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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Friday, June 23, 2023
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Sunday, June 11, 2023
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
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Ranging from stupid to ridiculous to lame, get ready for bad stunt doubles and all-around absurdity. The only story even remotely worth watching was the 4th one about the mother.
Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Saturday, June 10, 2023
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Friday, June 2, 2023
One Missed Call (2003)
🔥 20th Anniversary
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The Ring meets Final Destination. Some good ghost spooks once it gets going, but the ending is WTF.
Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Monday, May 29, 2023
Kill List (2011)
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This was just slow, hard to follow, incongruous, with many discrepancies that are never addressed. Not sure why it has such good ratings on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, it's not scary and kinda boring.
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Sunday, May 28, 2023
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Friday, May 19, 2023
The House of the Devil (2009)
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SO MUCH about this film feels Stephen-King-adaptation-esque (and the brief appearance of Dee Wallace in the beginning makes it even moreso), then suddenly you're slammed into modern horror, then slide back into nostalgia, round-and-round again. Really enjoyable to watch, great style, great horror vibes.
Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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Saturday, May 6, 2023
The 100 Greatest Overlooked Horror Movies
"There's hundreds of thousands of [horror] movies and if you don't know where to look, you're bound to miss some good ones. Because of the numerous subgenres within subgenres, the VHS boom of the 80's and the constant stream of new shit being released on a weekly basis, combing through the entire history of horror is a daunting task. This list was made to shine a light on a select few you might not have seen that [Screenage Wasteland contributing author Sailor Monsoon thinks] are worth your time."
Apparently not all the links to the pages within this article are working correctly, so I have provided direct links to each page in descending order:
👁️ 100-91 90-81 80-71 70-61 60-51 50-41 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-1 👁️
Friday, May 5, 2023
The Canal (2014)
CREEP👏TASTIC👏 and more brutal than expected. A refreshing indie descent into madness, especially after watching Coherence which was boring.
Side note: love the low-key 70's Italian horror vibe of this promo art.
Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Friday, April 28, 2023
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Friday, April 14, 2023
Jack Goes Home (2016)
HOOOOO BOY, this was way more art-house than I was expecting. For about the first 50 minutes, it was all drama drama drama, and I'm wondering how is this a horror movie? Then he finally goes into the attic and finds The Box, and everything just goes berserk from there.
⚠️ Definite trigger warnings for survivors of sexual assault and abuse.
Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Loooong day. So tonight I just wanted to watch something stupid👏 and fun👏 and 80's👏 -- Night of the Creeps scratched that itch 💯😆💀
Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Christine (1983)
🔥 40th Anniversary
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Can't believe I waited so long to watch this! I kept forgetting it was a John Carpenter movie and passing on it. Who knew a car could be so sinister.
Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Friday, March 31, 2023
Friday, March 24, 2023
There Are Monsters (2013)
🔥 10th Anniversary
I was super-skeptical at the beginning of this movie -- it's very obviously low-budget, and I'm not big on the found-footage subgenre generally. Turned out to be totally worth watching. The filmmaker(s) understood horror and it showed.
Watched on YouTube 👁️ Trailer on Vimeo
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Post Mortem (2020)
This movie has probably the most mixed reviews ever, but I really enjoyed it. The English overdub on the DVD was awful so I turned it off in lieu of subtitles and I'm glad I did, much better.
There are creepy corpses doing very undead things, and people being snatched into the air and tossed about like ragdolls. Maybe the acting isn't great, but I can deal with that just fine for some good haunts.
One definitely noticeable issue, tho, is the "questionable intentions" of the man with this 10yo girl who ends up being his sidekick -- it's low-key cringey FOR SURE, but doesn't seem malicious. They're connected by death and resurrection, and end up being a paranormal team.
I think maybe a lot of people who don't get what's overall happening in this film just have never heard of a psychopomp. That would explain a lot of confusion/complaints I've seen like "this-and-that is ridiculous and doesn't make any sense at all", well it does make sense if you know about psychopomps.
Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
Rewatched Happy Death Day this weekend, so figured what-the-hell, might as well check out the sequel. Lots of exposition about why the loop(s) happen/ed. These movies are just barely in the horror category, but this 2nd one even moreso removed, with all the sci-fi going on.
Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Dead Alive (1992) aka Braindead
Last time I watched this was probably over a decade ago. Remains one of the absolute grossest movies I've ever seen.
Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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Sunday, March 5, 2023
Saturday, March 4, 2023
The Hidden (1987)
Quite the wild ride of a sci-fi thriller! Kyle MacLachlan killin'👏 the role, as usual, and a few more familiar faces popping up throughout are always fun to spot. Weirdly good indie 80's soundtrack, too, check it out.
Watched on MPEG 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Friday, March 3, 2023
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
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One of those rare instances where the prequel was better than the original.
Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Ouija (2014)
Never understood why this movie gets such a bad rap. Sure, it's nothing groundbreaking in the Teen Scream arena, but it at least deserves to be higher up in the barrel. It's got spooky atmosphere, jump scares, a mystery to unravel, and even Lin Shaye! Come on! Overall it's an enjoyable, popcorn, watch-with-friends-in-a-dark-room kinda horror flick.
Watched on Netflix 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Monday, February 27, 2023
VFW (2019)
If you're looking for a splatter fest that's light on plot and heavy on gratuitous violence, this movie might be for you.
Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Dead Birds (2005)
This could have been much better if they didn't put in so much of the generic "demon face" CGI that was all-the-rage in the early 2000's horror industry. You know the face: razor-sharp teeth, black-hole eyes, streaky pallid skin, growling hiss (see photo). There's an excessive amount of that in this movie. Really detracted from an otherwise creepy haunting premise.
Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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Sunday, February 19, 2023
Rogue (2007)
Excellent creature-feature on a lazy Sunday afternoon! I wish Sheriff Longmire would've lasted longer, though.
Watched on Amazon Prime 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Thursday, February 16, 2023
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Sunday, February 12, 2023
Lady in White (1988)
I never watched this as a kid, so I don't have any nostalgic connection to it at all. That being said: it was hard to sit through the incredibly cheesy Hallmark-channel-level 80's heartfelt treacle that comprised a good 50% of the movie. Almost made me quit a couple times. But then there are some genuinely frightening scenes, like a little girl getting strangled to death by an invisible assailant. There was also a surprising amount of heavy content relating to race relations (was this a "kid's" movie?!). In the end, I made it through the whole thing, the guy I figured was the killer from the beginning turned out to be the killer, and I'll probably never watch this again.
Watched on Tubi 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Friday, February 10, 2023
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Sunday, February 5, 2023
The Last Winter (2006)
Too heavy-handed and slow, just not quite interesting. Wendigo "ghosts" didn't make sense within their own mythos, and the attempted Resident Evil-style ending flopped.
Watched on Amazon (rented) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Cape Fear (1991)
Hadn't seen this movie in a loooooooooong time, like 20 years -- WOW, is this hard to watch! Straight-up gut-churning psychotic behavior, and nerve-wracking impotence of recourse. Such powerful performances all around. Now I need to dig up a copy of the original to watch.
Watched on DVD (library) 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Monday, January 2, 2023
Jennifer's Body (2009)
This surprised me, I was expecting total junk. I've avoided it for years because I thought it was just another in the long line of teen vampire flicks; turns out it's something different...
Watched on HBO Max 👁️ Trailer on YouTube
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