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Author Archives: Dusk
Interview With Dreamaniac Director David DeCoteau
1986’s Dreamaniac was a product of the times – made during the genre’s infatuation with Freddy Krueger, it was a Faustian tale that reversed the mainstay gender roles – the main character is a male, a rock musician who makes a deal … Continue reading
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Assorted VHS Covers
From the Retro Slashers archives, donated by Richard Mogg.
Black Devil Doll From Hell DVD Delay Explained
In August it was announced that Chester Turner’s mid-80’s blaxploitation killer puppet pic Black Devil Doll From Hell was coming to DVD with extensive extras, like Turner’s whole other film, Tales From The Quandead Zone. The plan was for an October … Continue reading
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Gourmet Race
Why take crack when you can watch this video and get whacked out of your head?! This is what I imagine Texas Chainsaw Massacre as a Japanese supermarket commercial would look like. The music is from a Nintendo Kirby game. Yes, … Continue reading
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Vote Retro Slashers For Splatcademy Award
Retro Slashers has been nominated in the category Best Horror Blog or Website for the 4th Annual Splatcademy Awards presented by Deadlantern.com’s Splattercast podcast. We’re running with four respected peers in the genre community, and voting runs to February 15th.
EXCLUSIVE: Code Red Signs A Deal With VCX To Release Their Catalog Titles
More longed-for rarities and hidden treasures are on the way to DVD next year! Code Red has inked an exclusive deal with VCX to release their back catalog titles of horror films. Here is the official press release, exclusive to Retro … Continue reading
Warner Archives To Release 2 Fan-Favorite Slashers To DVD
The Warner Archive Collection have confirmed they will release long sought after titles Killer Party and Night School to DVD in 2011.
Retro Jukebox: Puppet Master
[audio:http://www.retroslashers.net/puppetmaster.mp3] Puppet Master Theme – Richard Band
Campfire Stories: The Burning
There’s a camp not far from here, just across the lake. It was called Camp Blackfoot. No one goes there anymore. Everything burnt down. This camp had a caretaker. His name was Cropsy. Now, this cropsy was a sadist, and … Continue reading
The Dorm That Dripped Blu
Fangoria have revealed the reversible artwork to Synapse’s The Dorm That Dripped Blood blu-ray release due on March 8. The front cover is the classic US artwork, and the inside is the spiked bat iconography of the original version, as … Continue reading