Tag Archives: supernatural

Trash time! Which ones are worth a watch?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Daniel

Killer nun. Killer kids. Video game turned CGI movie. Ghosts in an apartment. Religious possession. Mothman in a mirror. And… a killer vase on a plane? I’ve assembled my own little version of one of those 8-pack DVDs you can … Continue reading →

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Sex and the circus

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Daniel

Here Comes the Devil and The Last Circus have only two things in common. For starters, they are both Spanish language films. Second, they are both pretty fucked up and completely unpredictable, making them perfect for a double feature. HERE … Continue reading →

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A double feature of different (in a good way)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Daniel

Despite being pretty unwavering in which subgenres of horror I most prefer to consume, once in a while, a film that doesn’t fit the usual “Dan movie” criteria (or as my friends call them, BDMs—bad Dan movie), catches me off … Continue reading →

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Cleaning horror house: 70s, 80s, and 90s crap

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Daniel

Here’s a bunch of crap I’ve been re-visiting lately, so let’s see how they hold up. THE EERIE MIDNIGHT HORROR SHOW (aka: Enter the Devil) (1974) This Italian knock-off of The Exorcist was renamed to sound more like Rocky Horror, … Continue reading →

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Tamara – throwback to the age of horror movie novelizations

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Daniel

Growing up in the 1980s, I devoured novelizations of horror movies—Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Fog, Jaws 2, Dressed to Kill, April Fools’ Day, Poltergeist—always thrilled to discover embellishments by the writers or scenes from the screenplay that … Continue reading →

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Quick looks at modern horror time killers 14

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Daniel

I’ll make these quick. Real quick…. HAZMAT (2013) Basically, an episode of Scare Tactics goes horribly wrong in Hazmat. A group of people is in on the prank in an old chemical plant, the small crew is in a safe … Continue reading →

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Welcome to supernatural flashback hell

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Daniel

A guy and girl rely on flashbacks to find out what supernatural force caused mayhem and murder in a haunted house years before. I’m actually describing two films with the same sentence. Bet you thought that only worked with slashers…. … Continue reading →

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A high school horror double feature

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Daniel

It’s Haunted High vs. Tormented! Time for a big bloody student body count. HAUNTED HIGH (aka: Ghostquake) (2012) Sy-Fy quality Haunted High slaps together some familiar horror names, a school setting, a little occult ritual, and a couple of demon-ghost … Continue reading →

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Heartless – it really is what’s on the inside that counts…

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Daniel

I should have no interest in a movie like Heartless. It’s deep. It’s meaningful. It has spiritual—and anti-spiritual—themes. It makes you think. And it’s nearly two hours long. In fact, the first time I tried to watch it, I turned … Continue reading →

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There’s something hiding in the shadows….

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Daniel

Sometimes when a horror movie never shows us what we’re supposed to be afraid of I, being a man, am totally deflated due to the lack of visual stimulation. But once in a while, a movie will totally unnerve me … Continue reading →

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