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Tag Archives: slashers
STREAM QUEEN: witches, killer imaginary friend, and meta slasher
One is no The Craft, one is no Drop Dead Fred, and one is no—well, I can’t say or it would spoil the third movie a bit. But are any of these flix worth a watch despite the fact that … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, Fear, horror comedies, Inc, My Bloody Banjo, Sisterhood of Death, slashers, witches
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TRIPLE FEATURE TIME: torture porn, creature feature comedy, and backwoods slasher
This trio from 2006-2007 gives us a low budget yet hardcore gore porn experience, some cheesy SyFy slime creature fun, and a crazy backwoods family terrorizing kids at a cabin in the woods. These are probably not movies you’d seek … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, creature features, Day Of The Ax, horror comedies, slashers, Something Beneath, The Traveler, torture porn
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Beware Jerusalem, the Grand Canyon, and Holland Road
It’s a world of flying demons, angry ghost tribes, and pigheaded killers out there, which is why I choose to just stay home and watch bad horror movies. So how bad are these three? JERUZALEM (2015) Jeruzalem is everything I … Continue reading
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