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Tag Archives: slashers
Discopath vs. Kill Your Friends – naked maniacs and music from the 1970s and 1990s
It’s like the 1990s all over again with this pair of films, from the 90s Britpop scene of Kill Your Friends to the 70s disco nostalgia of Discopath. But are a retro vibe, loads of pop culture references, and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Discopath, Kill Your Friends, slashers
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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 4: triple the backwoods terror…
Starting this journey with a film that helped usher in the 80s, this installment of the Slasher Vaults makes a pit stop at the mid-80s, and finally takes a wrong turn at the end of the decade. TOURIST TRAP (1979) … Continue reading
IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM Part 10: 10 years later…
I bring my “After Scream” blog series to a close with this one. Having covered every slasher in my collection that comes from the decade following the Scream trilogy, I leave you with 3 films that came exactly 10 years … Continue reading
Stream Queen: science vs. the supernatural
Step away from the ghost machine! Will the living never learn not to mess with the dead? I look at The Ghostmaker and Fear Clinic, and they make it easy to make it brief…. THE GHOSTMAKER (2012) Any horror fan … Continue reading
The horror world needs a full-length feature from this author/director of horror shorts
After seeing the five short horror films director Armando D. Muñoz made between the years 2000 and 2008, I can’t imagine why no one has thrown money at him to do a full-length feature. Perhaps he’ll make one for his … Continue reading
The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 3: Christopher Lewis’s Blood Pack
Having clear memories of watching The Ripper, Blood Cult, and its sequel Revenge on VHS back in the 80s when I worked at a video store, I must have been feeling really nostalgic the day I purchased this 3-DVD set. … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Cult, Revenge, slashers, The Ripper
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He’s coming to get you!
Here’s a trio of films in various subgenres that don’t quite live up to the coolness of their killers, but I wouldn’t skip any of them. JACK IN THE BOX (2009) Jack in the Box is yet another in the … Continue reading
3 chillers from the mid-60s!
This could have just been a double feature blog about two from horror master William Castle, but the DVD for his film The Night Walker included another short film, so I threw it in as a bonus! THE NIGHT WALKER … Continue reading
IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM Part 9: the demise of the Urban Legend franchise
Urban Legend is pretty much a post-Scream slasher classic in my book, and also one of the major theatrical releases of the era. It has a great cast, suspense and scares, an awesome killer, chase scenes, and death scenes based … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN: Looking for something other than the usual?
If you like independent film that doesn’t bother to follow mainstream protocol, here are six that don’t exactly give us the predictable, and cover various subgenres—but that doesn’t mean all of them were up my alley. THE SCENESTERS (2009) … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolition, cannibalism, Darr @ The Mall, Deep Dark, ghosts, horror comedies, slashers, supernatural, The Guest Room, The Housewife Slasher, The Scenesters
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