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Tag Archives: slashers
The time Pinky Tuscadero was in a 1980 slasher? Happy Days indeed.
Why even bother writing any further? The headline says it all. That’s all that matters. It’s all you need to know about the 1980 film New Year’s Evil. Pinky plays the host of a televised punk and new wave New … Continue reading
The time Jamie Lee Curtis took her scream queening on the road…
Everyone knows Halloween, Halloween II, Prom Night, Terror Train, and The Fog. But one “horror” film from Jamie Lee Curtis’s original scream queen years tends to fall under the radar, mostly because JLC only appears in it for about 20 … Continue reading
Getting gory: ripping into the Ripper franchise…
Amongst the endless direct-to-DVD movies that were released after the slasher resurgence begun by Scream in 1996 (that fricking movie is almost 20 years old!), there was 2001’s Ripper: Letter from Hell. I have to say, despite having a worrisome … Continue reading
My Return to Return to Horror High is giving me 6 degrees of flashbacks
The thing I remembered most about the 1987 slasher Return to Horror High from when I originally saw it in the 80s was that Marsha Brady played a cop. That sentence pretty much sums up why it needs to be … Continue reading
Out of the 80s slasher vaults crawls Mortuary!
Because of a nostalgia for my 80s movies that will never die, I have been waiting for over a decade for the “1983” film Mortuary to be released on DVD so I could see it again. I’ve put the year … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 1983, 80s, Bill Paxton, Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Mary Beth McDonough, Mortuary, slashers, The Waltons
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On the prowl for a forgotten 80s slasher?
1981’s The Prowler is almost a perfect lost slasher. It has a distinctly “My Bloody Valentine” vibe to it. It has a lead chick with a distinctly Amy Steel vibe to her—she even hides under a bed and has a … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, slashers, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, The Prowler
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The anti-Silent Night, Deadly Night
Like a child on Christmas morning, I couldn’t wait. I did not heed the title’s warning, but instead opened Don’t Open Till Christmas in March. This 1984 British Christmas horror film was released on DVD a few months back, just … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Caroline Munro, Don't Open Till Christmas, slashers, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
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For the love of backwoods horror and deformed killers…
Here are 2 backwoods horror flix that are pretty derivative. So naturally, I’m a fan of both. THE COTTAGE In the tradition of movies like From Dusk Till Dawn, Dead Birds, and Malevolence, the premise of 2008’s The Cottage is … Continue reading
Do people really believe any of the Prom Night sequels are better than the first?
There’s no point in discussing the original Prom Night. It is a classic of not only the slasher genre, but of the Jamie Lee Curtis scream queen era—although it seems to get a shitload of hate thanks to a world … Continue reading
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Tagged Brock Simpson, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Jamie Lee Curtis, Prom Night, Prom Night 2, Prom Night 3, Prom Night 4, Prom Night III: The Last Kiss, Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil, slashers
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Wrong Turn takes a wrong turn somewhere around the middle of part 3
The original Wrong Turn is one of my favorite horror flicks of the Y2K decade. It’s got Eliza Dushku. It’s got that hot guy as her love interest. It’s got deformed backwoods freaks, suspense, gore. That’s all I really need … Continue reading