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The holidays at the Amityville House?
Not exactly. I check out two short indies that cash-in on both the Amityville name and the holiday horror trend. Between these two and Amityville Cop, which takes place on New Year’s Eve, Amityville titles are popping up all over … 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 Amityville Christmas Vacation, Amityville Thanksgiving, ghosts, horror comedies, occult, supernatural
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PRIME TIME: werewolves, a shadowman, and a humorous anthology
I was satisfied with two out of three with this selection from my Prime watchlist, so let’s find out which ones. WEREWOLF CASTLE (2021) I’m always there when director Charlie Steeds makes a new horror flick, and considering I purchased … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Comedy of Horrors Volume 1, Awaken the Shadowman, horror anthologies, occult, supernatural, Werewolf Castle, werewolves
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SHUDDER AND SHRIEK: wiping out the watchlist
It’s the final purge for now, with the last three films I had in my Shudder watchlist at the moment, so let’s get right into them. NIGHT’S END (2022) Night’s End is one of those films with a story told … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, ghosts, Moloch, Night's End, occult, On the 3rd Day, supernatural, vampires
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Holiday horrors for 2022: three for Halloween and one for Christmas
I continue to add to the complete holiday horror page with four more holiday themed horror flicks for the 2022 season. YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER (2021) This Irish film creates a compelling, haunting slow burn while managing to combine … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged body horror, demons, folk horror, Hellblazers, horror comedies, occult, satanism, The Day After Halloween, torture porn, Unboxed, vampires, You Are Not My Mother
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Time for another Amityville marathon…sort of…
The bogus Amityville movies are being pumped out fast these days, and I found four of them on Tubi, so naturally I had to subject myself to the torture. AMITYVILLE IN THE HOOD (2021) I’m hoping perhaps indie director Dustin … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Amityville Cop, Amityville Cult, Amityville in the Hood, An Amityville Poltergeist, demons, ghosts, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, supernatural
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The hunt for Halloween horror for 2022 begins
I’m already on a mad hunt for Halloween horror flicks I hadn’t yet seen to add to the complete Halloween horror page, because sometimes they’re really hard to track down. For instance, with this trio I had to buy two … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Death On Demand, found footage, In Search of Lovecraft, occult, slashers, supernatural, The Fanglys, witches
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Witch possession, an evil neighbor, and a Halloween haunt slasher
This trio of low budget indies in varying subgenres covers a lot of familiar territory, but does that outweigh the fun to be had? REAWAKENED (2020) This hokey little witch/possession/teen slasher feels like a cheap film you might see on … Continue reading
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Tagged Day 13, Hurt, occult, possession, Reawakened, satanism, slashers, supernatural, witches
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PRIME TIME: severing those family ties
It’s an evil embryo, a sinister sister, and a freaky family in my latest triple feature. BLOOD BORN (2021) This is an entertaining little film, but it really feels like it would have worked better as a 30-minute short in … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Blood Born, demons, Honeydew, occult, possession, The Last Exorcist
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It came to Blu-ray in 2022, and I bought it
It’s the three latest new releases I’ve added to my collection—a sequel forty years in the making, a new one from Ti West, and the Foo Fighters horror comedy. DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW 2 (2022) The writer of the … Continue reading
Posted in 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 Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2, demons, horror comedies, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, Studio 666, X
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PRIME TIME: dabbling in the occult and bringing out the beasts
Despite being very different in plot and tone, these three films kind of worked together due to some common threads. They made for an absolutely unintentional, logical weekend triple feature–I was merely knocking off the next three flicks on my … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Flesh, occult, The Believer, The Manor, witchcraft
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