Tag Archives: slashers

Lessons in horror from the new millennium

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Daniel

I’m a big fan of cutie Justin Urich—Robert Urich’s nephew and the obnoxious character in one of my favorite horror movies: Monster Man, which I blog about here. So when I went looking for his “101” teen slasher in my … Continue reading →

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Serial killers vs. killer animals—which will be king of the comic jungle?

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Daniel

How much hilarity do you like with your horror? Here are two very different horror comedies that don’t take themselves seriously. HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER (2008)   How to be a Serial Killer is a satirical look at … Continue reading →

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Bald heads and bagged heads

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Daniel

Actually, the scary guy in each of these movies is bald, but the one in Hayride 2 wears a bag over his head….  THE PACT 2 (2014) How do you cash-in on a darkly intense indie that succeeded in leaving … Continue reading →

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Urban slashers and holiday horror

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Daniel

April Fools and Somebody Help Me 1 & 2: three more films to add to the “urban horror” genre, and they’re all slashers! APRIL FOOLS (2007) It’s a holiday horror flick, but don’t expect it to have a prank reveal … Continue reading →

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Bad boys vs. evil girls

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Daniel

I’m already nostalgic for the new millennium decade because it brought back the fun of sexy scary 80s horror and teen films, two art forms that seem to be neglected these days. Teens today don’t know what they’re missing. Mid-2000s … Continue reading →

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Modern horror time wasters

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Daniel

You know that feeling when you get to the end of a horror film and think, “I could have watched something so much better if I hadn’t given this one a chance and seen it through to the end”? Here’s … Continue reading →

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The Unseen and Unhinged – when trios of girls made wrong turns in the 1980s

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Daniel

It’s The Unseen vs. Unhinged! UNHINGED (1982) Classic early 80s bizarr-o horror! Unhinged isn’t a formulaic teen slasher with a masked killer. It’s more like a backwoods family horror film that takes cues from Psycho and Homicidal. It even predates … Continue reading →

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Four modern horror flix and I’ll make it quick

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Daniel

A little bit of everything here: zombies, slashers, found footage, aliens…. GALLOWWALKERS (2012) This movie is unbearable. A stint in prison took Wesley Snipes from the Blade series to this pile of garbage. He plays a cursed man whose job … Continue reading →

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Digging through the 80s horror archives

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Daniel

From TV to video, witches to psycho killers, I look at four 80s horror flicks you may have missed. THE PIT (1981) The Pit has a nice sleazy feel to it. A weird kid has no friends in school so … Continue reading →

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Time warping back to the 1980s Bible belt

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Daniel

It’s no surprise that The Bible Belt Slasher director and star Bradley Creanzo looks like 1980s Tommy Shaw of Styx. His franchise begins with a half hour short that is straight up slasher trash that could have come from the … Continue reading →

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