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Tag Archives: slashers
IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM part 1: three high profile titles
In the decade following the popularity of the Scream franchise, slasher films became a dollar a dozen (inflation), and this fool scooped up loads of them on DVD. So I’ve dug out all the slashers from the 2000s that I … Continue reading
Sex and Scares: It’s horror porn fun!
Before I get to Quad X: The Porn Movie Massacre, I must briefly cover the “prequel,” Quad X: Rise of the Beaver Slayer. QUAD X: RISE OF THE BEAVER SLAYER (2014) This first film is not a horror comedy, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged gay horror, horror comedy, Quad X: The Porn Movie Massacre, slashers
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Stream Queen 8: Halloween in February!
I’m always seeing memes about how we should skip Valentine’s Day and just have a second Halloween in February, so it’s quite convenient that I found a bunch of streaming stuff that takes place on Halloween. But are they Halloweenie … Continue reading
When you already own every other 80s horror flick
Rather than double dip and replace every single 80s horror movie I have on DVD with Blu-rays, I focus on collecting 80s horror flicks that never even made it to DVD or went out of print before I could snag … Continue reading
Never judge a horror movie by the names in the cast….
This trend of making independent films that weigh heavily on top-billed horror icons is, in many cases, giving the spotlight to garbage and causing worthwhile horror indies to get lost in the stream-iverse. Which brings me to The Devil’s Dozen, … Continue reading
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Tagged Creeper, Old 37, rape revenge, slashers, The Devil’s Dozen
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The movies of the “Films to Keep You Awake” box
I originally bought this DVD boxed set of 6 Spanish films for the movie The Xmas Tale, which I blog about here. Now, having watched the remaining 5 films, I can say this is pretty much like an anthology show … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 Films to Keep You Awake, A Real Friend, ghosts, slashers, Spectre, supernatural, The Baby’s Room, The Blame, To Let, vampires, witches
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Six while I was sick, and most of them were worth a watch
What better to do when you’re home sick lying on the couch all day? I watched six horror flicks in one day, and lucky me—most of them were good! ROSEWOOD LANE (2011) It’s been over a decade since we’ve gotten … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature feature, demons, Holy Ghost People, home invasion, Hunted, possession, Rosewood Lane, slashers, The Chosen, The Devil’s Tomb, They Found Hell, vampires
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A so-so foursome: ghosts, vampires, a dead killer, and a spreading infection
You know how it is when you watch a horror film that doesn’t quite grab you, yet doesn’t actually suck. Well, I just struck a wave of four of them. DEAD STILL (2014) If the video game Fatal Frame were … Continue reading
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Tagged body horror, Contracted: Phase II, Dead Still, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedy, infected, Lesbian Vampire Killers, slashers, Some Kind of Hate, supernatural, vampires
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Sometimes, predictable is better
Once in a while, if a film tries to do something different and fails miserably, you realize you really just need a good old derivative hack ‘n’ slash to make things better. Which is why I followed up Cassadaga with … Continue reading
Weekend viewings: the good outweighed the bad!
For a change, I watched a half-dozen films during the weekend and came out with more winners than losers. So let’s get to them. MODEL HUNGER (2016) B-movie queen Debbie Rochon gets behind the camera for her directorial debut, and … Continue reading
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Tagged demons, gay horror, horror comedy, Howl, Memory of the Dead, Model Hunger, slashers, supernatural, The Voices, torture porn, Trophy Heads, Unfriended, werewolves
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