Deadly Friend (1986)
What was wrong with me in the mid-1980s? I didn’t like most horror films. Take 1986, the year today’s film, Deadly Friend, was released....
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Classic Horrors Club
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Possession (1981)
Spoiler Alert! . It’s going to take a while to fully understand how I feel about Possession (1981)... and I may never understand the...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Murder Story (1989)
In retrospect, there were parts of Murder Story (1989) that I enjoyed. However, when I consider the experience of watching it, it’s...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Killer Party (1986)
When Killer Party (1986) was released in 1986, I pleaded with my future wife to go see it with me. As many movies out of her comfort zone...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Ghost Story (1981)
Just as I told you, no pulse at all. She's dead. John Jaffrey (Melvyn Douglas) Unusual and old-fashioned at the dawn of a new age of...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 23, 2022
- 2 min
The Evil Dead (1981)
No American distributor wanted to touch it once we were done. Sam Raimi Each time I watch The Evil Dead (1981), I increase my rating. One...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Funhouse (1981)
I saw a lot of promise in the carnival. I always wanted my own carnival. Tobe Hooper Soon after its release in March of 1981, I wrote...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
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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Classic Horrors Club
- Aug 22, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- Jul 4, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- May 16, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- Apr 11, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- Mar 21, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- Mar 14, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- Feb 22, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- Feb 14, 2022
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- 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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Classic Horrors Club
- 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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