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Still scraping the bottom of the 80s barrel
Once again I return to the 80s with five films that have landed in my personal collection in recent months. So let’s see what goodness the worst of the 80s turned up this time. JULES VERNE’S MYSTERY ON MONSTER ISLAND … 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 Black Candles, creature features, Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, The Power, The Secret of the Mummy, The Seven Vampires, vampires
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Paul Naschy: the millennium revival
We come to the end of my Paul Naschy marathon by moving into the new millennium for his final decade of horror films before he passed away. In the mid-2000s, Paul tapped into the cheesy direct-to-DVD market with several movies … 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 A Werewolf in the Amazon, Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood, creature features, Empusa, gay horror, occult, Rottweiler, supernatural, The Valdemar Legacy, vampires, werewolves
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Horror hunk Paul Naschy in the 1970s
Having checked off all the films in Spanish horror hunk Paul Naschy’s werewolf franchise in a previous post, I now take on most of his horror flicks from the 1970s (there are just two that are not available on DVD … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Dragonfly for Each Corpse, Count Dracula's Great Love, Crimson, demons, Exorcismo, gay horror, infected, Inquisition, living dead, occult, Orgy of the Living Dead, Paul Naschy, possession, satanism, slashers, The Devil Incarnate, The Devil's Possessed, The Hunchback of the Morgue, The Mummy's Revenge, The People Who Own the Dark, vampires
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STREAM QUEEN: when modern horror and horror veterans collide
From cameos to starring roles, familiar horror faces made this foursome of films extra alluring for my latest marathon. Let’s see if they were all worth the watch. JAKOB’S WIFE (2021) The director of Girl On the Third Floor brings … 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 horror comedies, Jakob's Wife, Midnight Devils, occult, Spell, supernatural, Ten Minutes to Midnight, vampires
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13 horrors of Christopher Lee
Naturally I had to follow my Peter Cushing blog with a companion blog covering Christopher Lee films. And just like the Cushing blog, these are the last 13 films in my collection starring Lee that I hadn’t yet covered on … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Castle of the Living Dead, Challenge the Devil, Crypt of the Vampire, occult, satanism, Scream of Fear, slashers, The Bloody Judge, The Crimson Cult, The Devil Rides Out, The Keeper, The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The Virgin of Nuremberg, The Wicker Man, Theatre of Death, torture porn, witches
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It’s October: how about a whopping 13 movie Peter Cushing marathon?
This big ass blog takes on the remaining 13 movies I hadn’t yet posted about from my collection of Peter Cushing films. I’ve now covered virtually every horror movie he was in (!), with just a few stray titles still … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Corruption, creature features, Fear In the Night, horror comedies, I Monster, Incense for the Damned, Island of Terror, Legend of the Werewolf, Night of the Big Heat, occult, Peter Cushing, satanism, slashers, Tender Dracula, The Abominable Snowman, The Blood Beast Terror, The Devil's Men, The Ghoul, Twins of Evil, vampires, werewolves
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STREAM QUEEN: various levels of laughter in this foursome
If you like humor with your horror…you might not be totally satisfied with the majority of these four. Let’s get into them. SUPER HOT (2021) If you’re looking for an action-packed, fast-paced horror comedy with tons of blood, look elsewhere. … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged Cut and Chop, Dead Again, demons, gay horror, horror comedies, Lillith, living dead, occult, slashers, Super Hot, undead, vampires, zombedies, Zombies, zomcom
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The weirdest depths of 90s horror
My video store career started at the end of the 80s, and I spent most of the 90s working both there and at a bookstore part time to pay my way through college to eventually get my master’s degree (I … 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 aliens, Auntie Lee's Meat Pies, Funny Man, horror comedies, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, occult, satanism, slashers, The Borrower, The Day of the Beast, Uninvited
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Satanism and slashing in the 1960s and 1970s
I can never have enough of either in my horror collection, so here’s a look at four flicks I’ve recently added to my shelves that come from back in the day. CHAMBER OF HORRORS (1966) House of Wax is the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Chamber of Horrors, Killer’s Delight, occult, satanism, Satan’s Cheerleaders, slashers, The Brotherhood of Satan
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