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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. Chopping Mall – never saw it; thought it looked bad. House – hated it. Invaders from Mars – awful. Maximum Overdrive – despised it. Night of the Creeps – nope. Vamp…
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Linda Blair and her hair star in Summer of Fear (1978), but, contrary to the appearance of the latter, they’re not the ones possessed. While it’s Blair’s return to horror after playing Regan MacNeil (twice), she made more of an impact in other TV movie fare like Born Innocent (1974) and Sarah T. – Portrait…
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While the world falls apart around us, Jeff and Richard focus on two specific disasters. In San Francisco, a fire rages out of control in the world’s tallest building. In New York, a meteor splinter decimates the city. It’s going to take more than your regular hosts to cover what’s happening, so we’ve invited some…
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In the vein of not judging a book by its cover, Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) isn’t nearly as ridiculous as it sounds. If demons can possess living beings, why not dogs? What better way to spread evil into the world than through a litter of pups that can each find a nice,…
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Watching horror films as much as I do, I’m not easily offended. However, I think Are You in the House Alone? (1978) did it. It’s mostly a serious drama about high school rape and what it does to the family unit. However, the crime itself is treated as if it’s right out of a Scream…
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There’s something about mid-century British films that make them distinctively British. While it’s hard to describe, you can recognize them in nearly every aspect of filmmaking: the angles, lighting, camera movements, close-ups, transitions, edits, and so on. It’s more than just the actors speaking with a funny accent and driving on the wrong side of…
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For a simple werewolf movie, no more, no less, Deathmoon (1978) has a little going for it for classic horror fans, but very little for anyone else. Overall, it’s dull and uneventful. However, it features a good old-fashioned monster that transforms in front of our eyes, stumbles around slowly, and remains fully clothed at all…
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Parts of Woman in the Moon are familiar; we’ve seen them in countless science-fiction movies over the years. However, because it was made in 1929, we can hardly accuse it of borrowing from other films. I never realized how often other films borrowed from it and it’s never been on my radar like Fritz Lang’s…
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With all the evil that ghosts do, it’s easy to forget that sometimes they’re benevolent, remaining on this earthly plane to warn others about impending doom. Their appearances can still be frightening, but if we remain calm, we may be able to understand why they’re here. The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978) effectively uses the…
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In retrospect, there were parts of Murder Story (1989) that I enjoyed. However, when I consider the experience of watching it, it’s nothing more than a slightly better than straight-to-VHS movie. No surprise, Christopher Lee is terrific in it, but it’s Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce from Angel) in his first movie role that kept me…
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