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Tag Archives: slashers
Troma Trash Marathon #1
So I picked up some of those Troma boxed sets of low budget horror movies because they contained particular movies I wanted. But naturally I had to subject myself to the torture of watching every movie included in each box. … 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, Death by Dialogue, Epitaph, Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan, living dead, Nightfall, Play Dead, Scream Baby Scream, slashers, Troma, undead, Zombies
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The Perfect House – this dream home is a nightmare!
The 2012 indie horror anthology The Perfect House stars Felissa Rose and Jonathan Tiersten of Sleepaway Camp! However, they are not featured in the same stories in this anthology, which actually has the same setup as the movie Terror Tract, … Continue reading
Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!
It’s another one for the holiday horror page, and with a title like Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!, I didn’t even need to come up with a clever headline for this blog. This 2006 film walks a fine line between grindhouse/exploitation … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Easter Bunny Kill Kill, exploitation, slashers
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Damned Kids!
Two decades before adults had to fear Children of the Corn, there were children of the village to worry about! I take on the Village of the Damned movies, and as a bonus, I throw in Wicked Little Things. VILLAGE … Continue reading
If you like Wolf Creek, Hostel, or Wrong Turn, you’ll probably like….
It’s always fun to find films that are similar to other favorite horror films you’ve seen in the past, so I’m going to cover three for fans of Wolf Creek, Hostel, and Wrong Turn. THE DEPRAVED (2011) The Depraved is … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Bloodlines, gay horror, slashers, The Depraved, Train
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The Redeemer – the original high school reunion slasher!
I don’t know how The Redeemer: Son of Satan! gets no recognition as one of the earlier slashers that was a blueprint for so many slashers in the 80s. Released in 1978, six months before Halloween, The Redeemer: Son of … Continue reading
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Tagged Class Reunion Massacre, slashers, The Redeemer: Son of Satan!
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Perversion – a slasher, home invasion, and psychosexual stalker film all in one
When director/actor Chris Moore contacted me and said he had made a horror film that could be of interest to the boys and bears and that it was called Perversion, more than just my ears perked up. After watching it, … Continue reading
Direct to DVD: the horror of Eric England
While watching a short Halloween-themed horror film on YouTube, I discovered that the director, Eric England, was also responsible for the film Contracted, which was already in my pile of films to watch. Time for another segment of Direct to … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, body horror, Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear, Contracted, gay horror, horror anthologies, infected, Madison County, slashers, The Trick or Treater, Zombies
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4 more from the days of William Castle horror!
Having covered 5 of William Castles big horror flicks from the 1960s here, I grabbed 4 more: his haunted house comedies The Spirit is Willing and The Old Dark House, both in full color on DVD, and his horror films … Continue reading