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Channel 83 is a podcast dedicated to bringing you the best, worst, and weirdest that horror cinema has to offer. Each week, we will be picking three films that are tied together with a loose theme. We will give you a synopsis of each film, followed by a review/analysis/recommendation/anything else that we think you might find interesting.
In addition, we’ll be broadcasting these films so that you, the listeners, will have the chance to check out the films that we discuss.
What sort of movies can you expect? Well, we’ll be going through the horror franchises both major and minor, forgotten classics, unknown schlock, foreign oddities, and everything in-between. Horror can be a difficult genre to define so there may be some films that teeter on the edge. No matter the movie, we will always strive to provide you with content that will entertain, interest, or disgust horror buffs and horror noobs alike.
Thank you for listening, and long live the new flesh.
Hello, videodrones! It’s been a while. I just wanted to let everyone know that this site, channel83.video, will be decommissioned on May 23, 2023. As a result, the RSS feed for the podcast will be dead and it will no longer be available on podcatchers. The good news is that I’ve archived everything on archive.org for anyone that wants to listen in the future! I may make a couple more posts on here before the site goes down to direct you guys to my other projects but until then, thanks for listening and long live the new flesh!
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Looks like we made it! Today we wrap up our coverage of the horror cinema of east/southeast Asia with 2016’s Dearest Sister. Directed by Mattie Do, the first female filmmaker in Laos, Dearest Sister is a wonderfully layered tale of worlds colliding.
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We are winding down our coverage of the horror of east and southeast Asia with 2014’s Hollow out of Vietnam. We’re on the home stretch! This is the second to last film we’ll be covering for this series. Hollow is an enjoyable (if not a bit unremarkable) ghost story from writer/director Hàm Trần.
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Originally, I had not been able to locate any horror films from Brunei but I was recently able to find Bread Dream (2012) and Teluki (2013). Enjoy this little addendum to our Asian Horror Marathon courtesy of Bruneian writer/director/actor Abdul Zainidi!
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Once again we find ourselves in the unenviable position of reviewing something so obscure that we’re the first ones to review it. Love Motel (2012) out of China has only 14 ratings on IMDB, 5 ratings on Letterboxd, and 0 reviews on either site. Is it a hidden gem just waiting to be discovered or … Continue reading E146: LOVE MOTEL (恐怖旅馆) →
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Tonight we’re taking a look at 23:59, a supernatural horror film out of Singapore. Will we finally break the Asian Horror Marathon streak of bad films? Listen and find out!
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After last week’s episode I was looking for a palate cleanser and hoped that Malaysia’s Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah would be able to provide me with that. This supernatural comedy-horror about a group of villagers warding off ghosts didn’t end up being exactly what I was looking for.
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Tonight, we continue our excursion into the horror cinema of east/southeast Asia with 2004’s Nieng Arp out of Cambodia. While the history of Cambodian horror cinema is definitely an interesting one, Nieng Arp is interesting only for how impressively terrible it is. Truly, this is one of the worst films we’ve reviewed so far on … Continue reading E143: NIENG ARP (អាប) →
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Continuing our deep dive into the horror cinema of East and Southeast Asia, we take a look at our first film out of South Korea, 1998’s Whispering Corridors. This episode pairs well with episode 137 as a lot of the cultural context for what was going on in the South Korean film industry at the … Continue reading E142: WHISPERING CORRIDORS (여고괴담) →
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Today we travel to Thailand so continue our exploration of Asian horror cinema. Shutter, released in 2004, is all about spooky polaroids and has plenty of scares to spare!
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I really don’t know what Adam Wingard was thinking with this one. In today’s episode we give an HONEST review of Godzilla vs. Kong and it ain’t pretty!
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Today we continue our survey of Asian horror cinema with our first film out of Indonesia, 1995’s Dangerous Seductress! From the same warped mind that brought us such classics as Lady Terminator and Mystics in Bali, Dangerous Seductress is one you won’t want to miss!
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Our journey into the horror cinema of East/Southeast Asia takes us to Taiwan with 1986’s Little Master, a movie featuring hopping vampires, watersports, and a totally-not-illegally-used score by none other than John Carpenter!
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This week we’re joined yet again by George, host of The Best Little Horror House in Philly! We’re continuing our exploration of the horror cinema of East/Southeast Asia with the 1985 North Korean kaiju epic, Pulgasari!
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Tonight we are wrapping up our coverage of the Guinea Pig franchise with reviews of Mermaid in a Manhole, Android of Notre Dame, and the unofficial 7th film in the series, Lucky Sky Diamond.
