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Tag Archives: vampires
Direct to DVD: Jim Mickle’s vampire apocalypse film Stake Land
Zombieland with vampires? Not exactly. Several years ago, the zombie film Mulberry Street became one of my favorite zombie films of all time! It was directed by Jim Mickle and written by Mickle and Nick Damici (who also stars in … Continue reading
Who’s afraid of the big bad Fright Night remake?
Right off the bat, the Fright Night remake did some things incredibly right, at least for me. Hot off the many heels of The United States of Tara, Toni Colette is the mom. I’m amazed she even did it, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Sarandon, Colin Farrell, Fright Night, J. Geils Band, Peter Vincent, Roddy McDowall, Toni Colette, vampires
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Subspecies sucks good—until it sucks bad
The Subspecies franchise starts off awesomely cheesy, intriguing, creepy, campy, and gory all at once. But it begins to fall apart at the halfway mark. When it first came out in 1991, it was premature for the exposure the Internet … Continue reading
A newfangled take on the vampire
In 1997, a year after Scream redefined and retrofied the rules of horror, a vampire film was almost assuredly going to go unnoticed, even if it was based on a short story by Stephen King. The Night Flier probably would … Continue reading
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Tagged Stephen King, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror, The Night Flier, vampires
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Kinda Butch Cassidy and the No Sun Dance Kid
Most people who discuss what a brilliant movie Near Dark is compare it to The Lost Boys and are thrilled that it’s a mini-reunion of actors from Aliens. I’ve never been a huge fan of the Alien series, so the … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Sound Check - The Songs Stuck in My Head, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Adrian Pasdar, Bill Paxton, John Parr, Lance Henriksen, Near Dark, St. Elmo's Fire, the Losty Boys, vampires
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Forget the fangs. The Lost Boys have a Frog in their throat…
After Lost Boys: The Tribe (my blog here), it’s safe to assume that most fans of the 1987 original wouldn’t expect much from Lost Boys: The Thirst. Which you shouldn’t. That way you can actually just enjoy this sequel for … Continue reading
The Lost Boys franchise doesn’t stand a chance without both Corey’s involved
Coincidentally, as Lost Boys: The Tribe hit the top of my horror pile for a rewatch, we today lost 80s icon Corey Haim—well, half an icon, considering he really wasn’t whole unless he was in a movie with Corey Feldman. … Continue reading