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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
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Blood Vessel, cannibals, gay horror, horror comedies, Uncle Peckerhead, vampires
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If you’re thirsting for some last minute gay horror in 2020
Icelandic film Thirst is a sleazy and gory dark horror comedy about a centuries old gay vampire that just loves to chomp the dick and balls off his victims. If only he didn’t look like an old burnout version of … Continue reading
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Tagged gay horror, horror comedies, Thirst, vampires
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Time to take on the Hammer/Christopher Lee Dracula films
I warned you my Peter Cushing/Hammer Films Frankenstein movie blog would soon be followed by this one, so let’s get right into them! A LOT of them… HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) Also known simply as Dracula, this first installment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Lee, Dracula, Hammer Films, Peter Cushing, vampires
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Killer hair, a vampire clan, masked psychos, and a miniature Frankenstein
As the horror movie choices continue to dwindle due to COVID, I rounded up this foursome of very different subgenres. Let’s get right into them. BAD HAIR (2020) Bad Hair weaves the Asian girl hair horror of the early 2000s … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby Frankenstein, Bad Hair, creature features, horror comedies, Nocturna, slashers, supernatural, vampires, Wicked Ones, witches
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It came from 1957 and 1958
It’s a black and white creature feature bonanza with this foursome—two from 1957 and two from 1958, all of which feel much more contemporary in tone than some of the horror-lite made in those days. BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957) The … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood of Dracula, creature features, How to Make a Monster, It! The Terror From Beyond Space, The Monster That Challenged the World, vampires
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STREAM QUEEN: two new horror comedies
It started out as a double my fun feature night with these two films, but was either of them a disappointment? Let’s find out. VAMPIRES VS. THE BRONX (2020) Fright Night meets Attack the Block in this little film that … Continue reading