From the grue-crew behind Horror News Radio, Decades of Horror 1980s covers the horror, sci-fi and fantasy films from the Eighties. Classics from John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg and more.
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“What is best in life?” “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.” What about plunder? Does that include plunder? Join […]
“Buddy's a good boy, but he has what you might call basic hygiene problems.” Who knew? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff […]
“Ai-yah. You teach him to watch TV?” Do you mean there was a fourth rule? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr, […]
“Oral sodomy?… Well, that's why it's a small town… Yeah, we'll look into it. Thank you for calling.” Say what? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal […]
“December 8th, 1:46 A.M. Researcher and principal psychometric subject about to embark on sexual experiment number 517A; hopefully will be opening up a channel to Neil Gallagher; experiment may utilize […]
“Well, would you care to walk around in the scene with your schlong hanging out? Only in your case, darling, it would be a ‘schlort.'” Who says this movie isn't […]
“You just looked too closely. Most people are lucky. They never know that a certain percentage of what they see is… not there. But the problem now is not what […]
“You leave here without punching out… and you ain't never gonna have to punch out again, Bubba.” Who are you calling Bubba, Bubba? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad […]
“Nope. Nothing wrong here.” After watching this film, they may need to rethink that statement. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr […]
“Bummer. I forgot my crystal ball… Just a little psychic humor. I don't really have a crystal ball.” Everyone needs a little psychic humor with their medium, don't you think? […]
“After all, you're his father! If it wasn't for you, that little pecker wouldn't be here anyway.” That's a heck of a thing to say to the devil's father. Join […]
“Will you put that goddamn map away? Look, I gave you 78 men, you've got the National Guard, and he's still loose in my city! And look at the hole […]
“Buk, buk, buk, buk, buk, ba-gawk, buk, ba-gawk!” You can say that again! Or can you? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff […]
“Oh, my god. The girl was right. The little people, they're f***ing dolls!” A society where men are incidental? Hmm. Humans could learn from cockroaches. Join your faithful Grue Crew […]
“I so admire these nymph cockroaches – their ability to reproduce without the contribution of their male counterpart.” A society where men are incidental? Hmm. Humans could learn from cockroaches. […]
“Satan…we are making a pact with you. Take Madame Rikard. She makes us suffer. We don't want her. Take her far away and don't ever let her return.” So much […]
“Thank you. I have work to do. And you have your work to do. I don't like to be berated by Hank! Or anyone.” It seems that Hank's at it […]
“You killed my Bogie! Not with your hands. You had your little demon do it for you.” Her “Bogie” and his “little demon?” That's a new one. Never heard them […]
“ When I realized Christiano Berti was the killer… and it didn't take me long to realize that. The rest, Mr Germani, was like writing a book. […]
“Pretty soon we're going to have a sticky wicket.” Don't you hate when that happens? Wait. What's a wicket? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal […]
“I like smoking. I take a toke once in a while, and now and then I like to piss on a bush! Am I going to go to Hell for […]
“Don't worry if the brain is damaged another one will activate in seconds. The power will start again. A backup brain was hidden years ago just in case.” Bring backup […]
“Well, I'd hoped that hospital had some sexy nurses or something, but … they were all gross men. Total sausage fest. It was suffocating.” Wait. He suffocated on sausage? Join […]
“Are you kidding? Your guy's got a camera. Mine's got a flamethrower.” A flamethrower's good. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – […]
“You cut-a the hair; you lose-a the strength.” The story of Samson and Delilah this ain't! Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr […]
“That's right, Alva. It's a horrible, horrible job; sifting through old contract after old contract. I couldn't think of a more horrible job if I wanted to. And you have […]
“Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet.” “Good advice,” he said after first checking in the mirror. Join your […]
“That house is not fit to live in. No one's been able to live in it. It doesn't want people.” That sounds like a challenge. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – […]
“Welcome to prime time, bitch!” Not words I'd use in front of my mother, but they are iconic just the same. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, […]
“Louis, sometimes dead is better. The Indians knew that. They stopped using that burial ground when the ground went sour.” You know who wrote those words. Join your faithful Grue-Crew […]
