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Tag Archives: slashers
Beef and Shanked: how about a little blood with your boys?
This is my first excursion into the more morbid, exploitative, homoerotic output from Scream Kings. While releasing fairly traditional horror films like Frat House Massacre and Camp Slaughter, Scream Kings also produces dark films that feature lots of shirtless hotties…who … Continue reading
HOLLA for black horror!
If there’s anything as rare as a gay horror film, it’s an urban horror film. Blacula. Tales from the Hood. Bones. Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror. Killjoy. Black Devil Doll. And 2006’s HOLLA. Not expecting much from yet another low-budget … Continue reading
When mainstream horror gets you down, video nasty Sculpture can get you back up
If you’re a fan of sick and sexy schlock with a dose of dark humor–and you also love men–then Sculpture will definitely satisfy. It takes me back to the days of direct-to-VHS low-budget horror that was gratuitously gross yet bizarrely … Continue reading
Shrooms is kind of trippy but wears off fast
I finally got the “unseen edition” of Shrooms on Blu-ray…which has something like 1 minute more of footage. Whatever. Here goes. What could possibly go wrong when a bunch of kids heads into the Ireland wilderness in search of drugs, … Continue reading
If you could only watch one Halloween Night movie on Halloween Night
That’s right. TWO slashers called Halloween Night. Sort of. October 31st is really the best date on which to set a slasher movie, but it’s rarely done right. So how did these two films handle it? HALLOWEEN NIGHT (2006) Halloween … Continue reading
Fraternity Massacre at Hell Island: A little gay slashing without tons of flashing
Gay horror can’t win. If it’s done seriously, it gets slammed for not being campy. If it totally goes for goofy camp (like Fraternity Massacre at Hell Island does), it gets bashed for being one big bad joke. If it’s … Continue reading
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When the SOLE SURVIVOR knows SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME…
What does a 1983 movie about escaping death have in common with a 1978 film about a woman being watched and prank called? They’re both covered in this blog post. Sole Survivor (1983) 1983 film Sole Survivor looks and feels … Continue reading
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Time for a 90s horror sleepfest!
Okay, so I’m not a big fan of 90s horror movies. But that’s not the reason I’m calling this a “sleepfest.” It’s a sleepfest because I’m covering 2 movies from the 90s with the word SLEEP in them! SLEEPSTALKER (1995) … Continue reading
Two 80s slashers that SLAUGHTER the genre…
They’re from the 80s. They’re slashers. They both have the word “slaughter” in the title and sit side by side on my horror shelf. So that’s why I’m taking on Slaughter High and Slaughterhouse. SLAUGHTER HIGH (1986) Slaughter High gets … Continue reading
Camp Slaughter: this is how you capture the spirit of 80s slashers
I really cannot BELIEVE that I’ve seen this 2005 movie TRASHED by those who claim it completely fails in doing justice to the 80s slasher tradition. These people either didn’t grow up on 80s slashers, or don’t remember the 80s. … Continue reading