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Tag Archives: slashers
The Gingerdead Man needs a little Christmas spirit
In a last ditch effort to keep Christmas alive, I decided my next movie venture should be The Gingerdead Man trilogy. Needless to say, my biggest disappointment is that it doesn’t even revolve around the Christmas holiday! I know. Little … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged gay horror, Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust, slashers, The Gingerdead Man, The Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver
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Santa’s work is not yet done—so many boys and girls have been NAUGHTY!
After posting the 12 horrors of Christmas, I’ve decided to help us get over the post-holiday/winter blues by keeping the Christmas spirit alive (correction—dead) in a handful more holiday horror movies! You can also check out my full list of … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Cadaver Christmas, Saint Nick, Silent Night, Silent Night Deadly Night, slashers, Zombies
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The 12 Horrors of Christmas Part 4: the final two make it a Black Christmas
It’s amazing how director Bob Clark managed to release some of my favorite movies in a variety of genres: The Porky’s films in the teen sexploitation 80s genre; the early gay-friendly zombie film Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things; the … Continue reading
The 12 Horrors of Christmas Part 3: 5 crazy nights!
What can I say? I spent 5 nights watching a marathon of the Silent Night Deadly Night series while stringing popcorn for my tree. Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) The original Silent Night Deadly Night was so scandalous it was … Continue reading
The 12 horrors of Christmas Part 2: Jack Frost slippin’ up your hoes
To thoroughly confuse parents who thought they were going to be renting a cute family film starring Michael Keaton on VHS at the end of the 90s, a little campy slasher series was born, also called Jack Frost. Killer snowman … Continue reading
The 12 horrors of Christmas part 1: the one-off trilogy
It’s that time of year, and I’ve decided to get into the spirit by watching all the Christmas horror in my collection. There are plenty of sequels and remakes to come, but I begin with 3 completely non-related films. CHRISTMAS … Continue reading
School slashers—the foreign exchange edition
After Scream started the slasher resurgence at the end of the 90s, the second wave of copycats went international! And, as always, one of the easiest ways to make a formulaic slasher is to set it in a school…. SCHOOL’S … Continue reading
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Tagged School Killer, School’s Out, slashers
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More than enough reasons to avoid isolated roads in Texas…
I’m not even going to talk about the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre other than to say it took me years to get up the nerve to watch it, and it is a film that still disturbs me today. So … Continue reading
Slumber parties and naked chicks; the stuff that nightmares are made of…
What better way to get straight to the point (very straight) of the slasher formula than by throwing a bunch of scantily clad young chicks together in a house to get picked off one by one by a killer? SLUMBER … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Cheerleader Massacre, Hard to Die, slashers, Slumber Party Massacre, Slumber Party Massacre 2, Slumber Party Massacre 3, Slumber Party Massacre II, Slumber Party Massacre III, Sorority House Massacre, Sorority House Massacre 2, Sorority House Massacre 3, Spring Break Massacre
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Would you rather be slashed at Night School or a Killer Party?
Having worked in a video store in the late 80s, I’d thought I’d seen them all …until now. Night School First I watched 1981’s Night School starring Rachel Ward, who would later go on to star in a Phil Collins … Continue reading