Tag Archives: Zombies

Burying the Ex and What We Do in the Shadows – a double dose of undead comedies

It’s vampire vs. zombie in this look at two modern horror comedies. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014) What We Do in the Shadows is highly reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, only much funnier. It also feels more … Continue reading

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The worst of the worst of 80s horror trash!

It would have been a miracle if your video store even carried any of these 80s horror films. HBO’s feature film intro anthem was too good to ever welcome them to its movie lineup. I look at four films that … Continue reading

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Stream Queen: zombies!

So many zombie films on streaming services, and they all get panned. So what better to do than watch them? THE REVOLTING DEAD (2003) The title sequence of The Revolting Dead totally got me in the mood for indie zombie … Continue reading

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Either my survival instinct sucks or this The Walking Dead game does

Ever wonder what life was like for Daryl and Merle Dixon before they met the other survivors of The Walking Dead? According to the “story” in this game, they simply traveled across country in cars that constantly broke down or … Continue reading

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Another Troma 80s horror trash trio

Who can explain why studios like Troma and Full Moon have been able to turn out crap for decades? Not me. I also can’t explain why I continue to watch their films. Although, people with the same dilemma as me … Continue reading

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Three post-possession horror films of Linda Blair

After escaping Pazuzu’s evil clutches, Linda Blair went the horror trash route in movies such as Grotesque (blog here) and Witchery (blog here). She also took on a witch, a deformed psycho killer, and zombies! SUMMER OF FEAR (aka: Stranger in … Continue reading

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The gays vs. the undead

In “Zombied Out,” the novella from my horror fiction anthology Closet Monsters, the gays in a small town discover they’ve all been outed because every straight person has been infected and turned into a flesh eater. While I’ve yet to … Continue reading

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Comedy horror madness

Seriously, these four films are not your everyday fun horror comedies. They are most definitely…imbalanced. DECAMPITATED (1998) Decampitated is a low-budget indie slasher comedy that Troma got its hands on, so not surprisingly, it’s a mess. A spoof of backwoods … Continue reading

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Modern horror buffet time!

Once again, a rundown of a variety of fear flix in various subgenres, including zombies, demons, slashers, possession, a Halloween anthology, and more! THE LOST (2006) I groaned out loud when I saw that The Lost was another film based … Continue reading

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New millennium horrorthon

Fiction and video game adaptations, slashers, witches, zombies…here’s a mish-mosh of crap from the first decade of the 2000s. RIDING THE BULLET (2004) Based on a Stephen King novella, Riding the Bullet will really only work for you if you … Continue reading

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