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Tag Archives: Tobe Hooper
Ghosts in a train, ghosts in an apartment building. Boo.
There was a time when I loved ghost movies. But I’m no longer twelve, the days of Poltergeist and House are long gone, and bumps, creaks, fleeting apparitions, and slamming doors aren’t enough to keep me focused on a movie. … Continue reading
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Tagged Djinn, ghosts, supernatural, Tobe Hooper, Train of the Dead
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The 80s SLASHER VAULTS 6: 80s horror spanning the decade from 80 to 89
They’re good. They’re bad. These five are some of my favorite 80s horror flix from the VHS slasher era, for better or worse. FUNERAL HOME (1980) Directed by William Fruet (The House by the Lake, Spasms, Killer Party, several episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Blood Diner, Funeral Home, horror comedies, Intruder, slashers, The Funhouse, Tobe Hooper, Visiting Hours
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A trio of 70s cult horror flix
Zombies, a docu-horror based on an infamous mama’s boy killer, and a killer croc! I take a look at Garden of the Dead, Deranged, and Eaten Alive. GARDEN OF THE DEAD (1972) This is basically a 58-minute prison movie in … Continue reading
The Toolbox Murders: when a psycho killer becomes a real tool
A few months before John Carpenter brought us the masked killer to remember in 1978, some dude in a ski mask did some carpenter work in The Toolbox Murders. Despite being more of a cult favorite than a hit, The … Continue reading
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Tagged slashers, The Toolbox Murders, Tobe Hooper
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Cameo overload fun in a 90s horror anthology from John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper
Until now, the 1993 made-for-cable horror anthology Body Bags has only been available on an out-of-print DVD in an edited version—that was selling for like a gazillion dollars used! But at last, an uncut Blu-ray has been released. However, this … Continue reading
1 disc, 2 “S” horrors—it makes alphabetical organization of my DVDs easier!
I had to watch the 1989 film Society because it has been mentioned so much by all the horror-loving boys and bears on Facebook and it’s one of few 80s horror flix we never had at the video store in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Society, Spontaneous Combustion, Tobe Hooper
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