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Tag Archives: Maniac
Creatures and killers from 1954 to 1970
Back to the decades when horror and films in general transitioned from black and white to color as I take on eight movies that I’ve recently added to my collection. GORILLA AT LARGE (1954) At long last I’ve found the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Die! Die! My Darling!, Gorilla at Large, Maniac, Never Take Candy From a Stranger, slashers, Stop Me Before I Kill!, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, These Are the Damned, Trog
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Back to the 1930s, the 1950s, and the 1960s
Holy crap. The next four oldies I’m covering from my multipack DVD sets go back as far as 1934…which is less than two decades away from being 100 years old! So which were my favorites from this batch? Here’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anatomy of Psycho, ghosts, Maniac, supernatural, The Screaming Skull, Tormented
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No One Lives when there’s a Maniac on the loose
It’s rare for a “unique” take on the slasher formula to win me over. What can I say? I like familiarity. But 2012 produced two films that really did it for me! NO ONE LIVES No One Lives is similar … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Derek Maygar, Elijah Wood, Lee Tergesen, Luke Evans, Maniac, No One Lives, slashers
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To think that one of my all-time favorite 80s songs was meant for this movie…
Really funny thing about the horror film Maniac. Just around the time the VHS format was winning the format war (bye bye beta), the movie Flashdance was rushed onto video in the fall of 1983 to cash in on its … Continue reading