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- 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)
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- The Evil of the Thriller – Everything Horror
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Author Archives: Daniel
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
These dead aren’t living, walking, evil, or even ‘un.’ They’re just plain old Dead.
2010’s The Dead takes me back to old school zombie films and undead African cannibal exploitation films of the 1970s. The blow-by-blow of pretty much every moment an individual spends trying to survive in a world overrun by zombies may … Continue reading
For the love of backwoods horror and deformed killers…
Just added 2 films from the backwoods horror genre to my collection—and naturally, they’re pretty derivative. So naturally, I’m a fan of both. In the tradition of movies like From Dusk Till Dawn, Dead Birds, and Malevolence, the premise of … Continue reading
Do people really believe any of the Prom Night sequels are better than the first?
There’s no point in discussing the original Prom Night. It is a classic of not only the slasher genre, but of the Jamie Lee Curtis scream queen era—although it seems to get a shitload of hate thanks to a world … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, Brock Simpson, Carrie, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Jamie Lee Curtis, Prom Night, Prom Night 2, Prom Night 3, Prom Night 4, Prom Night III: The Last Kiss, Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
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Did I just watch Paranormal Activity 3…or Poltergeist 4???
Okay. So I made it through the third film in the Paranormal Activity franchise last night, and I have to say, it is by far the best of the three…until the end… Okay. Let’s start with the good. The film … Continue reading
Against gay marriage? Great news. You don’t have to get gay married.
Who would have guessed that the great threat to the future of humankind would be individuals falling in love and pairing off. Yes, all over the country, the unthinkable happens. Gay couples live their lives together in houses alongside heterosexual … Continue reading
Just when you thought it wasn’t safe to go in the woods…
If you love backwoods horror like Texas Chainsaw, Wrong Turn, Monster Man, 2000 Maniacs, then you will fully appreciate Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, a horror comedy satire that is absolutely in no way a horror film. But it is … Continue reading
Check your boobs at the door (where they’ll definitely get eaten)
Strippers! Prostitutes! Burlesque dancers! Zombies! If you go into any of the 3 movies I’m about to discuss with ANY expectation other than boobs and blood, then a) you’ll be sorely disappointed, and b) you have no taste in movies. … Continue reading
Check your brain at the door (where it will probably get eaten)
Way back in 1985, just after George Romero’s official third film in the ‘of the dead’ series hit theaters, the campy horror Return of the Living Dead, an unofficial continuation, was released, and did something Day of the Dead didn’t. … 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, Linnea Quigley, Necropolis, Rave to the Grave, Return of the Living Dead, SSQ, Stacey Q, Zombies
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Wrong Turn takes a wrong turn somewhere around the middle of part 3
The original Wrong Turn is one of my favorite horror flicks of the Y2K decade. It’s got Eliza Dushku. It’s got that hot guy as her love interest. It’s got deformed backwoods freaks, suspense, gore. That’s all I really need … Continue reading