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Tag Archives: supernatural
Ghosts of the past back for revenge
As in, three ghost films from the 1970s and 1980s that are pretty much never mentioned these days. THE EVIL (1978) Anyone raised by a television in the 70s and 80s will recognize most of the faces in this film, … 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, Ghost Town, ghosts, supernatural, The Evil, Twice Dead
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Modern horror buffet time!
Once again, a rundown of a variety of fear flix in various subgenres, including zombies, demons, slashers, possession, a Halloween anthology, and more! THE LOST (2006) I groaned out loud when I saw that The Lost was another film based … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged demons, ghosts, Hell Fire, Homecoming, horror anthologies, living dead, Playback, possession, Sick: Survive the Night, slashers, supernatural, The Lost, torture porn, undead, Volumes of Blood, Zombies
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New millennium horrorthon
Fiction and video game adaptations, slashers, witches, zombies…here’s a mish-mosh of crap from the first decade of the 2000s. RIDING THE BULLET (2004) Based on a Stephen King novella, Riding the Bullet will really only work for you if you … 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 Alone in the Dark 2, gay horror, living dead, Mortuary, Museum of the Dead, Riding the Bullet, Stay Alive, Stephen King, supernatural, survival horror, undead, Venom, video games, witches, Zombies
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Would you rather watch…
Ouija. It Follows. Would You Rather. There’s no rather. There’s no contest. If I had it to do all over again, I would only watch one of these three films. And here’s why. WOULD YOU RATHER (2012) If you’ve seen … Continue reading
Bald heads and bagged heads
Actually, the scary guy in each of these movies is bald, but the one in Hayride 2 wears a bag over his head…. THE PACT 2 (2014) How do you cash-in on a darkly intense indie that succeeded in leaving … Continue reading
A dream come true: Kat Dennings as a goth chick in a horror comedy
Suburban Gothic is the kind of movie I would have watched repeatedly on cable back in the 1980s as a teenager (Do kids still do that?). It’s quirky, a little dirty, and even has some thrilling scary scenes. Not to … Continue reading
Ghosthouse and Witchery – the curse of late 80s horror hops on a boat to Italy….
It was sad watching the awesomeness of early to mid-80s horror become the crap that flooded the direct-to-video market at the end of the decade and led to the shit of the early 90s. It’s even more depressing when you … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Ghosthouse, ghosts, supernatural, Witchery, witches
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Modern horror time wasters
You know that feeling when you get to the end of a horror film and think, “I could have watched something so much better if I hadn’t given this one a chance and seen it through to the end”? Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Adam & Evil, backwoods horror, Don’t Look Up, gay horror, ghosts, High Lane, Mother’s Day Massacre, Resurrection County, slashers, supernatural
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A psycho killer, the boogeyman, and a ghost
It’s the battle of the bad boys! I take a quick look at The Basement, Boogeyman, and The Summoning. THE BASEMENT (2011) This indie film wastes no time in getting to the action—and then becomes kind of actionless for quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Boogeyman, creature feature, ghosts, slashers, supernatural, The Basement, The Summoning
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Don’t give away the ending!
What to say about these three horror films without giving too much away? It will be tricky, so I’ll be brief. THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME (2013) Supernatural dramas aren’t usually my thing, but Venezuelan film The House … Continue reading
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Tagged Come Back to Me, demons, found footage, ghosts, home invasion, possession, supernatural, The Atticus Institute, The House at the End of Time
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