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Tonight we are kicking off our reviews of the Guinea Pig franchise with reviews of the first four entries into the series: Devil’s Experiment and Flower of Flesh and Blood from 1985, and He Never Dies and Devil Woman Doctor from 1986.
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Their reputation precedes them. They’re often mentioned as some of the most depraved films ever committed to tape and you may have even heard stories involving copycat killers, famous Hollywood actors, snuff films, and the FBI. In tonight’s episode we attempt to demystify the bizarre history behind the infamous Guinea Pig films.
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Whatcha gonna do when Corpse Mania runs wild on you brother? Whatever you do, be sure not to cross paths with a man who wears his sunglasses at night, it won’t end up well for you. We continue our journey into the horror cinema of East and Southeast Asia with a period piece giallo out … Continue reading E133: CORPSE MANIA (屍妖) →
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We continue our dive into Asian Horror with 1966’s Daimajin, the first kaiju film to be covered on Channel 83. Are kaiju films horror films? Today we try to answer that question and more. One thing is for sure: this oft-overlooked kaiju film about a giant samurai statue come to life is definitely worth your … Continue reading E132: DAIMAJIN (大魔神) →
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Today we’re covering our first film out of Japan for our Asian horror extravaganza. Toho’s Matango (1963) brings together some legendary talent whose credits include Godzilla, Rodan, Frankenstein vs. Baragon, and The Mysterians, just to name a few. Does this film about an island inhabited by a deadly, sentient fungus live up to its pedigree?
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We’re kicking off our dive into Asian horror cinema by taking a look at the 1959 Filipino/American film Terror is a Man. Today’s film is a loose adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau and was co-directed by two legends of Filipino cinema, Gerardo de Leon and Eddie Romero.
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We’re back! Today’s episode is just a quick update on what we have in store for the rest of Season 2 on Channel 83. We’re finally making good on some promises we made nearly a year ago and we’re going to be hitting the ground running with some Asian horror reviews!
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It’s that time of year again! Each year at the 7 Golden Vampire Awards, we take a look at all the films we’ve reviewed this year on Channel 83 and hand out some awards for the best and worst ones in different categories. Once again we are joined by a special guest to help us … Continue reading E128: 2ND ANNUAL 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRE AWARDS →
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This week we’re joined yet again by George, host of The Best Little Horror House in Philly! We’re wrapping up our month of Halloween Hangover with a non-horror movie that terrified George as a child, 1968’s car-come-to-life fantasy musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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The Halloween season has passed and just like last year we’re switching things up a bit this week and taking a look at a movie that is decidedly non-horror to help you get over your Halloween Hangover. After 31 days straight of horror we could all do with a bit of a palate cleanser, I … Continue reading E126: BIG WAVE →
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Hello, videodrones! Thanks for sticking with us through our 31 in 31 marathon! Today we’re bringing you a quick episode wrapping up the month of October before taking a short break!
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We did it videodrones, 31 episodes in 31 days! There have been many ups and downs this month but we rose to the occasion and bested the Hooptober challenge. We close out the month with yet another film directed by Tobe Hooper. Much like The Mangler and Djinn, Night Terrors is yet another Hooper film … Continue reading E124: NIGHT TERRORS →
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If the Pumpkinhead franchise has taught us anything, it’s that sometimes it’s better to let sleeping demons lie. I only wish that Jeff Burr and co. had heeded that advice before deciding to make Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings.
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Tonight we’re reviewing The Mangler 2 from 2002. You may remember that the original Mangler was one of the films that was submitted to us for Shitty September. If there’s one thing that horror fandom has taught me over the years it’s that horror franchise sequels follow the law of diminishing returns, so when your … Continue reading E122: THE MANGLER 2 →
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Rather than using the Hooptober marathon’s requirement of watching one invisible man film as an opportunity to finally watch Universal’s classic 1933 film The Invisible Man, we at Channel 83 instead decided to do what we always do: go with a much more obscure film that probably no one cares about. Tonight we’re reviewing the … Continue reading E121: INVISIBLE MAN (透明人間) →
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The original Candyman is one of only two films that I’ve reviewed on this cast that I’ve given a 5-star rating on Letterboxd. I love that movie, I believe it is one of the best, if not the best horror movie of the 1990s. I’ve always considered myself a fan of the sequel as well, … Continue reading E120: CANDYMAN: FAREWELL TO THE FLESH →
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It’s day 26 of our Hooptober marathon we’re getting so damn close to finishing this and tonight’s film, 1979’s Giallo in Venice, is a corker. Released on December 31st, 1979, Giallo in Venice marks the end of the giallo’s heyday in the 1970s both literally and figuratively. By this point the artistry that had become … Continue reading E119: GIALLO IN VENICE →
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Anak Ambar is an Indonesian short film directed by Melvin Giovanie and written by Fanny Gunawan. It’s a pretty straightforward film and, like The Oily Maniac, is an adaptation of traditional Malay mythology. Does this low-budget short deliver the horror goods?
