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Tag Archives: slashers
Do the Killbillies live up to their name?
I’m such a total backwoods horror whore that if I ever ran into a gang of psychos in the middle of nowhere, I’d probably assume the position and squeal like a pig before I was even given the order. So … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Killbillies, slashers
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Homophobia panic over 80s slasher City In Panic
It’s no wonder 1986 film City in Panic is never mentioned with the myriad of forgotten slashers of the era. At a time when boobs and babes were the preferred dead meat (it was pretty much a rule), this is … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, City in Panic, gay horror, slashers
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A psychic parasite, a gut-loving goblin, and an underwater rift
As bad as the 1990s top of the barrel was, sometimes you just have to scrape the bottom of it to realize how much worse it could have been. So here’s a look at three I crossed paths with recently. … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: home invasions, slashers, and torture porn
I always do my best to find the good in all the crap I stream, so here’s how things turned out with these six films. SWEET HOME (2015) A young woman sneaks her boyfriend into a vacant apartment building as … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Black Water Wilderness, Cassidy Way, Cut, home invasion, No Through Road, Sickle: The Haunting, slashers, Sweet Home, torture porn
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STREAM QUEEN: a low budget slasher double feature
If there’s a slasher on Amazon Prime, it’s going to end up in my Watch List eventually. So here’s how things turned out when I watched American Paradice and Blood Reaper, two indies about a bunch of friends heading into … Continue reading
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Tagged American Paradice, Blood Reaper, slashers
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They and The Crooked Man – adults ruin all the fun of childhood night terrors
I’m a sucker for films that begin with a child cowering under the sheets as some terrifying creature of the night crawls out from the closet or from under the bed. I got an unexpected double dose of that this … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, slashers, The Crooked Man, They
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Women in peril in this 1970s horror triple feature
I’m always hesitant to watch early 1970s horror crap slapped onto 20-movie budget DVD sets. There’s simply too much trash from that era that adds nothing to the horror genre, lacks any scares, and is painfully dated. That’s the case … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood and Lace, living dead, slashers, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The Thirsty Dead, undead, Zombies
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A traumatic trio from a 15-movie budget pack
I innocently sat down to make it through what I assumed would be the final 3 lame films crammed onto a multi-movie DVD set I bought for a single movie. Instead, I was disturbed by two of the titles and … Continue reading
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Tagged Filth to Ashes Flesh to Dust, found footage, Meadowoods, slashers, Speck, torture porn
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Weekend watchings: 4 movies that didn’t do it for me
They all had the potential to be my kind of movie, but this quadruple feature ultimately delievered a weekend without a single satisfying horror movie experience. So here’s a quick rundown of each. PINPRICK (2009) This one is not much … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, Followed Home, Lake Eerie, Pinprick, slashers, The Neon Dead, Zombies
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Think twice before visiting a woman at a cabin in the woods
Ghosts, demons, crazed killers…there’s no telling what you’re being lured toward when you go to visit a woman at a remote location in the woods, as demonstrated in The Sacred, Visible Scars, and Blood Lust. THE SACRED (2012) Director Brett … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Lust, demons, ghosts, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Sacred, Visible Scars
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