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Tag Archives: slashers
The weirdest depths of 90s horror
My video store career started at the end of the 80s, and I spent most of the 90s working both there and at a bookstore part time to pay my way through college to eventually get my master’s degree (I … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, Auntie Lee's Meat Pies, Funny Man, horror comedies, I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle, occult, satanism, slashers, The Borrower, The Day of the Beast, Uninvited
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STREAM QUEEN: a foursome of Black horror flicks
There’s more modern Black horror out there than just Get Out, Us, and Candyman if you’re willing to go the indie route, and I dug up four flicks from my watchlists on Prime and Tubi, so let’s get into them. … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Call Time, Death Ranch, grindhouse horror, horror anthologies, Rhyme Slaya, slashers, The Black List Anthology
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Witches and supernatural killers
Catching up on the more mainstream selections cable and streaming have to offer lately, I got a double dose of witchery, and two supernatural freaks. Let’s take a look. THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER (2015) The director of the rather mesmerizing Gretel … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: it’s scarecrow season!
There is some typical scarecrow slashing to be had in this trio of films I checked out on Prime and Tubi, but each one definitely has its own unique aspects, including a taxidermy cult, Amityville, and a gay spin! C.O.R.N. … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Amityville Scarecrow, C.O.R.N., gay horror, Scarecrow County, Scarecrows, slashers
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Killer Christmas, killer plush toy, hockey zombies, and a mob ghost
It’s a variety of horror comedies in my latest movie marathon, and I actually had fun with three out of four, so let’s find out which ones. IT CUTS DEEP (2020) Featuring one of those mostly self-contained scenarios with limited … 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 Ahockalypse, Benny Loves You, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, It Cuts Deep, Polterheist, possession, slashers, supernatural, zombedies, zomcoms
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A harvest of fear and a path of evil
I’m always up for a turn-of-the-millennium, post-Scream indie slasher from the early 00s, so when I watched Harvest of Fear thanks to a 2-on-1 Blu-ray I purchased for the other movie, I immediately ordered the sequel The Path of Evil … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvest of Fear, slashers, The Path of Evil
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A found footage triple feature
For someone who isn’t even a huge fan of the subgenre, I somehow ended up watching three found footage films in a row, and each one is a subgenre within the subgenre, including possession horror, a comedy creature feature, and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, found footage, Hacksaw, possession, slashers, Stay, The Legend of Six Fingers, torture porn
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Double doses of the 1970s and the 1980s
I’m always filling in the gaps in my horror collection, especially any holes that show in the decades of my younger years. So here is a look at four I’ve recently added to my collection from the 70s and 80s. … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, creature features, Duel, Impulse, Mask of Murder, slashers, The Dark
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The rest of Robert Englund
At this point I’ve covered and own just about every horror movie in which icon Robert Englund starred, short of the Elm Street films (except part 2, which I took on recently). That list includes: Eaten Alive Dead & Buried … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Black Swarm, creature features, Dance Macabre, giallos, horror anthologies, Kantemir, Python, Sanitarium, Sinner, slashers, Strippers vs. Werewolves!, werewolves
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STREAM QUEEN: slashing, sucking, and summoning the supernatural for laughs
My latest streaming marathon consisted of four humorous horror flicks, so let’s see how that worked out for me. KILLER CONCEPT (2021) Killer Concept has an apropos title because it’s a clever idea, but it does get a little bogged … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged gay horror, ghosts, Hawk & Rev: Vampire Slayers, horror comedies, Killer Concept, Mandao of the Dead, Mandao Returns, slashers, supernatural, vampires
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