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Bride of Re-Animator sees the return of Jeffrey Combs and Bruce Abbott to Miskatonic University in Brian Yuzna’s follow-up to the 1985 Lovecraftian classic. With effects from Buechler, Nicotero, and Screaming Mad George, Bride of Re-Animator is everything you want in a goofy horror gorefest. But does it live up to the legacy of the … Continue reading E117: BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR →
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Tonight we’re reviewing our 3rd and final disease-based film for the Hooptober marathon. This one, 1993’s Dark Universe, is brought to us by the same dynamic writer/director duo that gave us 1995’s Jack-O. Throw Joe Estevez and Steve Barkett into the mix and we’ve got ourselves a stew going!
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A little over a month ago, we reviewed the first Violent Shit film for our Shitty September marathon. In fact, the first Violent Shit was so bad that it ended up being crowned the winner of Shitty September. Obviously I wasn’t too stoked to watch the sequel being that the first is one of the … Continue reading E115: VIOLENT SHIT II: MOTHER HOLD MY HAND →
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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight was directed by Ernest Dickerson, the same man that graced us with Surviving the Game! Featuring appearances from William Sadler and a very young, very delicious Billy Zane, is Demon Knight the best TFTC movie?
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Basket Case 2 is a follow-up to writer/director Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 debut film about the brothers Bradley. Duane and Belial are back and better than ever and although this sequel is a much more polished film than the first, there’s still plenty of gonzo, Henenlotter charm to be found in Basket Case 2.
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Tonight we’re joined by friend of the cast Mike Ward. Mike is an all-around cool guy and former writer for Mondo Exploito, so we called upon him to help us dissect 1991’s The Guyver! Mark Hamill, Michael Berryman, David Gale, Jeffrey Combs, Jimmie “JJ” Walker, and Linnea Quigley star in this is great American tokusatsu … Continue reading E112: THE GUYVER – feat. Mike Ward →
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It’s day 18 of our Hooptober horror marathon and I stand before you a broken man. We’re a little more than halfway through the month and for the first time so far, I feel like I’m having a rough go of it. Tonight’s film, 1988’s Rejuvenatrix, is the first movie I’ve reviewed where I’ve really … Continue reading E111: REJUVENATRIX →
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It creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor! It’s the friggin’ Blob! Today we take a quick look at Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.’s 1958 classic. Steve McQueen stars opposite a squishy mass of silicone in this landmark of B-cinema.
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Now, if you’re like me, you hear the name Primal Rage and your mind immediately thinks of the 1994 video game about dinosaurs fighting each other but tonight’s film isn’t anything like that. Again, this one goes towards fulfilling the Hooptober requirement of watching 3 disease-based films and this one was a doozy.
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Mati Diop’s Atlantics is a beautifully-shot, languid mystery/romance set in Dakar, Senegal. The film received high praise upon its release in 2019, even making then-U.S. President Barack Obama’s list of his favorite movies of 2019. But is it a horror movie?
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I had really considered going rogue and skipping the Hooptober “disease-based films” category. I mean, do we really need another reminder of how shitty things are in the world today? But ultimately, I decided that I may as well just play along with the rules and The Carrier made me glad that I did. This … Continue reading E107: THE CARRIER →
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Continuing on with our Hooptober marathon, today we take a quick look at the Austrian home invasion film, Funny Games from 1997. Michael Haneke’s polarizing film was famously called “a complete piece of shit” by French filmmaker, Jacques Rivette. Let’s see if he was right.
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We’re forging ahead in our 31 in 31 Hooptober challenge with 2015’s Unnatural. James Remar and Sherilyn Fenn battle a genetically enhanced polar bear in this low budget natural horror film directed by Hank Braxtan.
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Tonight we continue on with day 11 of our Hooptober marathon with 2018’s animated body-horror film, Violence Voyager. Written and directed by mysterious Japanese artist, Ujicha, Violence Voyager feels like a Golden Books videotape from hell, complete with child murder, cybernetic enhancements, and plenty of bodily fluids.
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Continuing our October extravaganza, we bring you a very brief review of the very obscure 1994 German horror short, Verfolger.
