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Three from the early teens
Thirsty pretty people, a crazy poor Asian, and Satan’s baby back again. Let’s get into these three. THIRST (2010) As a fan of Lacey Chabert and Mercedes McNab in horror flicks, I can safely say it’s okay for those who … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Dream Home, occult, Rosemary's Baby, satanism, slashers, Thirst
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Halloween and Christmas horror round-up…in February
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but somehow a bunch of October and December horror flicks gravitated my way—finally, months after I needed them to. Therefore, it’s time for a belated seasonal celebration of flicks to add to the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Another Evil Night, dolls, For the Sake of Vicious, found footage, Hell on the Shelf, occult, Red Snow, satanism, Sheitan, slashers, The Trick or Treaters, vampires
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Crazy for the 80s
My latest selection of six flix to cover includes five I scored on Blu-ray, and a final one that could definitely use an official release on disc—and they’re all lesser-known movies you may have stumbled upon on HBO or on … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, 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 1980s, 80s, Big Man on Campus, creature features, Curfew, gay horror, Girlfriend from Hell, Graverobbers, home invasion, horror comedies, occult, Scream for Help, The Kindred, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: underground dwellers, a classic monster match, and a killer cult
My latest streaming marathon of indies was quite entertaining, so let’s get right into them. IT CAME FROM BELOW (2021) Just check this one out if you need a creature feature fix and are a fan of The Descent. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Baphomet, creature features, Frankenstein vs. The Mummy, It Came from Below, occult, satanism
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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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