Tag: Campy Horror

Sleepaway Camp II Unhappy Campers: Bad Campers Beware, Campy Film Lovers Rejoice

July 3, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Controversial opinion – take away its ending and Sleepaway Camp is a forgettable B-grade slasher. But that ending is among the most shocking, creepy, and controversial in horror. No one should be surprised that sequels eventually followed. What is surprising is that it took roughly five years to make that first sequel, Sleepaway Camp II: […]

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Demon Knight: Ancient Keys, Demons, and Billy Zane

May 24, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Few things scream the 1990’s as much as HBO’s anthology series, Tales from the Crypt. Based on William Gaines’ 1950s shock pulp E.C. Comics, Tales from the Crypt ran for several seasons. With the John Kassir-voiced Cryptkeeper bookending episodes, the series mixed dark humour with campy kitsch. As the show developed a following among horror […]

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The Order – Episode 3, An Introduction to Ethics, PT 1

March 11, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Here we go, Episode 3 of The Order. This one’s entitled, Introduction to Ethics, PT. I. The title potentially implies a bigger role for Sam Trammell’s ethics professor, Eric Clarke. Alternatively, the episode synopsis promises consequences for the use of magic. Either way it feels like we have a story that might start to gain […]

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