Tag Archives: Christmas
Christmas Evil (1980)
Multiple versions of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” play prominently throughout Christmas Evil (1980), including a disco cover, but frequently it’s just deranged Harry Stadling (Brandon Maggart, Dressed to Kill) humming it to himself while he implodes, and then … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Christmas, horror, Slasher
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Double Feature: Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)/Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
It was finals week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the newly-built Union South, replete with fireplaces, restaurants, a convenience store, an ice cream vendor, and a concert stage, students were at every table, in groups or alone, staring at … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, 80's, Christmas, horror, John Carradine, Madness, Mary Woronov, Slasher
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Christmas Riffing with MST3K
Now that the holidays are upon us, and we are a few decades deep into the Age of Irony, why not spend this Christmas season with some silhouettes in the front row, riffing on absurd and/or awful cinema misadventures of … Continue reading
