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Tag Archives: slashers
When a Stranger Calls – back when phones were still scary….
Weird when horror films I would consider contemporary because they were made in my lifetime are really now period pieces due to the accelerated rate of technology. Hell, you’re probably reading this blog about terrifying phone call movies on your … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: the horrors of gay boys existing in an intolerant society
It’s not every day that I find two gay horror films available for streaming. Turns out both of these take a seemingly default approach to gay horror – the main characters are fragile, tortured souls suffering from hate and rejection … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Deviance, gay horror, slashers, supernatural, The Blue Hour
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STREAM QUEEN: a double dose of exploitation slashers
I use the term slasher in the most general sense because in each case, there’s a killer and a body count. But really, Phantom of the Grindhouse and The Greasy Strangler are purely trash cinema. PHANTOM OF THE GRINDHOUSE (2013) … 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
Tagged 1980s, 80s, horror comedies, Phantom of the Grindhouse, slashers, The Greasy Strangler
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A horror hospital, a cabin in the woods, and a bloody haunted attraction
Sometimes, you’re better off alone, as demonstrated by three films from the 2000s that show what can happen when pretty people hang out in groups… CANDY STRIPERS (2006) This is the kind of flick that makes me nostalgic for teen … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Candy Stripers, creature features, Dead Mary, demons, FrightWorld, horror comedies, possession, slashers
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STREAM QUEEN: revenge killer, supernatural killer, and a little of both
Expecting a trio of low budget slashers with my streaming picks this time around, I got three very different experiences with Elder Island, Phantom Of The Woods, and Ditch Day Massacre. ELDER ISLAND (2016) When an 80-minute movie – 75 … Continue reading
VHS era nostalgia isn’t enough to make these two winners
Just as the love of VHS horror will never die, it seems neither will the efforts of indie horror directors to replicate that feeling in their movies. In my efforts to forever find movies that actually do it right, I … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: undeniably compelling haunted attraction double feature
As bad as they can be, I’m a total sucker for low budget horror that pretty much looks like it was filmed over a weekend at some haunting attraction in the director’s hometown during the month of October. So I … Continue reading
Underwhelmed in the second part of the 80s
Here are four examples of why the biggest mistake 80s horror made was in trying do something other than formulaic slashers. ETERNAL EVIL (aka: The Blue Man) (1985) Four years after bringing us the holiday slasher classic My Bloody Valentine, … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Anguish, Bad Dreams, Eternal Evil, infected, slashers, supernatural, Warning Sign, Zombies
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Zach attack!
Cutie Zach Galligan charmed us as the boy next door in Gremlins, and for the next decade, he remained a favorite horror hero as he alternated between Gremlins films and Waxwork films. So it’s time to look back at the … 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 Cupid, gay horror, horror comedies, living dead, Psychic, slashers, undead, vampires, Waxwork, werewolves, Zach Galligan, Zombies
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