’80s horror-com Girlfriend from Hell is a treasure
There were a lot of horror comedies in the ’80s and ’90s. For me, none attain the charm, likability, and pure laugh-out-loud moments like 1989’s Girlfriend from Hell. Although it had its premiere at the Houston Film Festival in April,…
VHS Horror Part 2: Cannibal Campout, Video Violence, and Woodchipper Massacre
Cannibal Campout – 1988, US, 88m. Directors: Tom Fisher, Jon McBride. Streaming: Tubi Video Violence – 1987, US, 90m. Director: Gary P. Cohen. Streaming: Tubi Woodchipper Massacre – 1988, US, 80m. Director: Jon McBride. Streaming: Tubi CANNIBAL CAMPOUT (1988) A…
Blood Hook, Curse of the Blue Lights, Horror House on Highway Five, and Slaughterhouse Rock
Blood Hook – 1987, US, 92m, 111m (extended cut). Director: Jim Mallon. Streaming: Tubi Curse of the Blue Lights – 1988, US, 93m. Director: John Henry Johnson. Streaming: N/A Horror House on Highway Five – 1985, US, 88m. Director: Richard…
Summer Camp Slashers Part 2: Cheerleader Camp and Sleepaway Camp
This post contains spoilers! Summer camp has long been a traditional place for deformed, masked killers to do their slicing ‘n’ dicing. Thanks to Friday the 13th, the slasher film found a home away from home, an isolated location where…
Crawlspace, Fear No Evil, FleshEater, The Majorettes, and Primal Rage
Crawlspace – 1986, US, 80m. Director: David Schmoeller. Streaming: Tubi Fear No Evil – 1981, US, 99m. Director: Frank LaLoggia. Streaming: Shudder FleshEater – 1988, US, 89m. Director: S. William Hinzman. Streaming: N/A The Majorettes – 1986, US, 92m. Director:…
Don’t Answer the Phone while Going into the House in the Woods…
Don’t Answer the Phone – 1980, US, 94m. Director: Robert Hammer. Streaming: N/A Don’t Go in the House – 1980, US, 82m, 92m (integral cut). Director: Joseph Ellison. Streaming: Roku Channel, Tubi Don’t Go in the Woods – 1981, US,…
The Curse, The Dead Pit, Ghoulies, and Prom Night
The Curse – 1987, Italy/US, 92m. Director: David Keith. Streaming: Tubi The Dead Pit – 1989, US, 95m. Director: Brett Leonard. Streaming: AMC/Prime, Shudder Ghoulies – 1985, US, 81m. Director: Luca Bercovici. Streaming: Tubi Prom Night – 1980, Canada/US, 92m.…
Luther the Geek, Maximum Overdrive, and Phenomena
LUTHER THE GEEK (1989) After 25 years inside, convicted murderer—and obvious psychopath—Luther Watts (Edward Terry), who uses homemade dentures to chomp his victims, is released for being a model prisoner. Minutes later, Luther viciously kills an elderly woman and then…
Parents, Puppet Master, Rabid Grannies, and Rawhead Rex
PARENTS (1989) Committing to neither the horror nor comedy aspects of horror-comedy, Parents is a curious movie that skates the border of its genres by being consistently weird. In the 1950s, a morose kid, Michael (Bryan Madorsky), moves into a…