Random Movie Musings
By Michele Wildey
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Description
Thoughts on a variety of movies ranging from The Good, to The Bad, to The Strange.
A look into the often overlooked selection of ignored, cult, or just plain odd cinema available on the numerous, and oftentimes free, streaming services. Attempts will be made to make them spoiler-free.
May it help you find something worth watching or give you some insight of what might best be avoided.
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Dead Pit (1989)
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May 23, 2023 |
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The Strangeness (1985)
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May 16, 2023 |
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Waxwork (1988) - That wax museum-related horror film that doens't involve Vincent Price or Paris Hilton
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May 09, 2023 |
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Macabre (1958)
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May 02, 2023 |
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The Troll Hunter (2010)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Neverlake (2013)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Phenomena (1985)
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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They Live (1988)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Re-Animator (1986)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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The Legend of Hell House (1973)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (2011)
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust (2008)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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The Gingerdead Man (2005) - A story about a wise-talking, killer cookie has no right to be this boring
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Doom Asylum (1987)
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Frankenweenie (2012)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Let Me In (2010)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and Floating Weeds (1959)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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When A Stranger Calls (2006)
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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We Are What We Are (2013)
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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The Children (2008)
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Sonic: Christmas Blast (1996)
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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The Chill Factor (1993)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Eye See You (2002) - A Sylvester Stallone thriller you've likely never heard of before
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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The Dentist 2 (1998) - Brian Yuzna's not-so-great follow-up to a fun film.
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Thankskilling 3 (2012) - The killer hand-puppet turkey returns!.... Well, kind of.
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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The Dentist (1996) - Brian Yuzna's flawed, but fun film about a murderous dentist.
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Killer Crocodile 2 (1990)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Killer Crocodile (1989) - Nothing will change an Environmentalists tune faster than when one of their own gets eaten by a large reptile
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Hack-O-Lantern (1988)
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Ginger Snaps (2000)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Ghost Keeper (1981) - The movie about a Wendigo before Scott Cooper or Guillermo del Toro ever got their hands on the idea
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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A Haunting at the Hoyt Library (2015)
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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A Haunting on Potter Street: The Potter Street Station (2012)
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962)
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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The Last Slumber Party (1988)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Wild Guitar (1962) - A 1960's Drive-In Musical starring Arch Hall Jr.. You have been warned.
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Border Radio (1987)
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Silent Rage (1982) - Chuck Norris in a horror movie! Sadly, this is not as exciting as one would hope.
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Horror Castle (1963) - An Italian-made, English-dubbed, gothic horror film set in Germany starring Christopher Lee
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Trog (1970) - Proving that even when Joan Crawford put in the most minimal of effort, she could still act circles around all her castmates
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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The Manitou (1978) - A dopey white guy tries to save the world from a rightly pissed off Native American
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) - You know, that other snarky teen horror movie from the late 90's by Kevin Williamson
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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The Sadist (1963) - The one Arch Hall Jr. movie I'd actually consider to be good
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Charlie Boy (1980) - They just don't make creepy little voodoo dolls like they used to
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Nightmare (1981) - A bloody good slasher that's heavey on the gore, but very light in the common sense department.
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Silent Scream (1979) - Ya know, if the kids don't want to be chased by crazies, they need to stop living in old, dilapidated Victorian houses
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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The Stepfather (2009) - A Thriller-less Thriller
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Slumber Party Massacre (2021) - The "Woke" reboot you're either going to love, or hate
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Big Bad Wolf (2006) - It's kind of like Leprechan, only much, much hairier
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May 31, 2022 |
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Don’t Go In The House (1979) - It's kinda like Psycho, but with less nuance
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May 24, 2022 |
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Spirit Stalkers (2012) - The rare "ghost" show that goes in looking for logical explainations to phenomena, as opposed to actual ghosts.
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May 17, 2022 |
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TerrorVision (1986) - Never before have I rooted so completely for the monster
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May 10, 2022 |
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Robo Vampire (1988) - A guy covered in mylar and some hopping vampires that shoot sparklers at you....Sure. Why not.
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May 03, 2022 |
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Evil of Dracula (1974) - Japan does Hammer: Part 3 of the Bloodthirsty Trilogy
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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The Vampire Doll (1970) - Japan does Hammer: Part 2 of the Bloodthirsty Trilogy
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Lake of Dracula (1971) - Japan does Hammer: Part 1 of the Bloodthirsty Trilogy
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Inseminoid (1981)
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Sleepstalker: The Sandman’s Last Rites (1995): Yet another supernatural slasher trying to muscle their way into Freddy's old gig.
