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Peter’s Retro Reviews: Scared To Death (1981)

Tweet by Peter Nielsen ”If you’re frightened by the unknown… wait until you face reality!” Scared To Death is a movie I’ve always been aware of, but for some reason never got round to watching back in the day! One of the reasons it’s stuck with me over the years, is the cover art on the VHS tape, of which…

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Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Tweet by Peter Nielsen “World War II had ended only eight months earlier and the town of Texarkana, population 40,000, which straddles the Texas-Arkansas border, was re-gearing for peace after four years of rationing, war bonds and shortages. Although a trickle was still arriving, most of the boys were back home and out of uniform. Many were enrolling in college…

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Top 10 80s Horror Movies

Tweet By: GregMo Roberts Editor’s Note: In our final installment of the Spooky Flix Fest Top 10 series we asked Greg Roberts from KillerReviews.com to write up his favorite horror movies of the 80s.  Take a look at the list and let us know what you think! Having been born in the (gulp) 60’s, I have had the privilege of experiencing films…

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Top 10 ‘Juiciest’ Alfred Hitchcock Films of All Time

Tweet By: Ken Mogg Editor’s Note: In this installment of Forgotten Flix’s Top 10 we are honored to have Ken Mogg, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Alfred Hitchcock‘s work, contribute a list of what he considers the “juiciest” Hitchcock films of all time. Many of Hitchcock’s early films are in the public domain so we’ve included the full movie here if they…

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Top 10 Slasher Movies of the ‘80s – Part 2

Tweet by Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”) Editor’s Note:  For this installment of Forgotten Flix’s Top 10 we’ve asked horror guru and podcasting journeyman Jason Pyles to give us the Top 10 Slasher Films of the 80s.  We loved Jay’s article.  In fact we loved it so much we couldn’t cut anything out, so broke it into two posts.  This…

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Top 10 1980s Horror Movie Posters

Tweet By: Kevin Spencer Editor’s Note: In this first installment of the Horror’s Top 10 presented by Forgotten Flix we hear from show artist and Horror/SciFi master Kevin Spencer from InkSpatters.com.  We asked Kevin to give us his top 10 horror movie posters from the 1980s. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. *** What some…

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050 – TFFP: Of Unknown Origin (1983)

Tweet In this 50th (!) episode of The Forgotten Flix Podcast, we’re breaking out the cheese and talking 1983’s Of Unknown Origin! Directed by: George P. Cosmatos Screenplay by: Brian Taggert Starring: Peter Weller and Shannon Tweed Synopsis (courtesy of Wikipedia): Mild-mannered everyman Bart Hughes has a great life in New York. When his wife and child leave for a…

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How to Throw an Awesome Halloween Movie-Themed Party, Part 4: This Time It’s Personal!

Tweet by Maggie Kruger So less than a week to go and your movie-themed Halloween party is shaping up to be a bit special! You’ve planned the décor, you’ve rented/hired/made the finest costume known to zombie, ghoul or ghost, and you just can’t wait to tuck into that brain pate. There’s just one thing more you need… Every great Halloween…

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Peter’s Retro Reviews: Witchboard (1986)

Tweet by Peter Nielsen This week I’ll be taking a look at an overlooked horror classic from 1986. It’s one I hadn’t seen since the late ‘80s – early ‘90s I think, but still had vivid memories of. What I had forgotten though, was how creepy and atmospheric it really is. The movie starts at a party that the young…

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Ep. 036 – TFFP: The Monster Squad (1987)

Tweet In this episode of The Forgotten Flix Podcast, it’s the premiere episode of our first OCTOBER SPOOKY FLIX FEST! We’re kicking things off with a fan favorite and winner of our listener’s poll, The Monster Squad (1987)! Directed by Fred Dekker (Night of the Creeps, Robocop 3) and starring Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Brent Chalem, Ryan Lambert, Duncan Regehr, Tom…

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