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Welcome to my website! If you’re visiting, you’re most likely a horror movie fanatic like myself. I became obsessed with horror movies around the age of two when my mother took me to the local video store in North Reading, MA. After accidentally stopping in front of the forbidden “Horror” section, I was immediately hypnotized by all the gloriously scary VHS covers.
Cruel Jaws, DeepStar Six, Piranha, and Piranha II: The Spawning
Cruel Jaws – 1995, Italy/US, 95m. Director: Bruno Mattei. Streaming: Tubi DeepStar Six – 1989, US, 99m. Director: Sean S. Cunningham. Streaming: N/A Piranha – 1978, US, 93m. Director: Joe Dante. Streaming: AMC/Prime, Kanopy, Shudder, Tubi Piranha II: The Spawning…
Killer Bees!
The Bees – 1978, Mexico/US, 92m. Director: Alfredo Zacharias. Streaming: Tubi The Deadly Bees – 1967, UK, 84m. Director: Freddie Francis. Streaming: N/A The Savage Bees – 1976, US, 88m. Director: Bruce Geller. Streaming: YouTube The Swarm – 1978, US,…
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…