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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 15h

31 Days of Halloween: Day 18
Dark Night of the Scarecrow | USA | 1981 | Frank De Felitta

After local man Bubba is lynched by four hicks, they are acquitted of the crime in court. Soon after, the four are pursued by a supernatural presence in the form of a scarecrow...

#80shorror #tvmovie

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 22h

Released on this day in 1976:
Death Trap | USA | Tobe Hooper

When down-on-her-luck prostitute Clara stumbles across the Starlight Hotel, she discovers the hotel's demented owner Judd and his bloodthirsty pet crocodile...

#deathtrap #eatenalive #70shorror #tobehooper #videonasty

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 1d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 17
Deadly Friend | USA | 1986 | Wes Craven

Teenage tech wiz Tom falls in love with next door neighbour Samantha, only for her life to be cut short. After Tom revives her with a microchip, her behaviour becomes increasingly dangerous...

#deadlyfriend #wescraven #80shorror

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 1d

Born on this day in 1948: Canadian-American actress Margot Kidder!

(Sisters, Black Christmas, Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Amityville Horror)

#margotkidder #blackchristmas #70shorror #amityvillehorror

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 1d

Released on this day in 1975:
Blood Bath | USA | Joel M. Reed

After wrapping production on a horror movie, a film crew attends a meal where they exchange stories of the macabre, only for one final surprise to interrupt their dinner...

#bloodbath #70shorror #anthologyhorror

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 2d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 16
Halloween Resurrection | USA | 2002 | Rick Rosenthal

After successfully dispatching of Laurie Strode, Michael Myers returns to his home in Haddonfield, only to discover a group of youths have take it over for a live internet reality show...

#halloweenresurrection

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 2d

Released on this day in 1981:
Dead Kids | Australia/New Zealand | Michael Laughlin

The town of Galesburg is struck with a series of seemingly random murders that frustrates local policeman John, only for his son Pete enrolls in a secretive college experiment...

#ozploitation #videonasty #deadkids

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 3d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 15
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | USA | 1998 | Steve Miner

Two decades after Michael Myers returned to Haddonfield, Laurie Strode lives under a new identity in California, wracked with fear that her brother will catch up to her...

#halloweenh20 #michaelmyers #90shorror

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 3d

Released on this day in 1992:
Critters 4 | USA | Rupert Harvey

After locating the last two Krite eggs, Charlie is blasted out into space with the specimens, awakening 50 years in the future when the pod is found, unleashing the Krites on an abandoned space station...

#critters4 #90shorror

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 3d

Released on this day in 1982:
Unhinged | USA | Don Gronquist

After a car accident, three young girls wake up in a remote mansion, being looked after by the Penrose family. When strange events occur on the property, the trio slowly realise they are in danger...

#unhinged #80shorror #videonasty

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 3d

Released on this day in 1981:
Evil Dead | USA | Sam Raimi

A small group of young adults head to a countryside cabin for rest and recreation, only to inadvertently unleash arcane spirits that possess the living and the forest surrounding them...

#evildead #videonasty #80shorror #brucecampbell

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 4d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 14
Hellbent | USA | 2004 | Paul Etheredge-Ouzts

A small group of gay friends prepare to attend a Halloween carnival in West Hollywood, only for their merriment to be interrupted by a murderous maniac wearing a devil costume...

#hellbent #gayhorror #00shorror #slasher

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 4d

Born on this day in 1944: German cult actor Udo Kier!

(Flesh for Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, House on Straw Hill, Mark of the Devil)

#udokier #videonasty #fleshforfrankenstein #houseonstrawhill #markofthedevil

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 5d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 13
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | USA/Canada | 2019 | André Øvredal

One Halloween night, a group of teenagers locate a book of short gruesome tales in an abandoned haunted house, only for the narratives inside to bleed into reality...

#scarystoriestotellinthedark

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 5d

Such a great little potboiler! Lots of people find it boring and drawn out, but I really dig how it takes its time, and it has plenty to say about gender politics and sexuality. Plus, that penultimate gore sequence is pretty horrifying 🤩

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 5d

Released on this day in 1977:
Prey | UK | Norman J. Warren

An extraterrestrial being descends to Earth and assumes the identity Anders. When a local lesbian couple take the mysterious stranger in, tensions slowly escalate over his intentions...

#prey #britishhorror #normanjwarren #videonasty

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 6d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 12
May | USA | 2002 | Lucky McKee

Struggling to connect with others around her, May’s life becomes fraught with heartbreak and isolation until she remember her mother’s advice to “make a friend”…

#00shorror #may2002 #horror

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 6d

Born on this day in 1943: American cult actress Lin Shaye!

(A Nightmare on Elm Street, Critters, Alone in the Dark, The Hidden)

#linshaye #insidious #80shorror #nightmareonelmstreet #critters #screamqueen

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 6d

Born on this day in 1962: Italian actress Margie Newton!

(Zombie Creeping Flesh, The Last Hunter, Final Executioner, Adventures of Hercules)

#margienewton #italianfilm #videonasty #hellofthelivingdead

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 6d

Released during this month in 1977:
Fight For Your Life | USA | Robert A. Endelson

After escaping a prison transfer, a virulent racist and his cohorts invade the home of a black pastor, abusing his family until tensions explode in a maelstrom of violence...

#fightforyourlife #70shorror #videonasty

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 7d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 11

Night of the Demons | USA | 1988 | Kevin S. Tenney

Desperate to impress her classmates, outcast Angela arranges a Halloween party at a sinister mortuary, only for a seance to invite demonic forces to crash the party…

#nightofthedemons #80shorror #halloween

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 7d

Released on this day in 1974:
Black Christmas | Canada | Bob Clark

A sorority house is plagued over the Christmas holidays by obscene phone calls. After one of the students goes missing, the girls begin to suspect the caller is closer to home than first realised...

#blackchristmas #christmashorror

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 7d

Released on this day in 1974:
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | USA | Tobe Hooper

During a country drive to visit a cemetery, a small gathering of friends happen upon a lonely farmstead, blissfully unaware of the cannibalistic family dwelling inside...

#texaschainsawmassacre #tobehooper #videonasty

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 8d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 10
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | USA | Joe Chappelle

After the death of his niece, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield for the completion of a mysterious ritual, revealing the malevolent Curse of Thorn and its cultists…

#halloween6 #michaelmyers #90sslasher

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The Nasty Pasty @thenastypasty.bsky.social · 8d

31 Days of Halloween: Day 9
Halloween 5 | USA | Dominique Othenin-Girard

Surviving his shooting, Michael Myers reawakens a year later to continue his sinister talking of niece Jamie and those surrounding her…

#halloween5 #michaelmyers #80sslasher

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