CBS Wednesday Night Movie: The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
Considering its juvenile delinquency plot and rock soundtrack (like an even bleaker Over the Edge), this was certainly made for young adults, but was far too dark for CBS-TV’s Schoolbreak Special young adult programming block. And it’s one of the greatest TV movies ever made. Yeah, I know we say that a lot about the […]
ABC Afterschool Special: Hewitt’s Just Different (1977)
Before NBC and CBS eschewed adult soap opera programming and started programming divisions concentrating on weekday, young adult programming, ABC-TV blazed the trail with their Afterschool Special that ran for 25 years from October 1972 to January 1997. The series topics, which touched on illiteracy, drug abuse, bullying, spousal abuse, and teen pregnancy, earned a […]
Bay Coven (1987)
Remember Heroes, that show that had such an amazing first season and then never did anything ever again? Well, that show and this movie were both written by Tim Kring. Jerry (Tim Matheson, Buried Alive) and Linda (Pamela Sue Martin, who once was Nancy Drew) are sick of the big city, so when their friends Josh (Jeff […]
The Astronaut (1972)
As the credits roll, you’ll notice this production is headed by Harve Bennett and produced by Universal Television for the ABC-TV television network, which aired this as their “Movie of the Week” on January 8, 1972. And if Harve isn’t enough (who creates a quality product in everything he does), this also stars all of […]
Vampire (1979)
Before he made Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law and so many more shows, Steven Bochco made Vampire, a made for TV movie featuring so many of the people beloved by this site. This movie is a revelation, as I had never seen it before. Richard Lynch stars as Anton Voytek, a handsome millionaire vampire who has used […]
Aztec Rex (2008)
I had no idea this movie even existed before browsing through some creature features on the Tubi application. However, my life has been greatly enriched after witnessing the majesty that is Aztec Rex. Aztec Rex was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, the master behind Leprechaun 3 and 4. You know, the cool ones where the leprechaun […]
Watch week 2 of the Groovy Doom podcast
This week, I joined Bill Van Ryn from Groovy Doom and Drive-In Asylum to watch Scream Bloody Murder and Don’t Hang Up. After each show, Bill does an amazing job of editing each episode, adding in animated galleries of ads for each film as well as illustrating our often rambling conversations. Check it out!
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