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Tag Archives: slashers
Cabin possession, a witch curse, and another killer Popeye
I love demonic possession, I love wicked witches, and I love sailor men, but I had a favorite in this trio of subgenre horrors. Let’s find out which one. SPIRIT SPRINGS (2025) This homage to Evil Dead takes almost an … Continue reading
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Tagged Popeye The Slayer Man, possession, slashers, Spirit Springs, Unholy Song, witches
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Three degrees of slashing
This is definitely an uneven selection of slashers I picked from my streaming watchlist, but are any of them worth a watch? Let’s find out. AMERICAN SCARECROW (2020) If only this film had recognized the opportunity embedded in its unintentional … Continue reading
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Tagged American Scarecrow, slashers, The Omicron Killer, Torture the Flesh
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Evil children, psycho seniors, and a deformed killer
It’s a trio of indie horror flicks, and each one had at least a little something to keep me entertained, but there was definitely a winner for me. MY FIRST YEAR OFF CAMPUS (2024) The IMDb description of this is … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Beware the Children, Camp Terror, gay horror, My First Year Off Campus, slashers
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Mothers and others
This trio of films about mothers and monsters offers a variety of familiar subgenres, including evil children, backwoods slashing, and possession. But do they also deliver on scares? THE OTHER (2025) The director of the gay slasher classic Hellbent takes … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, exorcisms, home invasion, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Beast Inside, The Other, Womb
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PRIME TIME: flesh and blood
For a change, I picked three from a streaming service that all delivered on the horror elements I crave, even if one of them had a more substantial plot and was going for an elevated story. Let’s get into them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumed, creature features, Mouseboat Massacre, slashers, Werewolf in a Women's Prison
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From kids’ characters to holiday horror
The bodies pile up with Popeye, Goldilocks, and two movies for the holiday horror page. Let’s take a look. SHIVER ME TIMBERS (2025) I’ve already covered Popeye’s Revenge, so I was so ready for another spinach-fueled slasher. Actually, this evil … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Gnome Sick, Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Death and Porridge, home invasion, horror comedies, Shiver Me Timbers, slashers, Wicked Season
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BOUGHT ON BLU AND DVD: from the 50s to the 90s
Time to cover six horror flicks I’ve added to my collection over the last few months, and they span decades. Let’s get into them. THE MOLE PEOPLE (1956) I love me some black and white sci-fi horror, but despite having … Continue reading
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Tagged creature features, Death Mask, Mom, slashers, The Freakmaker, The Mole People, Torso, Until Death
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Man meat and dead meat at a gay club
Queer horror fans are always waiting for the next major release that celebrates queer lives and queer fear, and this year it looks like Meat is the one to see…and to add to the complete homo horror movies page. The … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, Meat, slashers
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Alien zombies, a corpse killer, and a mermaid musical
It’s subgenre insanity time as I knock a trio of random flicks off my watchlists. Let’s get right into them. THE LURE (2015) This Polish film is a really dark and sleazy horror musical, landing it on the screamin’ and … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Arisen, creature features, Skinjacker, slashers, The Lure
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A trio of films with masked killers
The masks are cool, and there’s killing with sharp weapons, but only one of these three truly delivers on hardcore slasher action. Let’s find out which one…and why the others didn’t quite satisfy. HE NEVER LEFT (2023) I love the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bone Face, Butchers Bluff, He Never Left, slashers
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