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A queer double feature!
It’s slasher and infected chaos with gay and trans characters as I take a look at two indie flicks by queer filmmakers. INHERITANCE (2021) Michael Kenneth Fahr, director/writer/star of the gay film Victimized, is back with a second film, and … 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, infected, Inheritance, slashers, T Blockers, trans horror
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Ghosts, masked killers, aliens, and infected
My latest triple feature was a buffet of subgenres, and while there was nothing outstanding here, there was some fun to be had with each one. LAST NIGHT AT TERRACE LANES (2024) Running only 75 minutes long, this quirky film … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, For Sale, ghosts, home invasion, infected, Last Night at Terrace Lanes, Sentinel, slashers, supernatural
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Things that spread like a plague
Parasites, spores, mold…it all leads to infected freaks in my latest movie marathon, which includes one flick with a gay main character. DARK PARASITE (2023) There are absolutely no new ideas in this film, and it fluffs its runtime with … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Dark Parasite, infected, Mold, The Spore, Zombies
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TUBI TERRORS: zombies, ghosts, and an exorcism
I watched this assortment of indie horror flicks so you don’t have to…unless you like what you hear. SHIFTED (2022) I did not know what to expect going into this film that at first felt like it was going to … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, exorcism, gay horror, ghosts, infected, living dead, possession, Shifted, supernatural, The Demons Within, The Headmistress, undead, Zombies
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HULU HORRORS: hosts, immigrants, and ghosts
Each of these three had satisfying horror moments, but none of them fully wowed me. Let’s take a look. APPENDAGE (2023) If you’re looking for a more serious version of Bad Milo, this might fit the bill. Whereas Bad Milo … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged American Carnage, Appendage, body horror, creature feature, ghosts, Haunting of the Queen Mary, infected, supernatural
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TUBI TERRORS: water zombies, a backwoods cult, and a supernatural slasher
My longest watchlist these days is on Tubi, which has a vast selection of the kind of indie horror I love to wade through. That doesn’t mean I actually love every movie, so let’s find out if my latest marathon … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Escape to the Cove, gay horror, infected, occult, satanism, slashers, The Wraith Within, Those Who Call, Zombies
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TUBI TERRORS: a trio of Tubi originals
It’s a zombie snoozefest, a shark winner, and a killer tow truck driver that takes too many wrong turns to reach his destination. SHARK BAIT (2022) After just complaining in a recent post about another typical shark movie with an … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Dead Zone, infected, Shark Bait, sharks, slashers, Tow, Zombies
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A different kind of demon, a pandemic gone wild, and a bloodthirsty vigilante
It’s a trio of flicks featuring less-than-human terrors, with a demon, the infected, and an anti-hero. DEMONIC (2021) The director of District 9 goes a completely different route and gives us a possession movie that plays out like a horror … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Demonic, demons, infected, possession, She Never Died, The Sadness
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Digging into my Stephen King movie collection part 2
Sometimes I come back for another installment of post-80s Stephen King movie adaptations. And this trio has some high profile male actors. SECRET WINDOW (2004) Secret Window is based on a novella from Four Past Midnight and almost feels like … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1408, Cell, ghosts, infected, Secret Window, Stephen King, supernatural, Zombies
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The 90s: when most horror was direct-to-video
I once again struggled my way through a bunch of 90s crap I’d never seen, and I actually found a couple that had their charms—one of which was a total winner for me. THE INHERITOR (1990) There’s a good idea … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Ebola Syndrome, ghosts, horror anthologies, infected, Necromonicon: Book of the Dead, slashers, Steel and Lace, supernatural, The Inheritor, witches
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