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So many horror movies in one weekend—so few worth watching
Jumping between my DVR and streaming, I chipped away at the backlog of shit waiting to be watched, and much of what I got through was shit. So here are five I indulged in, desperately clinging to hope that I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Beneath, Blood Riders: The Devil Rides with Us, Curandero, demons, found footage, horror comedies, possession, slashers, supernatural, The Gallows, The Tomb
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A slasher that heads into tickle torture porn territory!
Exploitation, horror humor, and homoeroticism are all trademarks of director Pete Jacelone’s horror films (see my blog covering many of them here), and he brings a taste of each to his psychosexual slasher THE LUNATIC’ler…as you can see from this … Continue reading
3 random flicks from this decade
My brief look at films about: rednecks with guns (how creative); a murder game taken too far, and kids vs. mom. WRATH (2011) Um…so…a group of friends drives through redneck territory. Hicks with sniper rifles take most of them out … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, Goodnight Mommy, Murder in the dark, slashers, torture porn, Wrath
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THE 80s horror SLASHER VAULTS 1: Cabins in the Woods
When I look at how many movies I’ve blogged about, I find it hard to believe how many in my movie collection I still haven’t! So, with my “It Happened After Scream” series of blogs covering new millennium slashers almost … Continue reading
IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM Part 6: a little bit of everything
This batch of slashers from the decade following the success of Scream has it all: meta teen slasher fun, backwoods horror, and a touch of torture porn to round things out. CHERRY FALLS (2000) Despite some really juicy footage being … Continue reading
Four 80s horror slashers gone mostly bad
I needed a break from all the modern crap I’ve been streaming, so it was back to the 80s horror archives in my collection—my horror movie comfort food. THE BOOGEY MAN (1980) Considering it was released two years after Halloween … Continue reading
IT HAPPENED AFTER SCREAM Part 5: spoiled brats vs. psycho killer whodunits
Here are a handful of films that helped usher in the post-Scream era of slashers in which the main characters are so obnoxious and self-centered you don’t care if they all die—or who is killing them! So essentially, it’s a … Continue reading
The Ghouls crept up on me
I wasn’t expecting much going into 2003 low budget film The Ghouls, which is from Chad Ferrin, the director of two other films I’ve blogged about: Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! The Ghouls is essentially … Continue reading
Dude Bro Party Massacre III – no girls allowed…except Mother Face!
Note that if you are going to watch Dude Bro Party Massacre III on Blu-ray and would rather not have that 80s shot-on-video grindhouse look (the movie is presented as having been a lost film), go to the special features … Continue reading
Stream Queen 14: where in hell has your soul gone?
What do you know? A selection of three streaming movies, and I actually didn’t loathe any of them. I’ll admit, it’s due in large part to the fact that I just love creatures with soulless eyes and a really weak … Continue reading