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Tag Archives: supernatural
STREAM QUEEN: trying to get a grip on reality
If you’re in the mood to just kick back on the couch, lights out, a big bowl of popcorn and a 2-liter of cherry cola in hand, and be scared silly with some mindless horror fun, then this is not … Continue reading
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Tagged found footage, It Watches, occult, Pinwheel, supernatural, torture porn
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Queer eye for the indie filmmaking of Armand Petri
Considering I’m always on the lookout for new indie horror hitting Amazon Prime as well as horror with gay elements, when a bunch of horror shorts and a couple of full-length features by director Armand Petri hit the streaming service … 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 Bayou Ghost Story, Book of Witchcraft, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, Reel Nightmare, supernatural, The Nymph, Tujunga Horror Story, Undetectable, witches
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Direct-to-DVD: 3 from Mike Mendez
When Don’t Kill It first started getting Internet promotion, I knew from the trailer it was most likely going to by my kind of movie, so I did a blind buy of the Blu-ray. As I was watching it with … Continue reading
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Tagged demons, Don’t Kill It, gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, possession, supernatural, The Convent, The Gravedancers
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Horrors from the water, the sky, and…the vents?
This trio of films offers some familiar (and some cute) faces and favorite subgenres, but is that enough to make them worth a watch? DARK HOUSE (2014) Had this one on my “must-see” list for a while because a) delicious … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, creature features, Creature Lake, Dark House, found footage, slashers, supernatural, Thirst
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Head splitting headbangers and paranormal punk rockers
The guts, guitars, ghosts, and even gays in this trio of indie films deliver a variety of subgenres, yet all three films offer a touch of nostalgia for the days of high hair and mosh pits. HEAVY MENTAL (2009) … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged backwoods horror, Death Rot, gay horror, ghosts, Heavy Mental, horror comedies, slashers, supernatural, Teenage Ghost Punk
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Digging through the DVR – 4 the fun of it
I DVR so much crap off the dozens of movie channels that it’s unusual to watch 4 in a row in one weekend that all give me a few cheap thrills—especially when at least half of them are mainstream horror. … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature features, demons, gay horror, Horns, Lights Out, Ritual, supernatural, The Boy
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STREAM QUEEN: killer clown on Halloween vs. scary bear in the woods
If it’s Prime time, it’s usually major indie time, as with these two films. Only thing they really have in common is that they each run about 70 minutes long. Are they worth a little more than an hour of … Continue reading
Beware the children of the early 1970s
And I’m not talking Linda Blair. I look at an early Steven Spielberg made-for-TV film and an adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier story. SOMETHING EVIL (1972) Although I wasn’t even 3 yet when this made-for-TV film first aired, … Continue reading
Beware Jerusalem, the Grand Canyon, and Holland Road
It’s a world of flying demons, angry ghost tribes, and pigheaded killers out there, which is why I choose to just stay home and watch bad horror movies. So how bad are these three? JERUZALEM (2015) Jeruzalem is everything I … Continue reading
The Gate should have stayed closed after the first film
Director Tibor Takács, who has had a long career in horror, from I, Madman to Spiders 3D, scored an 80s video rental/cable classic with The Gate. A few years later he delivered a follow-up that suffers from a bad case … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature features, demons, living dead, supernatural, The Gate, undead, Zombies
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