Tag Archives: 80s

It’s no Shocker that I completely blacked out Wes Craven’s Shocker

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Daniel

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 →

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Death Valley: He’ll shoot your eye out!

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Daniel

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 →

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80s flix that need to come to DVD or Blu-Ray before download-only takes over the world!!!

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Daniel

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 →

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Before Wes Craven’s Shocker there was…PRISON

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Daniel

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 →

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The Serpent and the Rainbow; great title for a gay horror film

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Daniel

I never realized how gay Wes Craven’s 1988 film The Serpent and the Rainbow is because I never managed to sit through it and care about it. After trying again, this is what I came up with. Serpent=devil and sin … Continue reading →

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There are monsters in my TV!!!!

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Daniel

And they’re both on one Blu-Ray disc! 80s classics The Video Dead and Terror Vision have finally made it back to the home “video” market after a long hiatus (aka: the VHS days). So while everyone else was watching the … Continue reading →

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My kind of video game: zombies, cheerleaders, headless hunks, and 80s love

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Daniel

Forget the story, suspense, or scares of survival horror. Lollipop Chainsaw is a straight up hack n’ slash arcade style video game that is loads of zombie slaughtering fun. It’s just you, a chainsaw, a hot dumb cheerleader sucking on … Continue reading →

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Bad, Bad, Bad…but the title is actually Bad Taste

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Daniel

The most enticing thing about Peter Jackson’s first film when it came out in the 80s was that there was a picture of a goofy alien flipping the bird on the cover of the VHS box. I don’t even know … Continue reading →

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What would Gremlins look like if they came from hell?

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Daniel

Gremlins created a monster—and I don’t mean the green Gremlins that formed if they ate after midnight. I’m talking about Troll, Critters, the classic 80s film Munchies starring Harvey Korman, and Ghoulies. How this particular film spawned 3 sequels is … Continue reading →

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One thing 976-EVIL taught me…

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Daniel

867-5309 is the only phone number worth remembering in the 8os. In 1988, Robert Englund decided to direct his own horror film. And what a nightmare it is. I can never remember 976-EVIL until I rewatch it, and then I … Continue reading →

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