (hard to believe the directors went on to make the lame Texas Chainsaw prequel Leatherface). An American remake was released for reasons unknown, especially considering … Continue reading
A bloodsucking teen and a home invader to mess with your mind
It’s not every day that I sit through slow-burning, cerebral horror and find myself totally drawn in and exceptionally freaked out, but this double feature really got under my skin. And thinking about it now, there are some curious parallels … Continue reading
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Tagged home invasion, The Transfiguration, Two Pigeons, vampires
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STREAM QUEEN: Not your older brother’s home invasion horror…
Conveniently, I went into these two films not knowing what to expect from either, and came out the other side discovering they both shared a basic “home invasion” premise that takes a surprising turn before the closing credits role. STATIC … Continue reading
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Tagged home invasion, House of the Witch Doctor, Static, supernatural
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Alien Raiders and Alien Psychosis – not your usual “alien” movies
Who says you need aliens, UFOs, laser guns, and anal probing in a movie with the word “alien” in the title? Although the anal probing is what keeps me coming back for more. The lack of big bug-eyed guys dancing … Continue reading
Three flicks with more than just a body count to offer
It’s so refreshing when the endless risks I take selecting movies to watch based on poster art and 2-sentence descriptions totally pay off quite nicely. Even better when it happens three times in a week! So here’s what I got … Continue reading
All kinds of slashing and sacrificing from Wild Eye Releasing
Seeing the Wild Eye logo flash across the screen before a movie in the 21st century is sort of like seeing the New Line Cinema logo before a film back in the 1980s. You know you’re with family; you don’t … Continue reading
A horror Thanksgiving main course, a side of Christmas, and a dash of gay
Amazon Prime comes through just in time to carve the turkey with some new Thanksgiving horror, and throws in a Christmas short as an added bonus. So I take a look at Buzzard Hollow Beef and A Christmas to Dismember, two … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas to Dismember, backwoods horror, Buzzard Hollow Beef, gay horror, home invasion, slashers
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SCARE WARS: backwoods hell, backwoods hole, and Halloween hide and seek
Here’s a brief look at the latest trio of films I crossed off my “to see” list. Do we even have a winner this time? HALLOWS EVE (2016) Another film titled Hallows Eve. While it tries its best to toss … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Digging Up the Marrow, found footage, Hallows’ Eve, Hillbilly Bloodbath, home invasion, Red River, slashers, torture porn
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