Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch

Hey all, to go in tandem with JoBlo.com’s 25th Anniversary (yes, we’ve been kicking butt that long) we are very proud to present to you 80’s Horror Memories, a new weekly doc-series (xxx episodes in all) which just premiered today on our YouTube Channel JoBlo Horror Originals. Feast your retinas on Episode 1 via the embed above and you can expect a new installment to go live every Monday on the channel.

Our first Episode chronicles:

“With the death of disco in 1979 and a demand for change, the 1980s evolved into a neon-soaked totally rad decade held firm together with cans of “Aqua Net” burning a hole in the ozone. The It The Horror We This We

Specifically, we will focus on the development of the genre during those years including the launch of the biggest names in the horror movie industry today including Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Chucky, Pinhead and more! And, yes, you can expect

Special Guests to surface in varied episodes with their own thoughts and horror memories.JoBlo.com founder Berge Garabedian and I have been developing this series since June of 2022, arduously building it brick by bloody brick alongside our stellar team of showrunners (Mike Conway and Adam Walton), writers, editors, artists, as well as our trusty narrator. This We The glorious synth score was composed by

Shawn Knippelberg

.The Special Guests in this episode are: Craig Perry (Final Destination), Doug Jones (Hellboy), Eric Red (The Hitcher), Patrick Lussier (Scream) and Sandy King

(They Live). We You Here You can expect around 50 episodes (1 per week) over the next year, and here’s a basic list of just some of the movies we’ll be covering:1980: Friday the 13th, Prom Night, The Shining, Alligator, The Fog, Dressed to Kill, The Changeling, Altered States1981: The Evil Dead, American Werewolf in London, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween 2, The Howling, Elvira, Heavy Metal, The Funhouse, Omen III1982: The Thing, Poltergeist, Conan the Barbarian, Creepshow, Halloween 3, Blade Runner, Basket Case, The Entity1983: Sleepaway Camp, The Hunger, Cujo, Christine, The Dead Zone, Jaws 3D, Tales from the Darkside, Psycho 2, Krull1984: Gremlins, The Terminator, Ghostbusters, A Nightmare on Elm Street, C.H.U.D, Night of the Comet, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Razorback1985: Teen Wolf, Day of the Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Return of the Living Dead, Re-Animator, Fright Night, Demons, Phenomena1986: Aliens, The Fly, Blue Velvet, Heavy Metal (music), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Critters, Chopping Mall, Invaders From Mars, Big Trouble In Little China

1987: The Lost Boys, Near Dark, Robocop, Predator, Hellraiser, Evil Dead 2, Prince of Darkness, Bad Taste, The Gate, The Hidden, Dolls1988: Child’s Play, They Live, Beetlejuice, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, The Blob, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Monkey Shines, Waxwork, Maniac Cop1989: Shocker, Tom Savini, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, Halloween 5, The Howling 5, Sleepaway Camp 3. Pet Sematary

We’re pumped to take you down Horror Memory Lane. Rock

Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch

PETE TOWNSHEND

May 17, 2023