“You'll be dead Galen Bradwarden, Sorcerer's Apprentice. You'll be dead, the dragon will still be alive, and I'll still be a virgin! You'll be dead, and I don't care!” Sounds […]
“All right. We're gonna do this the scanner way. I'm gonna suck your brain dry!” Yikes! Can we not do it the scanner way? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad […]
“Tetsuo is our friend. If anyone is going to kill him, it should be us.” That's what friends are for, right? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, […]
“Eat shit and die, Ricky!” “Eat shit and live, Bill.” Yup. Sounds like your typical summer camp version of witty patter. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, […]
“Forget the cat, you hemorrhoid! Get the gun!” Yeah! Get your priorities straight! Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they […]
“I really liked your story, Frankie. I wish I was as weird as you.” You are. Trust us. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and […]
“It says here the body showed signs of cannibalism. … That's what it says, Chief!” Exactly what are “signs of cannibalism,” Chief? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill […]
“I am Ergo, the magnificent. Short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose, and wide of vision. And I do not travel with peasants and beggars. Goodbye!” No brag, […]
‘Brundle stole my girl, your mother. Got her pregnant. Caused her death. Dissolved my hand and my foot with fly vomit! I had no love for the man. He “bugged” me!' Doesn't he know when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade? Sheesh. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, […]
“What… the eff was that?” That's a very good question! Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out this legendary low-budget film with big-budget effects, The Deadly Spawn (1983). Decades of Horror 1980sEpisode 213 – The Deadly Spawn (1983) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine […]
“You see my dear, immortality exacts a handsome price. Both for those who must claim it and those who must pave the way.” Seems like a simple equation. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Tom Savini as the ripper in this straight-to-video effort, The […]
“By pick, by axe, by sword, bye-bye!” They forgot by pitchfork, by gaff hook, and by pointy coat hooks. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the mutilations in The Mutilator (1984). Decades of Horror 1980sEpisode 211 – The Mutilator (1984) Join the Crew on […]
“Release the Kraken!” Chad does his best impression of James Mason doing Laurence Olivier in recreating that iconic command. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they get pretty wound up discussing Ray Harryhausen's last feature film, Clash of the Titans (1981). Decades of Horror 1980sEpisode […]
“Why do you keep telling me to go on with those pills? I feel fine. I never felt better! My nerves are fine the way they are!” If you moved into a house in the middle of a cemetery with an actual tomb inside the house, and it was the site of a murder-suicide, your […]
“You mustn't play with dead bodies. You've had your fun. Isn't it enough? Isn't killing five enough for one day?” Is five enough? You be the judge. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out this wild ride from Japan, Evil Dead Trap (1988). […]
“You know, I mostly get your basic dorks around here. They seem to gravitate toward me… I don't know why!” Hmmm. Guys go to a strip joint looking for a stripper and find vampires? May the dork be with you. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – […]
“I mean, in a sense, we're all vampires.” Everyone is draining the life out of everyone else in one way or another? Hmmm, that's a dark take, but a fair point. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they drain everything possible from Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce […]
“He was my patient for fifteen years. He became an obsession with me until I realized that there was nothing within him, neither conscious nor reason that was… even remotely human. An hour ago, I stood up and fired six shots into him, and then, he just got up and walked away. ” He shot […]
“One tiny little hole in a fucking toe of his suit, man. No bigger than your dick. Yeah, the way the ocean came in, the pressure just crammed his whole body up into his helmet in a matter of seconds. We just buried his helmet.” Too much information? Yeah, thought so. Join your faithful Grue-Crew […]
“For it is written: the inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with her blood. …” Well, if it's written, I guess it must be the real deal. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they boldly venture to the Dark Country to get a […]
“Mm, I see. So, Jane, what you do here, in effect, is count boners.” Will one hand be enough? You know. The fingers. Will the fingers on one hand be enough for counting? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they dream a little dream with […]