Author Archives: Amanda By Night

Maniac Friday

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Amanda By Night
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Off With Their Heads: The Best Horror Movie Decapitations

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Marie Antoinette practically made losing your head in vogue and my how it’s lasted through the years! Undoubtedly one of the worst ways to go, our favorite genre films kept rolling (ha!) with the punches, supplying one gratuitous decapitation after … Continue reading →

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The Slayer (1982)

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Amanda By Night

I’m a little bit country, I’m a little bit rock and roll. Yeah, I like my movies gory and scary. As time passes, I’ve discovered a camp of moviegoers who find gore scary and sometimes prefer the sharp end of … Continue reading →

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A Girl and Her Horror Obsession

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Somebody asked me why I like horror and I wrote the following essay. Now if only I could remember who asked and why! I stumbled across this and thought it relevant to Retro Slashers, so here goes! Enjoy! I have … Continue reading →

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Please Kill Mr. Kinski

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Amanda By Night

So, I woke this morning and instead of doing the eons of chores I have ahead of me, I sat down and decided that I must know all about Klaus Kinski today. I’m not sure how I got to this … Continue reading →

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Psycho(logical) Slashers

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Maybe I’m spreading this thought too thin, because there is psychological motivation in most slashers. Whether it be Jason avenging mommy’s death or the sociopathic stalking of the unstoppable force known as Michael Myers, some kind of inner demon (the … Continue reading →

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Tourist Trap (1979) Review

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Producer Charles Band and director David Schmoeller may be more famous for their collaboration on the Puppetmaster series, but before Band’s company Full Moon had its finger on the pulse on the B movie industry, this duo created a surrealistic … Continue reading →

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Slaughter High (1986) Review

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Cruel, goofy and unkind, Slaughter High has always been sort of an enigma to me. It starts off like a bad Porky’s rip-off and then veers into one of the most malicious (and graphically filmed) scenes in low budget horror … Continue reading →

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Rush Week (1989) Review

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Rush Week is like so many slasher films that came out in the late 80s. The formula had already been robbed of any originality and the films’ budgets were growing smaller by the second. Still, some of those films, such … Continue reading →

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Prom Night (1980) Review

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Amanda By Night

Definition of the word kitsch – “something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.” Kitsch was the word I had originally chosen to describe Prom Night, but now that I’ve seen the movie, … Continue reading →

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