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Tag Archives: slashers
It’s all just another name for Psycho
After Anthony Perkins finally caved and cashed in on his Norman Bates fame in the 80s with a string of Psycho sequels, everyone wanted him in their horror movie…as long as he pretty much played Norman Bates. And he went … 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, A Demon in my View, Crimes of Passion, Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Edge of Sanity, gay horror, Jack the Ripper, slashers
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Quick looks at modern horror time killers part 3
Time to blast through four more films made in the past ten years, from slashers to creature features. JOHN CARPENTER’S THE WARD (2010) It must suck to be John Carpenter. You just want to make a fun little slasher about … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blood Glacier, Catacombs, creature features, Die Die Delta Pi, John Carpenter’s The Ward, slashers
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A double feature of almost awesome horror flicks
It’s always a bummer when you watch a flick you could so easily have loved—but then it either falls apart or doesn’t play on its strengths. So it has its moments but doesn’t become an instant fave. That’s what I … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged ghosts, horror comedy, Murderdrome, slashers, supernatural, The Midnight Game
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Jersey Shore Massacre – boys, babes, and blood. Lots of blood.
After seeing the craptastic Jersey Shore Shark Attack, the first horror flick to cash in on the popularity of Jersey Shore, I was fully expecting Jersey Shore Massacre, executive produced by none other than Jersey Shore alum JWoww, to be … Continue reading
A Drew Barrymore pre-Screaming triple feature
Drew Barrymore didn’t go from Firestarter to Scream without some terror in between! So I take on three of her thrillers leading up to her big Scream opening. FAR FROM HOME (1989) Far From Home came out when I was … Continue reading
Camp Carnage is coming to convert you…and kill you
Imagine an 80s summer camp slasher movie that features gay kids getting massacred, and you’ve got the novel Camp Carnage by Elliot Arthur Cross and Joshua Winning. Set in 1986 (complete with 80s pop culture references), this page-turning gay horror … Continue reading
Crinoline Head is back…with gay sensibilities!
Way back in 1995 (holy crap!), director Tommy Faircloth made the slasher parody Crinoline Head, about a killer who wears a skirt on his head. I blogged about the movie here, along with his follow-up, Generation Ax, which was my … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Dorchester’s Revenge: The Return of Crinoline Head, gay horror, horror comedy, slashers
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There’s man on the menu in Texas…plus a gay buffet!
As a New Yorker, freaky inbred hillbillies, small town psychotic religious folk, and even redneck cannibals have always been the stuff of my horror movie nightmares. And if banjo-playing toothless wonders could do a number on an unlucky straight boy … Continue reading
The horror cameos of Cameron Mitchell
In the late 70s and through the 80s, Cameron Mitchell sold his soul to horror. He appeared in Night Train to Terror (which I cover here), The Toolbox Murders (which I cover here), and From a Whisper to a Scream … 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, aliens, Bloody Movie, Memorial Valley Massacre, Screamers, slashers, Terror Night, The Demon, The Silent Scream, Without Warning
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Three slow burns with twisted fuses
Time for three dark movies that take their time getting to their wacko conclusions! I take on The Baby, Eyes of Laura Mars, and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. THE BABY (1973) Despite being over forty years old, The Baby is … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker, Eyes of Laura Mars, gay horror, John Carpenter, Night Warning, slashers, The Baby
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