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Tag Archives: slashers
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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Satanism and slashing in the 1960s and 1970s
I can never have enough of either in my horror collection, so here’s a look at four flicks I’ve recently added to my shelves that come from back in the day. CHAMBER OF HORRORS (1966) House of Wax is the … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Chamber of Horrors, Killer’s Delight, occult, satanism, Satan’s Cheerleaders, slashers, The Brotherhood of Satan
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NEW ACQUISITIONS: from 88 through 07
My collection just keeps growing, and my Dan cave just seems to keep getting smaller as a result. But the good news is it gives me more movies to blog about, so let’s get into these four. THROUGH THE FIRE … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Closure, demons, occult, rape revenge, Skinned Deep, slashers, supernatural, The Sandman, Through the Fire
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Journeying through the 80s era…and stopping at a gay bar along the way
It’s a foursome of flicks I’ve just added to my collection from the best decade of my existence, and even includes some gay stuff, so let’s get into them. NIGHT OF DEATH (1980) It’s so odd to find movies still … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, cannibals, creature features, gay horror, Goodnight God Bless, home invasion, Lucifer, Night of Death, Siege, slashers, supernatural, The Bride
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Another round of slashers…sort of…
Each of the films in my latest marathon of movies has some slasher elements, but they don’t follow the most obvious formula. Let’s take a look. FEAR STREET PART 3: 1666 (2021) The trilogy comes to a close with the … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blood Pi, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, slashers, supernatural gay horror, The Dark Military, The Empty Man
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Masked killers, retro vibes, 2 kinds of camp, and a double dose of gays
I’m always up for a slasher fix, and this foursome delivered in a variety of ways, so let’s take a look. THE BONE GARDEN (2016) The Bone Garden is a novelty horror flick that goes for the meta vibes with … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, 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 Dreamcatcher, Fear Street Part 2: 1978, gay horror, horror comedies, Slashening: The Final Beginning, slashers, The Bone Garden
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Back to the 90s and 80s with Fear Street 1994 and Vicious Fun
It’s hack ‘n’ slash time with some retro vibes in these two throwbacks to the final decades of the last millennium. Sounds like fun…right? FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 (2021) This is one of those cases in which for everything … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, 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 1980s, 80s, Fear Street Part 1 1994, horror comedies, slashers, Vicious Fun
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