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Direct to DVD: the horror of Eric England
While watching a short Halloween-themed horror film on YouTube, I discovered that the director, Eric England, was also responsible for the film Contracted, which was already in my pile of films to watch. Time for another segment of Direct to … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, body horror, Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear, Contracted, gay horror, horror anthologies, infected, Madison County, slashers, The Trick or Treater, Zombies
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Junkyard slasher, warehouse zombies, or storage facility alien
What’s your pleasures? Psycho killer, zombies, or alien? I’ve got one of each! WRECKAGE (2010) After their car breaks down, two couples walk to a junkyard to find the right part to fix it. One couple just got engaged (and … Continue reading
Strong horror women try to hold together movies that fall apart
If you love your scream queens, Antisocial and Shuttle might get your horror hormones raging. While two totally different subgenres, they both feature leading ladies as the central force taking on the threatening force. But can these tough chicks save … Continue reading
Should old acquaintance be forgot…because they’re dead!
Midnight is the witching hour, so it seems only right that horror happenings take place on New Year’s Eve! Ghostkeeper, Sickness House, and Steel Trap all take place on the big night. So which one deserves a toast of good … Continue reading
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Tagged Ghost Keeper, infected, Sickness House, slashers, Steel Trap
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Would you stand by your man if he went all Mutants on you?
The English title for this French film is Mutants, but the bottom line is, these hideous being are zombies or infected or whatever you want to call people turning into gnarly flesh eaters. We don’t get any explanation for the … Continue reading
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Tagged infected, Mutants, Zombies
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Exit 101 and Trick Or Treats: Halloween on a budget!
Despite their flaws—no, actually because of their flaws—unpolished, uneven horror flicks are a reminder that there are filmmakers who do it for the love of the genre, at any cost. Well…at no cost, actually. So let’s get into low-budget Halloween … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Exit 101: Halloween Party Massacre, infected, slashers, Trick or Treats, Zombies
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Nothing like adding another derivative zombie film to the collection
While Resident Evil and 28 Days Later are the first films that will most likely come to mind when you first watch Devil’s Playground, you’ll be happy to know that all the zombie/infected traditions are firmly in place. The film … Continue reading
Quarantined with sequalitis: terror goes off on different tangents…
I definitely have plenty of favorite horror movies that terrified me over the decades. At this point, I never actually expected there would be another movie to really push my nerves over the edge as they did when I was … Continue reading
When Pulse gets a dose of The Crazies
No, these are NOT zombies. In fact, The Crazies were more like zombies than these crazies. The crazies in 2007’s The Signal are really just your normal everyday nut jobs. There’s no cannibalism here, just mere raw violence and brutality. … Continue reading
The small zombie film with a big bite
Nope, it’s not a German remake of a Sylvester Stallone movie. Rammbock is actually a short and effective zombie film. And by short, I mean, like, an hour long. This film doesn’t have time to be tongue-in-cheek, self-referential, or comedic. … Continue reading