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AFTER DARK ORIGINALS PART 1
Now that I’ve finished covering all the film festival titles I’d missed, I’m checking out the last of the After Dark Originals that I had yet to see, starting with Bedlam, Sanatorium, and Ritual. BEDLAM (2015) If watching helpless, mentally … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedlam, found footage, gay horror, ghosts, occult, Ritual, Sanatorium, supernatural, torture porn
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Four 90s disappointments to add to the never-ending pile…
This mess of movies from the 1990s makes me wonder how the hell the video store I worked in lasted through the decade. Oh…that’s right. People kept re-renting 80s horror movies… CTHULHU MANSION (1992) I had high hopes for this … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature feature, Cruel Jaws, Cthulhu Mansion, demons, ghosts, home invasion, Naked Fear, Night Terrors, occult, supernatural
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Amityville…the horrors continue
I’ve covered plenty of Amityville films before, both in a mega blog and in a look at the Amityville II remake. Now, it’s time for another mega blog about Amityville and bogus Amityville films, going all the way back to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amityville 1992 It's About Time, Amityville A New Generation, Amityville Clownhouse, Amityville Dollhouse, Amityville Harvest, Amityville Mt. Misery Road, Amityville the Evil Escapes, Amityville The Final Chapter, Amityville Witches, ghosts, occult, supernatural, The Amityville Curse
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5 from the 1960s
Aliens, zombies, vampires, occultists, witches, grave robbers, killer plants…all jam-packed into only five movies. Does that work to their advantage? Let’s find out. THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1964) What a delicious title, and the combination of sci-fi/horror concepts isn’t bad … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Devils of Darkness, Die Monster Die!, occult, The Earth Dies Screaming, The Undertaker and His Pals, vampires, witchcraft, witches, Zombies
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Five from the early 1970s
They came from the same time period as The Exorcist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but don’t expect them to live up to the two iconic films of the genre from that era. THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970) Based on a … Continue reading
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Tagged cannibals, Carnival of Blood, Chosen Survivors, creature features, House of the Living Dead, occult, slashers, supernatural, Terror at Red Wolf Inn, The Dunwich Horror
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For the love of 80s Euro trash horror
This was going to be a general blog about a handful of 1980s horror movies, until I realized all my selections are European films. So let’s get into them! REST IN PIECES (1987) This odd little Euro horror flick reminds … 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 1980s, 80s, Faceless, gay horror, Howl of the Devil, living dead, Oasis of the Zombies, occult, Rest in Pieces, slashers, undead, Zombies
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The titles scream Halloween, but will the movies make you scream on Halloween?
Just under the wire, I scrounged up three more Halloween themed horror movies to get me in the mood this October. Are they worthy of the season? Let’s find out. DARK OCTOBER (2020) I could tell from the trailer for … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark October, Mr. Halloween, occult, On Halloween, possession, slasher
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Christopher Lee double feature: for the love of Satan!
Christopher Lee, king of the Satanists! Here’s a quick look at two of his films from over 15 years apart with a similar theme. HORROR HOTEL (The City of the Dead) (1960) This is a delicious little tale of witchcraft … Continue reading
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Tagged Horror Hotel, occult, satanism, The City of the Dead
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Monsters of the past: screaming through the 1950s and 1960s
Time to delve into four films from the black and white horror era, and they’re loaded with freaks and monsters. DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1955) Even if he didn’t have the money to make an impression with some of his … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Day The World Ended, occult, The Blancheville Monster, The Mask, The She-Creature
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