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If you’re a long-time listener of Channel 83, you’ll remember that we reviewed the first Unnamable way back in episode 16. It is one of the most boring movies that we’ve reviewed so far on this cast and, in fact, it made my wife’s list as one of the Most Forgettable films we watched for … Continue reading E102: THE UNNAMABLE II →
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Tonight we continue on with day 8 of our Hooptober marathon with 1988’s Half Past Midnight. This wasn’t the movie I originally planned on reviewing today but I’m glad I did! Half Past Midnight is a dazy, hazy, slashery, synthy, same-y, hypnotic, piece of weirdness from Dutch auteur, Wim Vink.
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It’s our 100th episode! Fittingly enough, today we’re reviewing a horror film that’s over 100 years old. Edison Studios’ Frankenstein from 1910 is the first adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic horror to grace the silver screen. Listen to find out if it still holds up 110 years later!
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The tagline for The Snorkel proclaims, “teenage girl vs. killer with a gimmick”. Going solely off the poster, you’d think that The Snorkel is some sort of proto-slasher about a deranged diver stalking women on the beach and drowning them. The reality is quite different and truth be told, much more interesting than that.
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More Hooptober movie marathon madness! Today’s film, In Fabric, comes courtesy of up-and-comer Peter Strickland. Cursed dresses, washing machine repairmen, mannequins with merkins!
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Tonight’s film came to us in the form of a suggestion from Dan over at TYTD Reviews! Fear. Infidelity. Velvet worms. LSD. Percepto! Vincent Price. These are but a few of the wonder’s to be found in this 1959 film from schlock-slinger extraordinaire, William Castle!
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As our Hooptober marathon continues we review what may possibly be the most obscure film reviewed so far on Channel 83 – bold claim, I know. Join us as we take a look at 1997’s Garden Tool Massacre! Ever wonder what a late 90’s British SOV horror film shot by a group of 15-year-olds would … Continue reading E96: GARDEN TOOL MASSACRE →
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I first heard about tonight’s film, Rent-A-Pal, a few weeks ago now from a review by Mike at Rotted Reviews. Mike had some really great things to say about this movie so I decided to check it out, and I’m glad that I did because this is one you won’t want to miss!
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Tonight we are kicking off Hooptober! One rule that is constant each Hooptober is that there must always be a Tobe Hooper film, so why not begin the month with one? Tonight we’ll be talking about the much-maligned 2013 supernatural horror, Djinn.
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On letterboxd.com, there is a yearly challenge that is in its 7th year this year called the Hooptober Challenge. It’s hosted by a fellow named Cinemonster and it’s called Hooptober in honor of horror director Tobe Hooper, whose films are always part of the Hooptober Challenge. This week we kick off the Hooptober Challenge and … Continue reading E93: HOOPTOBER INTRO →
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We’re wrapping up Shitty September by taking a look back at all the movies we’ve watched this month, crowning a winner for the shittiest movie, and giving the person who suggested it to me a special prize. Will it be Hell Fest, Sharknado, Ring of Terror, Violent Shit, or The Mangler? Listen to find out!
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You don’t get to be a horror nerd and host of a podcast that nobody listens to without stumbling upon your fair share of stinkers and tonight our Shitty September marathon comes to a close with the worst horror movie I’ve ever seen, 2000’s Da Hip Hop Witch starring Eminem, Ja Rule, Rah Digga, and … Continue reading E91: DA HIP HOP WITCH →
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Our Shitty September marathon nears its end. Today’s shitty horror movie suggestion comes from friend of the cast Jim. So here we are, videodrones, giving you the low-down on The Mangler. Is it as bad as Jim remembers it? Is it a “miserable piece of dog fuck”? Well, you’ll just have to listen to find … Continue reading E90: THE MANGLER →
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Shitty September continues this week with another stinker, the aptly-titled 1989 SOV horror, Violent Shit. Tonight’s shitty movie was suggested by Mike Ward, friend of the cast, former writer for Mondo Exploito, and all-around cool guy. Will Violent Shit be the film that finally breaks me? Listen and find out!
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Tonight we’re doing an autopsy on a shitty little film from 1962. Our Shitty September marathon continues with Ring of Terror. Tonight’s shitty horror movie suggestion comes from Dan, host of the YouTube channel TYTD Reviews who we had as a guest on our show last season on episode 85.
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We’re gonna need a bigger chopper! This shitty horror movie suggestion comes from friend of the cast, G.G. Graham, writer for various genre sites who also runs their own site, Shock, Schlock & Leftover Film Stock. For a long time, I’ve been afraid to watch this one. Let’s find out if my fears were warranted!
