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If you didn’t catch them when they were released for Halloween 2015…

I’d highly recommend you check out these two horror anthologies and put them on your Halloween party playlist for 2016. In the Dark and The Horror Network are very different in tone, so you get a great variety of horror … Continue reading

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You’ve entered the 80s Twilight Zone (I wish!).

Why a Twilight Zone reboot? Anthology shows featuring stories of the unexpected and inexplicable were booming back in the 1980s: The Ray Bradbury Theater, Tales from the Crypt, Tales from the Darkside, Friday the 13th: The Series, Freddy’s Nightmares, Tales … Continue reading

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Bowie, boys, and a gay-themed episode of The Hunger

It wasn’t until I was putting together a tribute to David Bowie for Boys, Bears & Scares after his death that I learned he hosted a horror anthology TV show named after his 1983 vampire film. The Hunger aired for … Continue reading

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Are you prepared for what you’ll see in the Hole in the Wall?

Low-budget horror anthology Hole in the Wall is all about the “WTF am I watching?” effect. The wraparound doesn’t make much sense, and the stories aren’t really stories, but you will be bombarded by some fucked up shit. If the … Continue reading

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Trapped Ashes – when a horror anthology featuring big name directors gets ignored

While 2006 film Trapped Ashes is no Creepshow, it has a couple of standout stories and some familiar faces, including Ted from Showtime’s Queer as Folk, hottie Tahmoh Penikett of Dollhouse and Trick r’ Treat, horror icons John Saxon and … Continue reading

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Seasons Greetings – chopping more than trees for the holidays….

Concept Media (directors Shawn Burkett and Ryan Stacy) brings us Seasons Greetings, a short, 40-minute collection of holiday horror shorts—and anyone who has seen the anthology Watch This will recognize several of the characters and situations, as there’s crossover! My blog … Continue reading

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A portion of 1 out of 5 ain’t bad, I guess…

Barely a good one to satisfy my horror itch in this batch, which includes torture porn, a creature feature, found footage, aliens, and a horror anthology. ANARCHY PARLOR (2014) I honestly find this to be a pointless piece of torture … Continue reading

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It’s not just one Christmas horror story!

December 2015 gifted us with a good number of Christmas horror films, including several low-budget slashers and creature feature Krampus, which scored a theatrical release. But for those who fear the possibility of leaving their house and getting shot up … Continue reading

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Tales of Halloween Hell – holiday double feature time!

Every October, more and more filmmakers try to take advantage of the Halloween holiday and use it as the backdrop for their movie. And I eat them all up. Unfortunately, many of them have to be spit back out because … Continue reading

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All kinds of Halloween horror for 2015

A load of new horror films with Halloween in mind hit the market this year. I’ve already looked at Volumes of Blood here, so now I take a quick look at four more. Are they mood setters? HONEYSPIDER   One … Continue reading

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