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Author: Klaus Griffiths

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3 Ways The Cameraman Is the Perfect Nostalgia Fix [Book review]

As more companies and creatives realise that nostalgia sells, those seeking a fix are growing wary of being served empty aesthetics or shallow pandering. It’s all too tempting for authors and Hollywood to say, ‘Well this sucks—but if we set it in the ’90s, it’ll sell!’ Thankfully, this is not the case for The Cameraman (2023) by Liberty Key author Michael R. Goodwin.

This review is here to help horror fans decide if they should pick up The Cameraman, while also highlighting three killer ways it delivers the perfect nostalgia hit for anyone who loves retro scares.

As always on the ’90s Horror Blog, you’ll get a spoiler-free plot rundown—just the essentials—followed by three solid reasons why The Cameraman nails both the scares and the throwback vibes.

Movie

11 Best 90s zombie movies

The 1990s were weird, wild, and packed with zombies. From splatter comedies to gothic gorefests, this decade gave us an undead line-up as chaotic as it was creative. Whether you’re into brain-munching madness or romantic necromancy (yes, really), there’s something for every kind of horror fan here. Here’s our definitive list of the best 90s zombie movies… Dead Alive Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive (1992) is a gloriously deranged splatterpunk horror-comedy that delivers everything a genre fan could want – and somehow does it all incredibly well. Set in the late 1950s, it follows the timid Lionel Cosgrove, whose budding romance...

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Direct-to-Video / Movie

The Blair Rabbit Project (1999 / 2021) Review

Pickings for Easter-themed horror from the ’90s is pretty slim. During our research for the blog, we came across The Blair Rabbit Project (2021) on Amazon Prime that was truly intriguing. A film originally recorded during the same year of the film it parodies back in 1999, but restored for 2021, available to watch over 20 years later! The Blair Witch Project (1999) was a classic, but not without it’s flaws that deserve, playfully, to be poked at. Blair Rabbit‘s premise is pretty much the same as that of Blair Witch. Looking for the Blare Rabbit, a legendary mutant-rabbit monster,...

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Direct-to-Video / Movie

Screamwalkers review

Take three parts Scream teen horror and one part Sleepwalkers, process the mixture through a DTV filming and editing process. Then pour in a gallon of cheese, add equal doses of hilarious and creative uses of low-budget SPX, and a cup of cringe. Give it a weird ending, and voilà! You end up with Screamwalkers! The title is a portmanteau of Scream and Sleepwalkers – Scream being the classic teen slasher franchise that is still producing today, and Sleepwalkers referring to the movie of the same name released in 1992 and written by Stephen King.

Novel

11 New 2025 Splatterpunk books you should be excited to read!

There was a time when being labeled a Splatterpunk writer meant the death of any chance at literary respectability. Once dismissed as little more than trashy shock fiction, Splatterpunk was long considered a death sentence for a writing career. To the mainstream, it wasn’t art—it was pulp, cheap thrills, written by hacks. But today, Splatterpunk authors embrace the label. They have devoted followings of gore-hungry readers who celebrate and champion the genre.

Lets take a look at the most exciting and newest Splatterpunk releases we can’t wait to get our hands on…

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Direct-to-Video / Movie

Shrieker (1998): It’s like a Goosebumps episode for adults 

Why Shrieker Takes You Back: A Nostalgic Dive into a B-Movie Gem If you’re considering watching Shrieker and want a spoiler-free glimpse or just another fan’s perspective, you’re in the right place. This review highlights how Shrieker, despite its obvious budget constraints, makes up for it with a charm reminiscent of a classic ’90s Goosebumps TV episode—perhaps unintentionally. A product of the golden age of the video store, Shrieker evokes the days when horror fans scoured shelves for the coolest VHS covers. If you were browsing in the ‘90s, you’d find plenty of movies like this one—low-budget direct-to-video (DTV) gems...