Tag Archives: slashers

STREAM QUEEN: undeniably compelling haunted attraction double feature

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Daniel

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 →

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Underwhelmed in the second part of the 80s

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Daniel

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 →

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Zach attack!

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Daniel

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 →

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STREAM QUEEN QUICKIES: 3 from the 2000s

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Daniel

Once in a while, the conveyor belt of horror I stream stops short with a movie I simply must own. This time around, the conveyor belt just kept on moving. Not a horrible trio of films, but nothing that will … Continue reading →

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Hacking and slashing from 2007 -2009

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Daniel

Sometimes you just need a triple feature of popcorn flicks loaded with boys, babes, and blood. These three films did the trick…. HACK! (2007) Coming a little over a decade after the Scream craze started, Hack! may seem totally derivative … Continue reading →

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Cabins are out, isolated houses in the country are in

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Daniel

Here we go: 3 cases of partying at a house in the middle of nowhere being a really bad idea, in movies that seem like good ideas and then kind of turn into bad ideas as well the longer they … Continue reading →

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3 lost slashers of the new millennium

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Daniel

It’s time to look at three slashers from the first decade of the 21st century, not all of them exactly as polished as the more popular competition of the era. HEARTSTOPPER (2006) Heartstopper is pretty indicative of its release date … Continue reading →

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Men, monsters, mutants, and music

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Daniel

It’s modern horror time! So which film from this eclectic trio was my favorite? Let’s take a look. BANG BANG BABY (2014) A sci-fi musical about 1960s rock ‘n’ roll and a chemical leak that turns people in a small … Continue reading →

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This Thanksgiving, the turkey has the carving knife…and it’s out for gay blood

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Daniel

I know. It’s been several months since Thanksgiving. But I’m currently about a year behind on my “to read” pile, and I fell even further behind due to interruptions such as the holidays, putting my Christmas horror novel out in … Continue reading →

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Slashers, the supernatural, holiday horror, and an anthology

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Daniel

Plenty of creepy apparitions and psycho killers in this streak of 5 films I streamed over the weekend, so there were moments of chills, thrills, and brutal killing, but overall, none of these films brought anything new or exciting to … Continue reading →

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