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STREAM QUEEN: slashing, sucking, and summoning the supernatural for laughs
My latest streaming marathon consisted of four humorous horror flicks, so let’s see how that worked out for me. KILLER CONCEPT (2021) Killer Concept has an apropos title because it’s a clever idea, but it does get a little bogged … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy
Tagged gay horror, ghosts, Hawk & Rev: Vampire Slayers, horror comedies, Killer Concept, Mandao of the Dead, Mandao Returns, slashers, supernatural, vampires
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STREAM QUEEN: laughs, gore, and more in these four
Vampires, demons, exploding heads, and a cult with the hots for a pretty boy in the latest foursome of films I checked out. Let’s see what makes each one worth a watch. BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL (2020) I always find … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Beast Mode, Boys From County Hell, demons, home invasion, horror comedies, Smiley Face Killers, Spontaneous, vampires
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Nothing like a gay demon and gay vampire double feature
I was finally able to hunt down two gay horror films from the complete homo horror movies list on my site, one an exorcism horror comedy, the other a dark and moody vampire film. So let’s get right to them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Echorsis, exorcism, gay horror, horror comedy, possession, Scab, vampires
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PRIME TIME: a trio of vampire oddities
I’m always happy to watch vampire films that depart from the norms…as long as they’re good. Let’s see what you can expect from Blood and Stone, Dreamland, and Mimesis: Nosferatu. BLOOD AND STONE (2020) If you ever wanted to learn … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood and Stone, Dreamland, Mimesis: Nosferatu, vampires
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Counts and Countesses at the beginning of the 1970s
This is it. I’ve at last reached the final four DVDs I inherited from my late brother, and they’re from 1970 and 1971, when I was barely into my terrible twos (I still am). THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970) Somehow I … Continue reading
5 from the 1960s
Aliens, zombies, vampires, occultists, witches, grave robbers, killer plants…all jam-packed into only five movies. Does that work to their advantage? Let’s find out. THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1964) What a delicious title, and the combination of sci-fi/horror concepts isn’t bad … Continue reading
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Tagged aliens, Devils of Darkness, Die Monster Die!, occult, The Earth Dies Screaming, The Undertaker and His Pals, vampires, witchcraft, witches, Zombies
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Back to the 40s and 50s with vampires, zombies, and grave robbers
This may be the best movie marathon I’ve done yet of horror oldies from my late brother’s DVD collection, so let’s get right into them. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) This 69-minute movie seriously delivers on the creepy voodoo … Continue reading
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Tagged I Walked with a Zombie, The Body Snatcher, The Return of Dracula, The Vampire, vampires, Zombies
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Two from the 1930s, and two from the 1940s
So exactly how horrifying are these four oldies…and how much influence have they had on everything that came after them? Let’s find out. REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES (1936) Amazing that this movie from almost 100 years ago features a plot … Continue reading
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Tagged Invisible Ghost, Revolt of the Zombies, The Devil Bat, The Vampire Bat, vampires, Zombies
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STREAM QUEEN: a boat, a band, and blood
Freaks that like flesh! It’s two very different kinds of horror films as I take on Blood Vessel and Uncle Peckerhead. BLOOD VESSEL (2019) This feels to me like a serious version of the horror comedy Subferatu. It takes place … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Vessel, cannibals, gay horror, horror comedies, Uncle Peckerhead, vampires
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