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Four horror flix and thrillers from the 1980s
A killer knight, a big bug, a sexy psycho, and even a gay stalker in my latest marathon of films from the 1980s. Let’s get right into them. PANIC BEATS (1983) Director/writer/actor Paul Naschy pumped out Euro horror flicks for … 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 Blue Monkey, creature features, gay horror, Insect!, Mind Games, Panic Beats, slashers, supernatural, The Phone Call
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PRIME TIME: don’t go in the woods
There’s no telling what lurks behind the trees in this foursome that includes a variety of subgenres. CREATURE CABIN (2017) This goofy film is the only one in this bunch that I purchased on DVD as soon as I was … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Are We the Waiting, Creature Cabin, demons, ghosts, home invasion, horror comedies, occult, possession, slashers, Sleepaway Slasher, supernatural, The Night They Knocked
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Will these scary creatures make you scream?
Aliens, a tentacle, a giant croc, and a demon. So which ones deliver on the chills and thrills? ATTACK OF THE UNKNOWN (2020) If SyFy bothered to show anything other than Harry Potter movies these days, this film would be … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Attack of the Unknown, creature features, demons, Into the Dark: Tentacles, occult, Rogue, supernatural, They Reach
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For the love of holiday horror: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s Eve
Will this smorgasbord of horror movies covering a variety of holidays make the off-season bright? Let’s get a taste of each one as I add them to the holiday horror page. TRICK OR TREAT (2019) The big trick here is … 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 All My Friends Are Dead, Archaon: The Halloween Summoning, demons, Derelicts, gay horror, home invasion, supernatural, Trick Or Treat
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PRIME TIME: infected vs. ghosts
Ravers get infected and robbers get ghosted. So which one of these two indie films showed me a better time? RAVERS (2018) Now this is how you do a tight little indie infected film. Ravers is smartly written and … Continue reading
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Tagged Are We Dead Yet, ghosts, horror comedies, infected, Ravers, supernatural, The Living Dead, undead
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AFTER DARK ORIGINALS PART 1
Now that I’ve finished covering all the film festival titles I’d missed, I’m checking out the last of the After Dark Originals that I had yet to see, starting with Bedlam, Sanatorium, and Ritual. BEDLAM (2015) If watching helpless, mentally … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedlam, found footage, gay horror, ghosts, occult, Ritual, Sanatorium, supernatural, torture porn
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Four 90s disappointments to add to the never-ending pile…
This mess of movies from the 1990s makes me wonder how the hell the video store I worked in lasted through the decade. Oh…that’s right. People kept re-renting 80s horror movies… CTHULHU MANSION (1992) I had high hopes for this … Continue reading
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Tagged creature feature, Cruel Jaws, Cthulhu Mansion, demons, ghosts, home invasion, Naked Fear, Night Terrors, occult, supernatural
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Early 80s vs. late 80s horror
I went deep diving for my 80s fix with four in a variety of subgenres. So let’s get right to them. THE LAST SHARK (1981) Falling between Jaws 2 and Jaws 3, The Last Shark put in the effort to … 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, Blood Link, creature features, Dark Tower, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The House of Usher, The Last Shark
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A trio of horror flicks based on classic fairy tales
One is a dark adaptation, one is a fantastical supernatural take, and the final one embeds elements from a fairy tale into a typical slasher. Let’s take quick looks at Gretel & Hansel, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, and Snow … Continue reading
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Tagged Gretel & Hansel, slashers, Snow White: A Deadly Summer, supernatural, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, witches
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Taking on the After Dark Horrorfest flicks I missed Part 2
Time for five more After Dark Horrorfest films I had yet to see, and I’d say most of this batch is better than the last set, with one being an all-time favorite of the series so far. AUTOPSY (2008) Every … Continue reading
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Tagged Autopsy, infected, Perkins' 14, slashers, Slaughter, supernatural, The Broken, Voices, Zombies
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