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Tag Archives: horror comedies
Teenage Zombie vs. Teenage Demons!
They came at the end of the 80s VHS horror era. So which is better, I Was a Teenage Zombie or Ghoul School? I WAS A TEENAGE ZOMBIE (1987) This fantastic low-budget mess is a teen horror comedy that needed … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, Ghoul School, horror comedies, I Was a Teenage Zombie, zombedy, zomcom
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Music and the munchies….
Horror…music…comedy. Not quite. None of these three films about singing flesh and blood eaters manages to hit the mark on all three counts. CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL (1993) Before South Park became a hit, Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote this … Continue reading
Lumberjack Man – would you like some flesh flaps with those flapjacks?
I had no expectations going into Lumberjack Man, figuring it was going to be another awful slasher only worthy of the SyFy Channel. After catching it on cable, I’ve put it at the top of my “to buy” list. At … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, horror comedies, Lumberjack Man, slashers
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Stream Queen 9: a bunch of horror comedies
With this foursome, I got a little of everything: low budget to well-polished; zombies to the supernatural; good to bad. ZOMBIE WEREWOLVES ATTACK! (2009) It can only be uphill from here. The animated horror intro gave me high hopes … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Punch, Buck Wild, Dean Koontz, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, Odd Thomas, supernatural, zombedy, Zombie Werewolves Attack!, zomcom
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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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Tagged gay horror, horror anthologies, horror comedies, In the Dark, slashers, supernatural, The Horror Network
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Kids vs. Monsters: A double comedy creature feature
The late 80s/90s was a great time for “light horror comedies” and “spooky family fun films.” Very often, the plots revolved around someone discovering a family member or romantic partner was some sort of vampire, zombie, werewolf, or other creature … Continue reading
Stream Queen: four zombedies—which one is the best?
Sure, zomcoms have been done to death…but they just keep coming back. And I’ll watch them all, no matter how low budget (thanks, streaming services!). So which one of these four is the best of this batch? HOW TO KILL … Continue reading
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Tagged Amigo Undead, Attack of the Herbals, gay horror, horror comedies, How to Kill a Zombie, living dead, Night of the Dead, undead, zombedy, zomcom
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Fear Town, USA is a fun town…and kinda Queer Town
Before his movie The Slashening (blog here), indie director Brandon Bassham brought the sex and slashing with horror comedy Fear Town, USA. I’m hooked on his brand of spoof slashers—raunchy, bloody, and loaded with jokes that work. Fear Town, USA’s … Continue reading
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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Tagged All Hallows’ Eve 2, Gravy, Hellions, Honeyspider, horror anthologies, horror comedies, occult, supernatural
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Bloody Knuckles – when Idle Hands go gay
Artsploitation Films is a movie company to keep an eye on. Not only do they make instant classics like Wither (my blog here), they also don’t shy away from blatant gay themes in horror films such as Der Samurai (my … Continue reading