Tweet by Peter Nielsen Do you remember last Halloween when we were in the midst of October Spooky Flix Fest 2013, I did a review for an album by Sam Haynes called Welcome to the Horror Show? Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s now time for another one! While it’s not yet Halloween, the new album is called Ghost Stories and…
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Peter’s Retro Movie Review: The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
Tweet by Peter Nielsen ”In 1943 the U.S. Navy conducted a series of tests to render allied ships invisible to enemy radar. The results of these tests have never been made public. The final test, which resulted in the project’s termination, has come to be known as… The Philadelphia Experiment.” This is the text with which the movie opens and…
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…
Top 10 Scary Places in 80’s Horror Movies
Tweet By Peter Nielsen Editor’s Note: This installment of the Spooky Flix Fest Top 10 brings us to a scary place (a VERY scary place) thanks to Peter. We wanted him to tell us the top 10 scariest places in 80s horror and he delivered in spades! Honestly, we’d rather camp in the middle of a deserted prison than visit…
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…
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…
Peter’s Retro Movie Reviews: Black Moon Rising (1986)
Tweet by Peter Nielsen Sam Quint is a thief! A professional thief, no less! A thief for hire! The movie opens with him breaking into the Lucky Dollar Corporation. He’s hired by the FBI to steal a data-tape from this company, a tape that contains incriminating evidence, which is needed as proof in an upcoming trial. But things go slightly…
Ep. 043 – TFFP: Escape From New York (1981)
Tweet In this episode of The Forgotten Flix Podcast, it’s time to get down and dirty with Snake Plissken in John Carpenter’s 1981 action/sci-fi classic Escape From New York! Director: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasance, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Lee Van Cleef, and Tom Atkins. Synopsis (courtesy of Wikipedia): Escape from New York is a 1981…
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Coming Soon to The Forgotten Flix Podcast: Escape From New York (1981)
Tweet by Joel G. Robertson It’s time for your weekly sneak peek at what’s coming up soon on The Forgotten Flix Podcast. Our next movie is: Escape From New York (1981)! Synopsis (courtesy of Wikipedia): Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. He co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film is set in the near…
Ep. 037.5 – TFFP: Bonus Episode 001
Tweet by Joel G. Robertson So, you’re just sitting there, minding your own business when you see it. What the hell?!? Is that a new Forgotten Flix episode downloading to my preferred mp3 listening device of choice? And the answer, my fallow fiends, is yes! For the month of October, as part of our 2011 October Spooky Flix Fest, and…
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Peter’s Retro Reviews: The Fog (1980)
Tweet by Peter Nielsen Let’s start this review by stating a fact! I am a HUGE John Carpenter fan and have been all my life. I remember watching bits and pieces of Halloween as a kid and being absolutely terrified, but the first one I actually watched was Escape from New York and that was it! I was hooked! And…
Ep. 037 – TFFP: John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
Tweet In this episode of The Forgotten Flix Podcast, we’re asking “Who goes there?” in John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)! Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley . Synopsis: A group of men working at an outpost in the Antartic cross paths with an alien organism capable of assimilating and creating a perfect genetic copy…
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