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The indie horror camp of James Balsamo
Sometimes when I’m watching micro-budget, direct-to-DVD horror crap, someone catches my eye and I wish that he or she would have been the star of the movie, or will at least go on to do other films. A while back, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bite School, Catch of the Day, Cool as Hell, creature feature, gay horror, Hack Job, horror anthology, horror comedy, vampires
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Slasher comedy vs. vampire comedy!
Time to take on two modern horror comedies—and there’s not a zombie in sight this time! I look at the slasher Dead Body and the vampire flick Bloodsucking Bastards. DEAD BODY (2015) Dead Body feels like a nod to Scream … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloodsucking Bastards, Dead Body, horror comedy, slashers, vampires
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TRILOGY OF THE CRYPT
Just before the TV series went the way of the crypt, there was a plan to make a franchise of Tales from the Crypt movies. That idea fell apart, probably because Demon Knight ruled, Bordello of Blood was okay, and … Continue reading
How do you take your horror comedy?
Dark and mean, light and musical, or frickin’ scary with subtle humor? I look at three totally different types of horror films with varying levels of humor. THE LOVED ONES (2009) The overwhelming positive response I’ve seen online to this … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, ghosts, horror comedies, horror musicals, supernatural, The Bloody Indulgent, The Loved Ones, torture porn, vampires, We Are Still Here, Zombies
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Early 70s horror trash
While solid films like The Exorcist, Jaws, and The Omen brought a polished, big box office look and feel to 70s horror, there was some acid trip insanity created as well. Here are four fucked up alternatives to iconic 1970s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead of Night, Deathdream, gay horror, horror comedies, Horror Hospital, slashers, Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things, Tower of Evil, vampires
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer – movie vs. graphic novel
Buffy creator Joss Whedon has said that the script he wrote for the original movie was nothing like the finished product. He has also said Donald Sutherland massacred the dialogue as written and ad-libbed most of it. As a result, … Continue reading
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When modern monsters mercilessly attack
Time to cover some newer, lesser known horror flicks. MONSTERS (2010) Six years after an alien invasion, giant walking squid aliens with glowing heads still walk the earth uncontained. When a photographer in Mexico is ordered to bring his boss’s … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, creature feature, From the Dark, monsters, Prowl, vampires
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A unique horror trio from the first three years of the 80s
Breaking the slasher, werewolf, and vampire molds, it’s Fade to Black, Wolfen, and The Living Dead Girl. FADE TO BLACK (1980) Fade to Black totally caters to movie geeks, with nonstop horror film references, movie posters, and actual film clips … Continue reading