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- Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts
- I Want Candy – And Other Treats
- In My Write Mind: News About My Writings
- 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
- Tell You What's On My Mind (Pure Energy)
- The Dan Zone Files – Just the Facts
- The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
- Wagging My Dog Tales
- What I'm Doing With My Joystick
Author Archives: Daniel
Calling all gay horror whores!
As a gay guy who has been obsessed with horror since I was a little kid, I never searched for any correlation between the genre and the orientation. I just thought horror fans were horror fans. But because horror over … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday I Read the Book: Literary Thoughts, In My Write Mind: News About My Writings, Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Tell You What's On My Mind (Pure Energy), The Dan Zone Files - Just the Facts, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged Boys Bears & Scares, Closet Monsters, Combustion, gay horror, Horny Devils
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Is that dry oatmeal on your face or are you a Shock Waves zombie?
I have to admit, I have a soft spot for 1970s zombies with makeup that looks like it was scooped out of a garbage disposal and slapped on actors’ faces. The 1977 zombie film Shock Waves totally fits the bill, … Continue reading
Before there was Cold Prey, there was…Shredder!
A killer in a ski mask? Horny kids? Count me in! Every time I catch the 2003 slasher Shredder, I expect it to be as bad as the laundry list of next generation slashers that bombarded us for a decade … Continue reading
It’s no Shocker that I completely blacked out Wes Craven’s Shocker
Being a huge fan of A Nightmare on Elm Street from the moment it hit VHS, I was most definitely a Freddy fan rather than a Wes Craven devotee. I never worshipped any movies just because they were made by … Continue reading
Posted in 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, Alice Cooper, Dangerous Toys, Desmond Child, Heather Langenkamp, Iggy Pop, Jean Beauvoir, John Tesh, Megadeth, Mitch Pileggi, Paul Stanley, Shocker, Tommy Lee, Wes Craven
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What’s Beyond the Door isn’t Beyond the Door
Okay. So this is a case where the Italian movie industry decided to cash in on a successful horror movie by giving two completely unrelated films the sequel title treatment and creating a “franchise.” I don’t care that Shock and … Continue reading
What a perfect sunny, warm spring day it was to get married…finally!
After 20 years, my partner and I are now husband and husband. Please keep me posted when all your children have been fully converted so I know our dastardly plan is working and the end of the world is near. … Continue reading
Death Valley: He’ll shoot your eye out!
In 1982, a year before A Christmas Story was released, our beloved Ralphie starred in a 1980s slasher—as “the final girl.” Yep. Death Valley is a road trip slasher flick in which the killer is predominantly stalking a little boy. … Continue reading
80s flix that need to come to DVD or Blu-Ray before download-only takes over the world!!!
Between working at a video store in the 80s that was in business from day one of the VHS era and having cable, I pretty much saw every 80s movie that ever existed. And just like my music collection, my … Continue reading
Before Wes Craven’s Shocker there was…PRISON
Amazingly, this is one 80s horror film I didn’t see in the 80s. It was filmed in 1986 but not released until 1988…and also never showed up on VHS in the video store at which I worked at the time, … Continue reading
When The Car collides with Road Games, you get Creep Van!
It feels like the 1977 killer car movie The Car was the inspiration for Creep Van, which is a total homage to the 1970s, from the music references and “pulp” feel of the picture quality to the concept of a … Continue reading