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You may have noticed that each time we’ve had a guest on this show so far, there has been one question that I’ve been sure to ask our guests each time and that is “what is the worst horror movie you’ve ever seen and why?” Misery loves company and it’s in that spirit that we’re … Continue reading E86: HELL FEST →
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Hello videodrones and thanks for tuning back into Channel 83. We are the TV guide for weirdos, the video word made flesh, evangelists of the obscure, and welcome to our second season! We’ve got a lot of great stuff in the works this season for all you videodrones out there. Tomorrow we’ll be kicking of … Continue reading SEASON 2 INTRODUCTION →
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Hello videodrones and thanks for tuning in to Channel 83 during our first season. We’re taking a break for a few months but I just wanted to leave you with a quick message to let all you guys know that we’re not just disappearing. We’re looking to launch season 2 sometime in late August or … Continue reading SEASON 1 SIGN-OFF →
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This week we’re joined by Dan, host of TYTD Reviews, to talk about Lance Lindsay’s 1986 Alien rip-off sci-fi “epic”, Star Crystal. We also touch on various other topics including William Castle, Guinea Pig, Poverty Row, video nasties, and more!
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It’s our paper anniversary at Channel 83! In this episode, we reflect on some of the hard lessons we’ve learned over the course of our first year and discover that maybe the real hidden gems were the friends we made along the way. Also included are some announcements regarding the future of the ‘cast and … Continue reading E84: 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY →
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It is our 83rd episode of Channel 83 and if I’d had any sort of foresight, now would have been the perfect episode to review Videodrome but I didn’t, so we’re not. Instead, we’re talking about a film that isn’t likely to inspire anyone to do anything other than possibly question what they’re doing with … Continue reading E83: XTRO 3: WATCH THE SKIES →
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It’s time to Micheal down your Vincents! In this episode of Channel 83, we continue Xploring the Xcellently Xhilarating Xample of cinematic Xcrement that is the Xtro franchise. Prepare to engage duo tangents as we try to Xplain the 1990 Aliens ripoff, Xtro II: The Second Encounter.
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This week we’re joined by George, host of The Best Little Horror House in Philly, to talk about Harry Bromley-Davenport’s supremely bizarre 1982 alien flick, Xtro. We also discuss Friday the 13th Part 2, the Star Wars prequels, and Hellfest.
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This week we’re covering the “lost” 1989 Jennifer Connelly film, Ballet. We discuss whether or not this movie is actually a horror and we also discuss the strange connection between Ballet, Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue, and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.
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This week we bring you our second installment of Werewolf Wednesday, in which we cover the forgotten TV series Werewolf that aired from July of 1987 to August of 1988. In this episode we cover the episodes “Nightwatch”, “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf”, and “Black Ship”.
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In our first installment of Werewolf Wednesday, we begin our coverage of the forgotten TV series Werewolf that aired from July of 1987 to August of 1988. We’ll be covering some of the production history of the show as well as giving a review of the pilot episode.
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This week we talk franchises, the new Hellraiser movie, and we bring you a quick one-off review of 1992’s Star Time. If you’ve ever wondered what Taxi Driver directed by David Lynch and featuring John P. Ryan quoting Karl Marx would be like, Star Time is just the film for you!
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In this episode, we’re playing a game of “horror movie tag” in which we answer 11 questions about our relationship with the horror genre and invite our listeners to give their answers as well! This was inspired by a video from Mike at Rotted Reviews so be sure to show him some love and check … Continue reading E76: HORROR MOVIE TAG →
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This week we begin a new series on Channel 83. In each episode of Tubi Tuesday, we’ll be going over some movies to help you sift through the free streaming service’s extensive catalog. This week we’re talking Sudden Fury (1993), DNA (1997), Stalking Laura (1993), and Curse of Demon Mountain (1977).
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Yet another topical rant this week on Channel 83. Gatekeeping is most definitely an issue in the horror community but is there a difference between gatekeeping and simply having a difference of opinion? Is criticizing a film inherently exclusionary?
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We’re being lazy this week and releasing an episode that has been buried in the Channel 83 vault. The original concept of the show was to have 2 hosts, one an avid horror fan and the other a complete horror noob. Scheduling conflicts prevented this first iteration from getting off the ground but here’s a … Continue reading E73: VAULT: INTRO →
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Channel 83 joins George Heftler on The Best Little Horror House in Philly to discuss why Larry Cohen’s 1974 film, It’s Alive, is the best horror movie ever made – according to us at least!