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Flesh Eating Mothers (1989) - Sweet. I like a movie title that tells me exactly what I'm getting into
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Riki-oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) - The most awesomely violent martial arts movie you may ever see
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Seed People (1992) - Great, now even the plants have outsmarted us. This doesn't bode well for humanity
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Breeders (1986) - Yes, the movie is as sleazy as the title suggests
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Wakey Wakey (2012) - An Austrailian Short Film
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Night of the Demons (2009) - A film so bad, even the actors look like they didn't want to be in it
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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The Prey (1983) - The slasher that doubles as a nature documentary
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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She Freak (1967) - There was a remake of 1932's Freaks.... But why?
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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The Super Cops (1974) - No, this isn't some obscure segment of the MCU. It's just a buddy-comp movie. Sorry.
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Sorority House Massacre (1986) - Roger Corman slasher comfort food
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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The Sleeping Room (2014) - The horror movie that sometimes forgets it's a horror movie
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Beaks (1987) - Well, at least it's better than Birdemic
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Home for the Holidays (1972) - A young Sally Field has to deal with an early 1970s slasher. Poor dear...
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) - An updated take on Hansel and Gretel...with a twist.
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Drive-In Massacre (1976) - I think "Massacre" may be overstating it a bit...
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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The Hooker Cult Murders (1973) - No, it's not actually about a cult of murderous hookers. Feel free to mourn with me.
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Daddy’s Little Girl (2012) - An Indie thriller/revenge porn flick
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Thankskilling (2009) - A movie about a killer turkey.... hand puppet. Oh Joy.
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Five Minutes to Live (1961) - I like you, Johnny, but I'm glad you didn't have too many lead acting roles
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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In Dreams (1999) - Never before have apples been so dangerous
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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The Innkeepers (2011) - Very slow ghosts and a sulking Sara Paxton
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) - A lovely thriller filled with horrendous death and 70's fashion
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Terror Train (1980) - All aboard the Slasher Express
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Dead Hearts (2014) - The most morbid, yet sweetest short film I think I've ever seen
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Humanoids from the Deep (1980) - Exploitative B-Movie schlock! Hurray!
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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The Boogey Man (1980) - A killer who uses mirrors as instuments of death!.... Isn't actually as fun as it sounds.
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Death Ship (1980) - Movies about Nazi ghost ships should be more entertaining...
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Lone Wolf (1988) - Wow... I didn't know you could fit that much bad 80s-ness into one movie.
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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One Dark Night (1983) - The only film to use Christopher Walken's face for a death mask.... that I know of.
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Nightmare City (1980) - A Italian Zombie movie, occasionally interrupted by roaving band of jazercisers
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Blood Freak (1971) - The only Pro-Christian film you'll ever see where the main character turns into a Wereturkey
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Heavy Metal (1981)
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Scared to Death (1980) - Well, at least the monster effects ended up looking cool....
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Reincarnation (2005) - I swear, Japanesse ghosts are just mean. Mean, I tell ya!
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Murder Mansion (1972)
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Slumber Party Massacre (1982) - Whatever, dude. We all know what that drill's supposed to represent...
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Dressed to Kill (1980)
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Screamers (1981) - Oh, Roger Corman, what would we do without you?
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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The Vampire (1957)
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Grave Encounters 2 (2012) - Stop Going Into Abandoned Buildings! (Pt. 2)
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Grave Encounters (2011) - Stop Going Into Abandoned Buildings At Night!
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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The Love Witch (2016) - A technicolor throwback to the horrors of yore
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Witchcraft (1988) - The movie that spawned 15 sequels....Wait, what do you mean FIFTEEN?!
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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The Truth Beneath (2016)
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May 25, 2021 |
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Basket Case (1982) - It ain't laundry he's carrying
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May 18, 2021 |
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C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989) - Self-aware Zombies FTW!
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May 11, 2021 |
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C.H.U.D. (1984) - Maybe instead of draining the swamp we should start with the sewers?
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May 04, 2021 |
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The Yellow Wallpaper (2012) - A Short Take
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Sorority Row (2009) - Sometimes sisterhood just ain't worth it
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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The Tent (2019) - A 2019 horror short by Rene Rivas Productions
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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The Incubus (1982)
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Rake (2015)
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Dagon (2001) - Dark fishy tales for fish men
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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The Detour (2017)
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Aftermath (2013)
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Wanderer (2015)
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Madman (1981) - Some rubbery ghosts are best left burried
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Heavenly Bodies (1984) - Leotards and Workout Battles, Ahoy!
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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Leviathan (1989)
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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Debris (2015)
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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DeepStar Six (1989) - Save your last breath....to scream
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Sleepaway Camp (1983) - ...you won't be coming home!
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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My Mom’s a Werewolf (1989) - Jennifer's Mother is Suffering from an Identity Crisis
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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House (1986)
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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The Forgotten (2020)
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Harbinger: A Lovecraftian Horror Short from 2016
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Feb 26, 2021 |