Anthropophagus (1980) aka The Grim Reaper
In the lower right-hand quadrant of the cover of Famous Monsters of Filmland #180 (cover date January 1982) appeared a close-up picture...
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- Aug 22
- 3 min
Phantasm II (1988)
Warning! This review contains spoilers… . When I think of big Hollywood studio sequels to innovative independent films, I think of...
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- Jul 4
- 3 min
Hell Night (1981)
Tom DeSimone (1939- ) In 1970, under the pseudonym, "Lancer Brooks," director Tom DeSimone made the first X-rated gay feature film to...
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- May 16
- 2 min
Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
Gamera: Super Monster (1980) is the Robot Monster (1953) of kaiju films. Both movies feature a child’s dreams and, if you look at them as...
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- Apr 11
- 3 min
Siege (1983)
The synopsis had me worried… “A gay bar is hit by a group of sociopaths…” For a 1983 exploitation thriller, I feared the community would...
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- Mar 21
- 6 min
From Page to Screen: The Thing (1982)
Written by Bill Lancaster Directed by John Carpenter Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David,...
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- Mar 14
- 2 min
Creepshow (1982)
In 1982, a collaboration between Stephen King, hot off Carrie, Salem’s Lot, and The Shining, and George A. Romero, still hot from Night...
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- Feb 22
- 3 min
Grizzly II (1983-2020)
Yesterday, I ended my review of Grizzly (1976) by writing that for two years it was the highest-grossing independent movie ever. The...
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- Feb 14
- 2 min
The Comeback (1978)
What do I know? My persistent thought while watching The Comeback (1978) was that, for a supposedly popular pop singer, the character of...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
This is the final review for my annual Countdown to Halloween. This year, I invited you to join me as I attempted to gain some space on...
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- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
I’m arriving late to this (slumber) party. As big a fan as I am of the “original” slasher films, there are several of their spawn that...
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- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Night of the Creeps (1986) starts strong. In glorious black and white, an alien (“that experiment”) escapes its spaceship and crashes on...
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- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Chopping Mall (1986)
There’s not much I feel like I can write about Chopping Mall (1986.) My instinct is to say it’s just good, dumb fun. But you know what?...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 6 min
Friday the 13th (1980)
Surprisingly, the only time I’ve written about Friday the 13th (1980) was when I compared it to its 2009 version in an old Remake Rewind...
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- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Halloween: A Trip to Haddonfield... California?
Driving around Los Angeles a couple weeks ago, I told my brother, "Not this trip, but sometime when I'm here I want to go to South...
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- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
Silver Bullet (1985)
Silver Bullet (1985) isn’t a bad werewolf movie, but it suffers from coming near the end of a series of much better ones. After The...
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- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Hunger (1983)
Here’s one of those bizarre coincidences that lead me to believe I’m at least a little bit psychic… After watching The Hunger (1983)...
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
The Beyond (1981)
The Beyond (1981) is as straightforward a movie as any… really. In fact, it’s so simple that you might think you’re confused or missing...
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- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Halloween II (1981)
Because I am taking a different approach to discussing Halloween II (1981) it’s going to sound like I don’t like it. Let me be clear: I...
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- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
If you were a monster kid at the time and asked to pick your favorite werewolf movie released in 1981, you were faced with a real...
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