Beaks, Day of the Animals, Grizzly, Killer Fish, and Wild Beasts
Beaks – 1987, Spain/US, 87m. Director: Rene Cardona, Jr. Streaming: Tubi Day of the Animals – 1977, US, 98m. Director: William Girdler. Streaming: Roku Channel, Shudder, Tubi Grizzly – 1976, US, 91m. Director: William Girdler. Streaming: AMC/Prime, Shudder, Tubi Killer…
Bug, The Food of the Gods, Kingdom of the Spiders, and Mosquito
Bug – 1975, US, 99m. Director: Jeannot Szwarc. Streaming: Kanopy The Food of the Gods – 1976, US, 88m. Director: Bert I. Gordon. Streaming: Tubi Kingdom of the Spiders – 1977, US, 95m. Director: John “Bud” Cardos. Streaming: N/A Mosquito…
The Jaws Films
Jaws – 1975, US, 124m. Director: Steven Spielberg. Streaming: TBS, TNT Jaws 2 – 1978, US, 116m. Director: Jeannot Szwarc. Streaming: TBS, TNT Jaws 3-D – 1983, US, 99m. Director: Joe Alves. Streaming: TBS, TNT Jaws: The Revenge – 1987,…
Anaconda, Ants!, Shakma, Squirm, and Tentacles
Anaconda – 1997, US, 89m. Director: Luis Llosa. Streaming: Starz, Tubi Ants! – 1977, US, 95m. Director: Robert Sheerer. Streaming: N/A Shakma – 1990, US, 101m. Director: Hugh Parks, Tom Logan. Streaming: Tubi Squirm – 1976, US, 92m. Director: Jeff…
Alligator, Alligator II, Crocodile, Killer Crocodile, and The Last Shark
Alligator – 1980, US, 91m. Director: Lewis Teague. Streaming: AMC, Roku Channel, Shudder Alligator II: The Mutation – 1991, US, 94m. Director: Jon Hess. Streaming: AMC, Roku Channel, Shudder Crocodile – 1979, South Korea/Thailand, 92m. Director: Sompote Sands. Streaming: N/A…
My Top 20 of the ’80s
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) John Landis followed up his one-two punch of Animal House and Blues Brothers with this superlative horror-comedy about American backpacker, David (David Naughton), who, while hiking the English moors, is cursed with turning into…
’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…