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Horror comedies: “The Final Girls”
Is the slasher parody The Final Girls just another rip-off of The Cabin in the Woods, or does it offer enough original material to convince both horror and comedy fans? The Final Girls (USA 2015, director: Todd Strauss-Schulson) Trying to … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80ies, Amazon, Behind the Mask, blood, blu-ray, Camp Bloodbath, cinema, comedy, Detention, drama, DVD, Facebook, Fantasy Filmfest, Fantasy Filmfest 2012, Friday the 13th, gore, guts, horror, horror comedy, humor, Jason, Jason Voorhees, killer, metafiction, Midnight Movie, over-the-top, overacting, parody, PG 13, scary movie, self-awareness, slasher, Sony Pictures, splatter, stereotypes, stereotypical, The Cabin in the Woods, The Final Girls, Todd Strauss-Schulson, villain, violence
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Halloween 2015 Movie Special, Day 2: “A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-7 and remake”
Of course horror director Wes Craven didn’t just do the Scream series. He also introduced the world of scary cinema to child and dream/nightmare murderer Fred Krueger. Even if he only directed two movies, the others are worth mentioning as … Continue reading →
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Tagged 3D, 80s, 90s, A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge, action, Alice, blood, blu-ray, CGI, Chuck Russell, cinema, Cliffhanger, comedy, comic, comic book, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, drama, dream, Dream Warriors, DVD, Elm Street, Fred Krueger, Freddy, Freddy’s Dead, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, Freddy’s Revenge, funny, gore, guts, Halloween, Harryhausen, Heather Langenkamp, home cinema, horror, Jack Sholder, Johnny Depp, Krueger, Lisa Wilcox, m, metafiction, Michael Bay, Miko Hughes, movie, movies, Nancy, New Line, New Line Cinema, New Nightmare, nightmare, nostalgia, original, Patricia Arquette, Pet Sematary, pop, Rachel Talalay, Real 3D, REDRUM, remake, Renny Harlin, Robert Englund, Robert Shaye, rock, Samuel Bayer, scary, scary movie, Scream, sequel, Shakespeare, skeleton, slasher, soap opera, soundtrack, special effects, Stephen Hopkins, stop-motion, storytelling, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Dream Child, The Dream Master, The Final Nightmare, The Shining, TV, videogame, Warner Bros., Wes Craven, Wizard Master
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Halloween 2015 Movie Special, Day 1: “Scream 1-4”
Wes Craven sadly passed away on August 30, 2015 and left behind a legacy of horror movies which are considered to be classics in the slasher genre. But do they still hold up well today? We’ll find out in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, blood, comedy, Dewey, Friday 13th, Gale Weathers, Ghostface, gore, Halloween, horror, Jason Vorhees, Kevin Williamson, metafiction, Michael Myers, Oscar, Prescott, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Scream 4, Sid, Sidney, Sidney Prescott, slasher, Stab, trilogy, violence, Wes Craven
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80ies cult movies: “The Last Horror Film”
Slasher movies have a bad reputation, but what happens when the film festival Cannes is used as a background, as in David Winters’ The Last Horror Film? The Last Horror Film (aka Fanatic) (USA 1982, director: David Winters) A fanatic … Continue reading →
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Tagged 88 Films, blood, Cannes, classics, David Winters, film festival, gore, guts, horror, Joe Spinell, metafiction, slasher, The Last Horror Film, Troma
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales 2” (PC)
Does KING Art Games’ Kickstarter-funded adventure game The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 tread new ground in the point-and-click genre or is it just another succession of mildly amusing scenes and good puzzles? The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (PC) … Continue reading →