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Tag Archives: slashers
A smorgasbord of 90s killing machines
A psycho doctor, an evil robot, a mutating man, and a mad mummy. So which of these 90s horror killers is worth the time? DR. GIGGLES (1992) The result of the wisecracking killer craze that ruined the slasher genre at … Continue reading
Headless – the freakiest part of Found is now a movie of its own
Indie film Found from director Scott Schirmer has quite a cult following. I blog about the film here, but in short, the main boy in the movie is obsessed with a horror film called Headless. The footage from that faux … Continue reading
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Tagged Found, grindhouse, Headless, slashers, torture porn
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Four from scream queen Alexandra Holden
You might not know her name, but you’ve probably seen at least one of Alexandra Holden’s movies from the new millennium. WISHCRAFT (2002) Like most horror films that run longer than an hour and a half, Wishcraft shouldn’t. Shave ten … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dead Calling, Dark Reel, Dead End, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, Wishcraft
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Three post-possession horror films of Linda Blair
After escaping Pazuzu’s evil clutches, Linda Blair went the horror trash route in movies such as Grotesque (blog here) and Witchery (blog here). She also took on a witch, a deformed psycho killer, and zombies! SUMMER OF FEAR (aka: Stranger in … Continue reading
The Toolbox Murders 2…religious torture porn?
WTF did I just watch? Honestly, this film is as whacked as its history. Apparently it was intended to be The Toolbox Murders 2. Then writers and directors were up in the air. Business issues came up. The sequel idea … Continue reading
The Dentist – wanna get drilled by Corbin Bernsen?
Watch out, Dr. Giggles. The dentist is in! Yes, it’s another iconic killer from the 1990s “root for the baddie” slasher genre. And he got in right under the wire, because he arrived the same year Scream made the killer … Continue reading
Comedy horror madness
Seriously, these four films are not your everyday fun horror comedies. They are most definitely…imbalanced. DECAMPITATED (1998) Decampitated is a low-budget indie slasher comedy that Troma got its hands on, so not surprisingly, it’s a mess. A spoof of backwoods … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged cannibals, Decampitated, gay horror, Growing Out, horror comedy, Psycho Sleepover, slashers, Street Team Massacre, Zombies
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Modern horror buffet time!
Once again, a rundown of a variety of fear flix in various subgenres, including zombies, demons, slashers, possession, a Halloween anthology, and more! THE LOST (2006) I groaned out loud when I saw that The Lost was another film based … Continue reading
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Tagged demons, ghosts, Hell Fire, Homecoming, horror anthologies, living dead, Playback, possession, Sick: Survive the Night, slashers, supernatural, The Lost, torture porn, undead, Volumes of Blood, Zombies
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Stream Queen 2: horror anthologies
Horror anthologies are all over the place these days thanks to streaming services. Chances are loads of them are going to be crap, but there’s always the possibility of finding a good story here and there. So I blasted through … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, creature feature, Dead Girls, demons, Drive-In Horrorshow, ghosts, horror anthologies, slashers, Tales of the Supernatural, The Three Faces of Terror, torture porn, werewolves
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Forget Short Circuit…these robots have a screw loose
If you like your cute robots to draw blood, here’s the perfect double feature: robot movies with slasher plots! And honestly, Chopping Mall and Evolver look like they may be siblings…. CHOPPING MALL (1986) Back in the day when every movie … Continue reading