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We’re still putting our new studio together at Channel 83, so this week we’re taking a quick look at the short films of Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson. We’ll be discussing The House on Dame Street (1999), Fifty Percent Grey (2001), The Silent City (2006), Blinky (2011), The Leviathan (2015), and Corporate Monster (2019).
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This week, we bring you another topical rant on a niche subject that you probably don’t care about. This episode we ask the questions, to what extent are collectors of rare media responsible for their preservation? What can the average person do to help ensure that rare, obscure, and out-of-print films don’t disappear entirely?
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A Channel 83 double feature, 1967’s Wait Until Dark and 2020’s The Invisible Man. Two movies featuring “invisible” villains, but the way in which they achieve invisibility is completely different. How do the different mechanisms of invisibility affect the films’ narratives and what does this mean for us, the audience?
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This week we take a look at four horror oddities – Boo! (1932), La Cabina (1972), Fisheye (1980), and Michael Jackson’s Ghosts (1996).
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This week, we get super pedantic and go full ACKSHUALLY as we answer a question that no one asked and likely no one else cares about: what makes a horror movie a “hidden gem”?
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This week I begin to make good on one of my New Year’s resolutions for Channel 83 by reviewing an older horror film, 1941’s Invisible Ghost. One of the many slapdash productions Lugosi appeared in during his career’s decline, Invisible Ghost is a tale of murder, jilted lovers, police incompetence, and unknown identical relatives from … Continue reading E66: INVISIBLE GHOST →
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This week we are joined once again by our frequent guest, Hana, to review the 1991 made-for-TV film about “killer” house cats, Strays. We also talk a little bit about Spiral: From the Book of Saw, why the Oscars can go fuck themselves, arthouse horror, and more.
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This week we review Oz Perkins arthouse take on a fairy tale classic, 2020’s Gretel & Hansel. This episode is contains a long segment of email answering as well as a rambling, ill-prepared for and poorly-conceived review. Cheers!
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This week we review Tunisia’s first horror film, 2018’s Dachra written and directed by Abdelhamid Bouchnak. It was screened at Frightfest London 2019 and it’s the first Tunisian film to turn a profit in over 20 years.
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I decided to just do a one-off episode this week. The movie we’ll be reviewing is 1979’s The Brood.
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review our second horror film of 2020, William Eubank’s Underwater.
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It’s a new year and I wanted to take this episode to kind of talk about sort of the state of cast. Where have we been? Where are we going? What kind of content can you look forward to from Channel 83 in the upcoming year?
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Channel 83 joins George Heftler of The Best Little Horror House in Philly, filmmaker Elliot Slade, and horror YouTuber Mike Stone of RotD Entertainment for a round-table discussion on arthouse horror. We tackle a variety of topics related to the new wave of horror films such as The Witch, Midsommar, In Fabric, The Lighthouse and … Continue reading E59: BONUS – RotD Entertainment Discussion →
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review our first horror film of 2020, Nicholas Pesce’s The Grudge.
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We’re taking a look at all the films we’ve reviewed this year on Channel 83 and we’re handing out some awards for the best and worst ones in different categories. This ended up being a really long episode, and we’re not really set up to record two people so the audio quality isn’t what it … Continue reading E57: YEAR IN REVIEW →
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Alright, it’s New Year’s Eve and I figured since we just did a Christmas horror marathon, why not continue the festivities with an episode focused on horror films that take place on or around New Year’s Eve? Our three films for this week are The Fifth Cord from 1971, New Year’s Evil from 1980 and … Continue reading E56: NEW YEAR’S EVE →
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We have reached the end of our Christmas horror marathon. It’s been an interesting experiment I suppose, I’ve been introduced to some really great new stuff as well as some absolute crap. Let’s wrap it up here on Christmas eve with 1983’s Blood Beat.
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Oh man, the Christmas horror marathon has taken a serious nose-dive since Uncle Cyril. Tonight we take a look at 1996’s Santa Claws. Let’s just try to get through this.
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We’re nearing the end of our Christmas horror marathon and thank god because some of these movies are really trying my patience. Tonight we review the 1980 Italian cannibal exploitation film, Eaten Alive.
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Today we review what is probably the second worst of the season with 2013’s The Lady Bruins Christmas Slumber Party.
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The Christmas horror hits just keep on coming. Tonight we take a look at Uncle Cyril, a 1989 film out of Czechoslovakia that goes by the alternate titles The Damned House of Hajn, Invisible, The Invisible Man, and Prokletí domu Hajnù.
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We are continuing our Christmas horror marathon with another episode of Tales From the Darkside. Tonight we’re reviewing The Yattering and Jack, the seventh episode of season 4.
