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Welcome Back To The Funhouse

You got a purty mouth…. A remake of Tobe Hooper’s underrated 1981 monster/slasher hybrid The Funhouse has been bandied about for a couple of years now, so it’s ‘upcoming’ status isn’t really news. However, only recently the project seems to … Continue reading

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Code Red Update On Trapped & Terror Circus

Code Red are back with a few new releases. TRAPPED and TERROR CIRCUS are not slashers per se but have tangible relations to the subgenre – TRAPPED being a revenge film and TERROR CIRCUS cut from PSYCHO cloth. For June … Continue reading

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Roth Reveals Plans For The Ultimate Slasher Film

Say what you will about GRINDHOUSE (2007), but Eli Roth’s faux-trailer for THANKSGIVING was inspired lunacy, achieving a sense of genuine loyalty and homage to the golden age of the slasher film in its 2 and a half minutes that … Continue reading

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First Wrong Turn 3 Images Revealed

Who’s with me on this – WRONG TURN (2003) is the modern-day descendant of Jeff Lieberman’s JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981)? I haven’t had the courage to venture into the recent sequel yet as its Reality-TV struck me as totally non-retro … Continue reading

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Retro Slashers Content Migration

Just a quick note that the main RetroSlashers.net site is down, and will be for the next week or two. Over the past year, this blog which was intended as A) a place to make easy updates and get material … Continue reading

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RETRO TRASH: V (The Series)

RETRO TRASH A refuge for the ’80’s! Welcome to Retro Trash, a dumping ground of all things ’80’s, from movies and music to television and fashion.  Here, fans of everything from prosthetics to spandex can find gems from the decade … Continue reading

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NightmareOnElmStreetMovie.com Opens

From the drunken lothario that brings you Horror Yearbook comes a news website dedicated to the upcoming A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010). If you’re after all the latest on the Platinum Dunes reboot which stars Jackie Earle Haley (WATCHMEN) … Continue reading

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Halloween 2 Shooting Wrapped

Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN 2 has finished shooting, so now decent materials should start pouring in. Throughout filming, Zombie seemed to spend his internet time building some sort of alternate in-film universe for the fictional music and TV acts featured in … Continue reading

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DVD Announcement: Combat Shock

Whereas the gore in slasher flix usually amused me, the gore in COMBAT SHOCK (1986) repelled me. In a good way. Example – picture the self-surgery scene in THE TERMINATOR minus the robotic parts. It wasn’t just the gore department … Continue reading

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Terror Train rolls back into town

Some of you may no doubt recall a remake of Terror Train was announced by Lionsgate a ways back, set to star the lovely former A-list darling Thora Birch. Imaginatively rechristened Train, the project strangely morphed into a knockoff of … Continue reading

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