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Ok with ALL this Gremlins talk here I had to end this trilogy of videos by paying homage to the “little monster” films of the 1980s and 90s! Some call them Gremlins “RIP-OFFS” but I just can’t get enuff of little monster MAYHEM! What’s your favorite and what movies did I miss here?! Let’s talk…
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We’re talkin’ little monsters again today, covering the news of the 1983 “assembly cut” 160 minute version of GREMLINS that was just recently unearthed on VHS by Joe Dante! …And the underrated 1985 little monster Gremlins rival cult classic GHOULIES! Is it a blatant rip-off or a true iconic horror gem?! Let’s talk about it!
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More 80’s legacy sequels on the way, this time it’s ‘GREMLINS 3’! As a big fan of the original we’re gonna talk today about the 5 ways Hollywood is gonna screw this up. I’m convinced Hollywood is incapable of making films the way they used to even if they promise they’re going to back to…
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“Stranger Things” is the series to binge on this summer, I absolutely loved it. Secondly it’s very obvious that The Duffer Brothers are fans of The Goonies, E.T., Poltergeist, Gremlins, Close Encounters and fully succeeded in replicating the nostalgic vibe of those movies for the Netflix series this summer. They gave us that special feeling…
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Great werewolf movies are pretty damn hard to come by these days but it looks like we finally have a winner coming our way soon! ‘Late Phases’ looks like a full on no BS old school werewolf movie just the way they were meant to be. The last truly great werewolf flick I saw was…
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I’ve been out doing a ton of cool summer stuff lately and decided to take a break from the blogging for a couple weeks, kind of summer break. It’s tough to find cool shit to write about everyday that’s not just regurgitating stories from Ain’t it Cool or Bleeding Cool and sometimes I feel like…
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Let me guess, the answer to that question above is you’ve never been there? Well I recently caught up with this short lived little show the other night and it was a whole lot of dumb fun! The show originally aired in 1991 and was canceled in 1992. It’s a pretty fun little show that…
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So today I will be getting a movie in the mail I have been looking forward to for quite some time now- Machete Maidens Unleashed! This documentary tells the crazy story of the Grindhouse movies of the 60’s and 70’s. Following the stories of the actual stars and the crazy locations they shot these films…
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So I’m here to tell tell you a few things today, as you guessed “Super 8” is the movie to see this summer, I loved it. Secondly it’s very obvious that JJ Abrams was a fan of The Goonies and E.T. and was trying his best (he succeeded) in replicating the nostalgic vibe of those…
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