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Alright, so yesterday we hit an absolute low in our Christmas horror marathon with the first movie of the season that I absolutely did not like, 2017’s Sugarplum. Today we try to redeem ourselves with 1980’s Christmas Evil, a film I hadn’t seen before that seems to have been getting more and more praise over … Continue reading E49: CHRISTMAS EVIL →
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The Christmas marathon has finally broken me. Tonight we review Sugarplum, a short film from 2017.
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Tonight we’re taking a look at And All Through the House, the 2nd episode of season 1 of Tales From the Crypt.
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After waiting so long to see this, can 1989’s Elves live up to my expectations?
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Tonight we’re taking a look at Monsters in My Room, the 12th episode of season 2 of Tales From the Darkside.
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We are 4 episodes into our Christmas marathon and so far it has been pretty good. I’ve liked everything I’ve reviewed so far to some extent and I’m actually really surprised by that. I thought that this whole Christmas horror thing was going to end up being torturous but so far I’m feeling pretty good … Continue reading E44: NIGHT CALLER (平安夜) →
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Today we are continuing our Christmas horror extravaganza with the 2008 Jason Eisener short, Treevenge.
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Today we are continuing our Christmas horror extravaganza with 1988’s Deadly Dreams.
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For the month of December I’m going to try and review as many pieces of Christmas horror media as I can. This is going to range from movies to shorts to TV episodes to anything else I can find and we’re just going to be doing a bunch of one-off episodes. Let’s kick things of … Continue reading E41: KAZUO UMEZU’S HORROR THEATER – PRESENT →
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Alright we are back to horror from here on out. It’s nice to take a break every once in a while but nothing beats a good horror movie and boy are there some good ones this week. Our theme this week is Idaho and we’re reviewing three horror movies that take place in the Gem … Continue reading E40: IDAHO →
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This is our second week of Halloween Hangover and while we’re still doing some non-horror films we’re slowly dipping our toes into the genre this week before getting back into it full-swing. This week we’re taking a look at 3 non-horror films directed by famous horror directors. We’ll be reviewing John Carpenter’s Elvis from 1979, … Continue reading E39: HALLOWEEN HANGOVER 2 →
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review the Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep.
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The Halloween season has passed and to help you get over your Halloween Hangover, we’re switching things up a bit this week and taking a look at 3 movies that are decidedly non-horror. We’re all probably feeling a little bit partied out after Halloween, so hopefully these three films will provide a palette cleanser and … Continue reading E37: HALLOWEEN HANGOVER →
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This week our theme is writers and we’re taking a look at films which have a writer as the main character. We’ll be reviewing Hold the Dark from 2018, The Shining from 1980, and The Rat Savior from 1976.
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Halloween is just a few days away and we’re bringing you another Halloween-themed episode to help get you into the holiday spirit. Our theme for this week is “trick or treat” and our three films are Trick or Treat from 1986, Trick or Treats from 1982, and Trick ‘r Treat from 2007. It should be … Continue reading E35: TRICK OR TREAT →
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Recently I had the opportunity to see The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in theaters with a live musical accompaniment from Austin, TX based band The Invincible Czars, so here’s another quick one-off episode.
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Just a quick one-off review of the conclusion to Rob Zombie’s Devil’s Rejects trilogy.
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Alright, the Halloween season is upon us so for the next two episodes we’ll be looking at some Halloween related horror films to get you into the holiday spirit. Our theme this week is Pumpkins and our movies are Jack-O from 1995, and Hack-O-Lantern and Pumpkinhead both from 1988.
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I recently had the opportunity to see the 1988 Frank Henenlotter film, Brain Damage, in theaters so I figured I’d do a quick one-off episode to give my impressions.
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It’s Channel 83’s birthday so we’re releasing an episode that has been buried in the Channel 83 vault for some time. The original concept of the show was to have 2 hosts, one an avid horror fan and the other a complete horror noob. Scheduling conflicts prevented this first iteration from getting off the ground … Continue reading E30: VAULT: DREAMS →
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The theme for this week is Rutger Hauer and we’ll paying tribute to the genre film icon that sadly passed away back in July. The movies this week are Surviving the Game from 1994, The Hitcher from 1986, and 1997’s Bleeders.
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This week’s theme is Exploding Heads and each of our films this week features, you guessed it, someone’s head exploding. We’ll be taking a look at Galaxy of Terror and Scanners – both from 1981 – and 1986’s Night of the Creeps.
