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Tag Archives: slashers
DIRECT TO STREAMING: circling back around to some favorite indie directors
Every once in a while I discover a movie in my watchlists is from an indie director whose films I’ve covered in the past. Turns out there were four movies this time from three different directors. TOOTH FAIRY: THE LAST … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, Doctor Carver, slashers, Spider in the Attic, The Jack In The Box Awakening, Tooth Fairy The Last Extraction
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PRIME TIME: evil ladies
Beware the wicked women in this triple feature—The Widow, Medusa, and Lilith! THE WIDOW (2020) This Russian film dubbed in English on Prime sort of follows the basic premise of The Blair Witch Project, but it isn’t found footage. Interviews … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged horror anthologies, Lilith, Medusa, slashers, The Widow, witches
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PRIME TIME: slashing in different styles
My latest marathon on Prime was definitely an interesting selection, so let’s get right into them. BURIAL GROUND MASSACRE (2021) If you were around in 1996, you’ll remember there were loads of cheap, copycat slashers released in the wake of … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Burial Ground Massacre, Evil Everywhere, Psychopaths, slashers, supernatural
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PRIME TIME: I really blew it when I added these three to my watchlist
Slashers, witches, Satanism, ghosts…I really thought there would be something to like here. But this triple feature was a disappointment. SATAN’S SERVANT (2021) This film is touted as being made by high school students, so if you’re going into it, … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Deadly Legend, ghosts, Satan's Servant, satanism, slashers, supernatural, The Demented, witches
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It came to Blu-ray in 2022, and I bought it
It’s the three latest new releases I’ve added to my collection—a sequel forty years in the making, a new one from Ti West, and the Foo Fighters horror comedy. DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW 2 (2022) The writer of the … 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 Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2, demons, horror comedies, occult, possession, satanism, slashers, Studio 666, X
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PRIME TIME: home invasion horror and a Lovecraft creature
Yay! It was a triple feature marathon of movies from my Prime list, and I had a good time with all three of them…and one even features a gay couple. BABYSITTER MUST DIE (2020) The deceiving cover and title make … 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 Babysitter Must Die, creature features, gay horror, home invasion, Knifecorp, slashers, The Deep Ones
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Time for some pseudo found footage flicks
It’s a triple feature with filmed footage, but the intent is to take different approaches to how and why the characters are filming the footage. Let’s see how that worked out for these horror flicks. CURSE OF AURORE (2020) If … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Curse of Aurore, found footage, home invasion, occult, possession, slashers, Superhost, supernatural, Untitled Horror Movie
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PRIME TIME: the men behind the makeup
It’s a foursome of slashers I checked out on Prime, and it features crazed killers masked with makeup. Let’s get into them. CLOWN MOTEL VACANCIES (2020) I’m a fan of indie director Jason Mills. I own a couple his movies … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicken's Blood, Clown Motel Vacancies, Daddy: Clown Motel Vacancies 2, slashers, The Ringmaster
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1970s horror: killer animals, a Mardi Gras murderer, and another nod to Ed Gein
I recently added this mish-mosh of bad movies from the 1970s to my collection, so let’s just get this over with. THREE ON A MEATHOOK (1972) Such a great nasty name for a totally disappointing film inspired by the Ed … Continue reading
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Tagged Day of the Animals, Mardi Gras Massacre, slashers, Three on a Meathook
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It came from the early 80s and I just bought it on Blu-ray
Bette Davis leads the charge as we enter the eighties with this trio of films I’ve finally added to my collection. Let’s have a look. THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (1980) The most frightening scenes of this Disney supernatural film … 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, Deadly Games, occult, Revenge of the Dead, slashers, The Watcher in the Woods, witchcraft, Zeder
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