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Tag Archives: slashers
Johnny Gruesome is the face of evil in the basement
I finally took a moment to watch some up and coming movies (they might be out by now for all I know), so the only common theme between these three is that they are recent releases. We have a torture … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, Face of Evil, horror comedies, infected, Johnny Gruesome, slashers, The Basement, torture porn, zombedy, Zombies, zomcom
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Ooh, baby, baby! It’s The Lullaby vs. The Nursery
They both have babies, they both have supernatural bitches after those babies. So which one did I like better? THE LULLABY (2017) The Lullaby is yet another carefully polished supernatural film (all the perfectly timed scares and ideally framed shots … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The Lullaby, The Nursery
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When a killer instinct leaves you with bones and dead birds
As I continue to dig through my collection for movies I haven’t blogged about yet, it’s time for three from the early 2000s about people trapped in a house or building. KILLER INSTINCT (2001) When a movie randomly begins with … Continue reading
More Vincent Price horror and beyond
I thought the only Vincent Price flick I still hadn’t blogged about was The Last Man on Earth, but my late brother’s collection strikes again! I inherited a handful more films to cover along with it. So here goes. SHOCK … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Diary of a Madman, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, ghosts, living dead, possession, Shock, slashers, supernatural, The Last Man On Earth, Tower of London, undead, vampires, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: 6 degrees of Bill Oberst Jr.
Taking a break from blogging about movies in my own collection, I perused my streaming watch lists and realized a bunch of the films included appearances by one of my indie faves, Bill Oberst Jr. Which means…BLOG THEME! These six … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Grim Becoming, A Haunting in Salem, creature feature, demons, Dis, ghosts, horror comedies, Hunting Grounds, possession, Scream at the Devil, slashers, supernatural, The Devil Within: Rise of Evil
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Remade in the 2000s: De Palma, Cohen, and Carpenter
They’re some of my faves—Sisters (1973), It’s Alive (1974), and The Fog (1980). In the new millennium they all got the remake treatment. So, were they treated well? You’ll need a working knowledge of the original films to get what … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, ghosts, It’s Alive, Sisters, slashers, supernatural, The Fog
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My Halloween horrorthon 2018 starts with American Fright Fest
It’s that time of year when I salivate in anticipation of Halloween-themed horror movies flooding the market, and American Fright Fest is the first to sneak onto Amazon Prime. Yes, it’s another haunted attraction horror flick, but this one offers … Continue reading
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Tagged American Fright Fest, slashers
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Slashing and spoofing and clowning around
This was originally just going to be a slasher spoof double feature about two films that came two decades apart, but I had to throw in one oddity that fell around the middle somewhere. STUDENT BODIES (1981) One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged Funland, gay horror, horror comedies, Psycho a Beach Party, slashers, Student Bodies
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1980s dolls vs. 1990s blood dolls!
Before Chucky, there was Dolls! And by the time Chucky found a wife, Full Moon had milked killer dolls to death, mostly with the Puppet Master movies, and then with its own rip-off film, Blood Dolls! Seems like Charles Band … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Dolls, dolls, slashers
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50s creatures and 60s killers
Just like the 1950s and 1960s were the dawning of the rock ‘n roll era, these two decades served as a launching pad for the modern horror age. So it’s always fun to look back at some of the influences … Continue reading
Posted in Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged aliens, creature features, Fiend Without a Face, Invaders from Mars, Peeping Tom, slashers, The Beach a Girls and the Monster
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