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Tag Archives: slashers
No One Lives when there’s a Maniac on the loose
It’s rare for a “unique” take on the slasher formula to win me over. What can I say? I like familiarity. But 2012 produced two films that really did it for me! NO ONE LIVES No One Lives is similar … 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 Derek Maygar, Elijah Wood, Lee Tergesen, Luke Evans, Maniac, No One Lives, slashers
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Should old acquaintance be forgot…because they’re dead!
Midnight is the witching hour, so it seems only right that horror happenings take place on New Year’s Eve! Ghostkeeper, Sickness House, and Steel Trap all take place on the big night. So which one deserves a toast of good … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Ghost Keeper, infected, Sickness House, slashers, Steel Trap
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Herschell Gordon Lewis’s BLOOD movies!
While Hitchcock’s Psycho and Romero’s Night of the Living Dead used old school black and white, Herschell Gordon Lewis made the 60s vibrant red with his gruesome gore films. Two Thousand Maniacs! Was the centerpiece of his “Blood Trilogy,” and … Continue reading
Happy Horrordays from Grizzly Adams, a demonic elf, and the Nazis
I can’t imagine why the 1989 holiday horror Elves has eluded the DVD market. This comes pretty close to being a great 80s holiday horror. Unfortunately, It falls apart after a cool setup. I plan to totally spoil the hell … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, Elves, slashers
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I holla, you holla, we all holla for black slashers called Holla
After watching Holla If You Hear Me Kill You and Holla If I Kill You, I now know that plain old Holla is the best black slasher flick in the bunch. What I don’t know is, why didn’t anyone try … Continue reading
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Tagged Holla If I Kill You, Holla If You Hear Me Kill You, slashers
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A trio of horror movies you may not have seen, but you sort of have
I love me some alternatives to the most obvious horror films out there. I also get pretty bummed when they just don’t grab me like I’d hoped. I got triple duped watching Spliced, I Didn’t Come Here to Die, and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged horror comedy, I Didn’t Come Here to Die, My Stepdad’s a Freakin’ Vampire, slashers, Spliced
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While visions of better slashers and zombie movies danced in their heads
Yet another Santa slasher and Santa as the horror hero? Let’s get right to To All a Goodnight and Santa Claus vs. The Zombies! TO ALL A GOODNIGHT (1980) While Silent Night, Deadly Night wasn’t the first killer Santa movie, … 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, living dead, Santa Claus vs. The Zombies, slashers, To All a Goodnight, undead, Zombies
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The Halloween horror flick that almost got away from me
For virtually a decade, I’ve seen the DVD of the 2004 film Satan’s Little Helper on the shelves at Best Buy and on the product pages of movies I check out on Amazon. And for virtually a decade, I told … Continue reading
Yay! More derivative 1980s backwoods slashers!!!
Two more copycat killer in the woods flicks for 80s slasher fans who can’t get enough. I’ll start with what I think is one of the most illogically praised 80s slashers ever. JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981) I’ve tried several … Continue reading
The Toolbox Murders: when a psycho killer becomes a real tool
A few months before John Carpenter brought us the masked killer to remember in 1978, some dude in a ski mask did some carpenter work in The Toolbox Murders. Despite being more of a cult favorite than a hit, The … Continue reading
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Tagged slashers, The Toolbox Murders, Tobe Hooper
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