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Tag Archives: horror anthologies
STREAM QUEEN double feature: the ghosts of Halloween
Halloween is a few months behind us, and yet two Halloween films snuck their way onto Prime. So is it worth putting these on your list of flicks to watch 10 months from now? DYSMORPHIA (2014) This is an odd … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: slashers, zombies, and an experiment in torture
For a change, I managed to do a long weekend of streaming that didn’t include the worst of the worst horror that streaming services have to offer. Okay, I have to admit—there was a sixth film that was supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Date of the Dead, Extremity, gay horror, horror anthologies, infected, living dead, slashers, The End, The Hive, The Row, undead, Zombies
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Amicus anthologies in the 1970s
I’ve already blogged about 1960s anthologies Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors and Torture Garden from British film production company Amicus. The horror brand continued its streak of anthology films into the seventies, but for every time they did one right, … Continue reading
This year’s Christmas horror roundup continues
My early Christmas horror shopping started here, and only a few strays that I know of still remain to be seen after this batch I’m about to unwrap and add to my holiday horror page. But which ones are like … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Creatures Were Stirring, Christmas Blood, gay horror, horror anthologies, horror comedies, Pooka, Secret Santa, slashers, Slay Belles
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Horror anthologies then and now
Digging through my DVD collection and Amazon Prime, I made it a quadruple feature of anthology films. That adds up to a whole lot of tales, so there’s a good chance I’m going to find something to get under my … Continue reading
For the love of horror anthologies throughout the 80s
Here it is—a blog covering the six final 80s era anthologies in my movie collection that I haven’t yet covered. It’s mostly the biggies, so I’m going to call out my favorite stories from each anthology. CREEPSHOW (1982) The classic … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Cat’s Eye, Creepshow, Creepshow 2, horror anthologies, Tales from the Darkside, The Willies, Twilight Zone: The Movie
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STREAM QUEEN: 6 more degrees of Bill Oberst Jr.
After my first marathon, it’s time for another round of six flix featuring an appearance by Bill Oberst Jr., one of my favorite indie horror actors. DEADLY REVISIONS (2013) This is one of those films that as a whole wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayla, backwoods horror, Deadly Revisions, Dismal, gay horror, horror anthologies, living dead, slashers. Children of Sorrow, supernatural, The Chair, torture porn, undead, Zombies, Zombieworld
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Two 90s anthologies that needed more than two stories each
3 master horror writers, 3 major horror directors, yet both of these movies draw out forgettable tales that would have worked better had they been shorter…which would have allowed each movie to squeeze in a third story! TWO EVIL EYES … Continue reading
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Tagged horror anthologies, Quicksilver Highway, Two Evil Eyes
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