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Our theme this week is Crazy and each of our movies’ titles are terms used to call someone, for lack of a better word, crazy. We’ll be reviewing 1980’s Schizoid, 1982’s Basket Case, and 1960’s Psycho.
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This week’s theme is Texas and each of our movies takes place in the Lone Star State, sort of. We’ll be reviewing 1976’s The Town that Dreaded Sundown, 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects.
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review the Andy Muschietti’s IT Chapter Two.
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This week’s theme is “It” and our movies are tied together by nothing other than the fact that they all have the word “It” in their titles. We’ll be reviewing 2005’s It Waits, 1967’s It!, and 2017’s It: Chapter One.
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
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Our theme for this week is Lovecraft, and we’re taking a look at 3 film adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft stories. We’ll be talking about 1985’s Re-Animator based on the serial novelette “Herbert West-Reanimator”, The Resurrected from 1991 based on “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward”, and 1994’s The Lurking Fear based on a short story … Continue reading E22: LOVECRAFT →
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For the first time ever we have a special guest in the Channel 83 studio. This week we are joined by my better half, Hana. In honor of our special guest, we also have a special theme this week. Each of our movies this week came out in 1992, the year Hana was born, and … Continue reading E21: 1992 →
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Channel83 is on vacation so we’re releasing an episode that has been buried in the Channel83 vault for some time. The original concept of the show was to have 2 hosts, one an avid horror fan and the other a complete horror noob. Scheduling conflicts prevented this first iteration from getting off the ground but … Continue reading E20: VAULT: ILLINOIS →
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This week we take a break from movies to examine Genocyber, the ultra-violent anime mini-series from 1994.
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This week’s theme is Cars, and each of our movies features a killer car of some sort. We’ll be reviewing The Wraith from 1986, Ferat Vampire – a little known 1982 film out of Czechoslovakia, and the 2007 Tarantino joint Death Proof.
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Our theme for this week is serpents and, unsurprisingly, all three films involve serpents in some capacity. We’ll be reviewing 1997’s Anaconda, Wes Craven’s The Serpent and the Rainbow from 1988, and Larry Cohen’s 1982 classic Q: The Winged Serpent.
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Our theme for this week is names, and the names of the antagonists in each of our films figure prominently into the plot. In addition, each of our films this week is based off of a pre-existing story. We’ll be reviewing the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation The Unnamable from 1988, 1995’s fairy tale horror Rumpelstiltskin, and … Continue reading E16: NAMES →
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review the Alexandre Aja’s Crawl.
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This week’s theme is hardware and each of our films are somehow related to tools and machinery. We’ll be reviewing Driller Killer from 1979, Woodchipper Massacre from 1988, and 1990’s Hardware.
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The theme for this week is Bill Paxton and we’re gonna watch three movies starring – you guessed it – Bill Paxton. The movies this week are Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker from 1981, Mortuary from 1983, and 1993’s Boxing Helena. (Apologies for audio quality, someone was mowing their lawn for literal hours during the only … Continue reading E13: BILL PAXTON →
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review the Ari Aster’s Midsommar. (Apologies for audio quality, someone was mowing their lawn for literal hours during the only time I was able to record)
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Our theme this week is Houses and each of our films contains a variation of house in the title and features a house as a prominent plot point. We’ll take a look at Rob Zombie’s divisive 2003 debut House of 1000 Corpses, 1986’s House, and 1989’s Sweet Home.
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This week, we have our Slippery theme and each of these films contains a goopy killer. We’ll meet a couple of bullshit artists in 2016’s The Greasy Strangler, douse ourselves in 1976’s The Oily Maniac, and get a whiff of something foul in 2000’s Drainiac.
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Just a quick one-off episode where we review the new reboot of Child’s Play.
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This week’s theme is Anthropoids. We’ll go full frontal in 1996’s Pinocchio’s Revenge, check into the Bodega Bay Inn with 1989’s Puppet Master, and get intimate with a medical dummy in 1988’s PIN.
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Our theme this week is comic books. In this week’s pull list, we’ll thumb through 1982’s horror anthology Creepshow, witness a crossover in 2001’s Earth vs. the Spider, and take a look at Oliver Stone’s uncirculated 1981 one-shot, The Hand.
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Venture beyond your wildest dreams with A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Dreamcatcher (2003), and Deathdream (1974).
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Venture beyond your wildest dreams with A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Dreamcatcher (2003), and Deathdream (1974).
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Venture beyond your wildest dreams with A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Dreamcatcher (2003), and Deathdream (1974).
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This week Channel 83 takes you to the Land of Lincoln with Halloween (1978), Child’s Play (1988), and 10 to Midnight (1983).
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