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Tag Archives: supernatural
IT HAPPENED BEFORE THE 1970s….
Here goes. One each from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s! FREAKS (1932) Infamous at the time of its release for using real sideshow “freaks” as its cast, this film, which runs little over an hour, isn’t really a “horror” … Continue reading
It came from the 1970s…but what the hell is it?
You gotta love some of the crap they dig up to fill those cheap multi-movie boxed sets. Here’s my take on five 1970s horror films that I inadvertently added to my collection because I bought boxed sets that included one … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged creature feature, demons, Devil’s Nightmare, ghosts, Good Against Evil, Moon of the Wolf, possession, Snowbeast, supernatural, The Bat People, werewolf
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There’s something out in the woods!
One is based on a popular horror author’s novel. One features plenty of recognizable faces. And one is a total indie. So which movie about a bunch of unsuspecting kids dying at the hands of a vicious presence out in … Continue reading
Three Asian horror films that haven’t gotten the American makeover
Forget The Ring, The Grudge, Pulse, Shutter, The Eye, Dark Water…Jeez. We’ve remade so many Asian horror films here in the U.S. But not these three films! GUROZUKA (2005) Imagine if a scary tape turned you into a masked … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, Gurozuka, Infection, Reincarnation, Rinne, slashers, supernatural
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Four to watch if you like your fear to feel very familiar….
Are familiar faces and familiar plots reason enough to watch any of these modern horror flicks? Here’s what you can expect. THE WOMAN (2011) A nice family finds a feral animal woman in the woods and chains her up in … Continue reading
The stuff of 80s horror nightmares
Why were Friday nights awesome in the 80s? You’d rent three movies and get the fourth free at the video store, pop loads of buttery popcorn, and then watch crappy midnight movies until four in the morning. 80s horror movies … 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 1980s, 80s, demons, Fear No Evil, gay horror, possession, Retribution, slashers, supernatural, Superstition, The Dark Power, witches, Zombies
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Doing a horror threesome with Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele was pretty much the female Vincent Price of the 1960s. She was a serial scream queen! So here’s a quick look at three of her flicks from the mid-60s. CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964) Castle of Blood is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Castle of Blood, Edgar Allan Poe, ghosts, Nightmare Castle, possession, supernatural, The She-Beast, witches
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This is some serious horror!
There’s nothing like cheesy fun scares, thrills and gore, but once in a while you (meaning, not me) want something a little more serious. No zombies. No masked killers. No drooling monsters. So here’s a quick rundown of four flicks … Continue reading
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Tagged Acolytes, Deadline, ghosts, Pathology, supernatural, torture porn, Vile
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5ive Girls – witches and ghosts and demons, oh my!
I just love me some rebellious teenage girls turning to witchcraft to work out their angst. Imagine The Craft girls being sent away to a Catholic reform school and becoming possessed, and you have 5ive Girls. Okay, you’d actually have … Continue reading
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Tagged 5ive Girls, demons, Five Girls, possession, supernatural, witches
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Modern horror—the artistic, the routine, and the barely watchable
But I watched anyway! So let’s get right into what I experienced with these three very different films. NEVERLAKE (2013) If you like fancy frights, you might just enjoy Neverlake. This film is beautiful to look at and has the … Continue reading
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Tagged backwoods horror, horror anthology, horror comedy, Neverlake, supernatural, The Boneyard Collection, The Sacrament
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