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Owner, operator, and fuzzy retro feelers giver at NightmareNostalgia.com. Worshipper of our Lord and savior Boo Berry, Patti is a seasoned pro having written for the top horror websites and magazines over the past few years until she decided to go balls to the wall and make her own focusing on pure feel-good nostalgia. Mom to two humans and three furballs.
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The OG Scorpion Chris Casamassa (Mortal Kombat 1995) Slips On The Ninja Mask Again For MK Series

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As we near MORTAL KOMBAT 1995’s 30th anniversary this month, the nostalgia for this live action film based on what we all know as, the goddamn coolest fighting game of the 90s, still holds down as one of the greatest film adaptations of any game in the last thirty years. And that’s not just the nostalgia talking either. The must-see movie for pretty much any kid in the Summer of 1995, was MORTAL KOMBAT, and it did NOT disappoint regarding staying faithful to what we knew and loved from the video game. The added Fear Factory soundtrack just elevated the shit out of it. And while some characters I feel got sidelined a bit, like Sub-Zero, because I mean, I expected a lot more screen time out of that guy, Scorpion, played by martial artist Chris Casamassa was an absolute highlight of the film. His fight with Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage) left us fans in the theater on the floor screaming with excitement.

And he’s back to do it all over again-from the screen on our phones.

Chris Casamassa has partnered up with Noah Fleder, who plays Kenshi Takahashi in MORTAL KOMBAT 1, for a three-episode series to be released on INSTAGRAM, with the first episode already out and the following two to be released this week. The pair battle it out in an MK-style match, of course, to see who is the ultimate champion!

And I have to say, as a 40 -something-year-old mega MK fan, it’s pretty damn exciting to see this play out and see these guys really embrace these roles, decades later even, to appease the fandom. It brings a bloody tear to my eye.

Follow here to catch the series as it drops!

Home Video Releases

(VIDEO)The “Halloween 4” VHS Retailers Promo That Kicked Off The 1989 Summer Of Horror Rentals!

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I’m almost certain that I hold the record on the horror blog Internet for writing the most pieces about HALLOWEEN 4– Dwight Little actually agrees with me– and it’s a crown I wear with pride as the Queen of Vincent Drug. To my surprise, however, I’ve never thrown in this little doozy of a retailer promo, which is another kryptonite of mine featuring THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS in all its glory.

In case you’re unfamiliar, a retailer promo is an early release of a VHS tape sent to video store owners that will ultimately either sway them to stock the shelves with said movie or give it a hard pass. In addition, some of these screeners would be sent to the media for review. Hard to imagine a time when critics would have to actually wait on the postman to deliver physical media as opposed to a screener email that can be obtained in under 60 seconds, eh?

Can we also appreciate this standee that was seen in Mom and Pop video shops? I covet thee so hard.

That being said, I don’t think HALLOWEEN 4 was ever going to be a hard sell to horror movie fans, but that, of course, never stops the PR machine from pimping the sequel for home video release like it was one of its top hookers on Broadway St. Hell, they were so confident in their success on the video rental market, they couldn’t even bother to spell Freddy’s Nightmares right when talking about television promo partnerships.

That’s a big dick move there, Mikey.

The street date for HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS landed on May 18th, 1989, just a few weeks after THEY LIVE and CHILD’S PLAY hit the shelves and five days before PUMPKINHEAD was added to the VHS horror movie rentals of ’89. 1988 was a HUGE year for horror movies-you can check my top 15 here-so therefore the Summer months following were a banger for us at the video rental stores.

I mean, they never had to oversell me. I’m the proud mom of two copies, while three others over the past 30 years have been laid to rest from being played to death.

Anyway, enjoy something that brings me a lot of personal joy and fuzziness. Huge shout-out to Tripsy Trailers for uploading this treasure for the rest of us!

Games, Horror Nostalgia

Someone Made An Actual Movie Trailer For the Friday the 13th NES Game and it is GLORIOUS

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“You’re dead. Your friends are dead. Your family’s dead. Your fucking pets are being skinned alive. Your mom’s a fucking whore. You suck at life. The whole world hates you. You’re going to Hell. Live with it. Game Over.” – Via the ever so wise Nintendo Sensi, James Rolfe.

He wasn’t wrong you know. Although the original Friday the 13th game for the Nintendo Entertainment System seemed like a horror fan’s 8-bit wet dream, the frustration of gameplay quickly softened any prepubescent boners we may have had going into this pixelated LJN nightmare. I would never refer to it as a giant piece of donkey shit like some may have dubbed it, but the game itself is a goddamn pain in the ass for sure to get through without blowing your blood pressure out of range.

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Anyway, today being the 13th of Friday here at Nightmare Nostalgia, I figured now is as a good as time as ever to showcase something that any fan of the NES game would appreciate the Holy Pixels out of. Youtube channel Mega64 brought about this hilarious fanmade movie trailer back in 2015 of you guessed it-Friday the 13th The Game The Movie. And it is goddamn gloriously nostalgic from those days of throwing ineffective knives at zombies and flying Pamela Voorhees rotting heads. Complete with VHS static to give it that retro feel, the fanmade trailer nails every aspect of the game that we love to bitch about endlessly. They even throw in the old joke of Jason’s machete looking like a giant toothbrush gag.

It doesn’t really get any better than that, folks. Happy Friday the 13th campers!