USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Child of Darkness, Child of Light (1991)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Child of Darkness, Child of Light aired on USA Up All Night on June 11, 1993. Based on the James Patterson novel Virgin (which has been retitled Cradle and All), Child of Darkness, Child of Light was directed by Marina Sargenti, who made one of my favorite early 90s movies, Mirror, Mirror. It was written for TV by Brian Taggert, who […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Cemetery High (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cemetery High aired on USA Up All Night on May 10 and October 5, 1991; July 25, 1992 and January 29, 1993. Gorman Bechard can always be counted on to give you a movie that’s not expected, like his undervalued slasher Disconnected. So what happened here? Co-written with Carmine Capobianco, Cemetery High is every woman on man […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: The Boy from Hell (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Boy from Hell aired on USA Up All Night on June 7, 1991, January 2, 1992 and September 1, 1993. Also known as Bloodspell, this is all about Daniel (Anthony Jenkins), who has been sent to Saint Boniface, a home for troubled teens by his mother Jane to protect him from his father Luther who is — […]
GENREBLAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023: Livescreamers (2023)
Livescreamers is the sequel to 2020’s Livescream and is about the Janus Gaming team. This diverse team of eight content creators and video game players are super popular online. As they play through the latest horror game together, they’re trapped in a surreal caste that goes after their darkest and most hidden secrets. The only way […]
GENREBLAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023: Poundcake (2023)
Poundcake is a slasher killer who hunts white cis men and quite literally pounds them to death. As we see the Greek chorus of podcasters comment throughout the film, no one really cares that white straight men are being killed, much less the fact that they’re chained around the throat and sexually assaulted. And then […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Adventures In Babysitting (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Adventures In Babysitting aired on USA Up All Night on October 14, 1995 and August 23, 1996. I’m kind of windblown that this more family-friendly movie played the show, doubling with Summer Job and Wild Malibu Weekend. The directing debut of Christopher Columbus, this stars Elisabeth Shue as Chris Parker, a 17-year-old who is forced to babysit the neighbor, […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: 976-EVIL II: The Astral Factor (1992)
EDITOR’S NOTE: 976-EVIL II aired on USA Up All Night on February 22 and April 26, 1997. By writing Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time and House IV and directing Sorority House Massacre II, Deathstalker II (which he also wrote), Big Bad Mama II, Ghoulies IV, The Skateboard Kid 2, Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure, Friend of the Family II, Sorceress II: The Temptress, The Escort III, The […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: Caged Fury (1990)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Caged Fury aired on USA Up All Night on December 18, 1992; February 13 and November 26, 1993 and August 13, 1994. This movie is by request of Mike Justice, who said, “Please tell me you’re gonna cover that one. I caught that one night, and for years I’d describe it to people (girls escape from prison […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT MONTH: 976-EVIL (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: 976-EVIL aired on USA Up All Night on November 21, 1992; May 7 and October 29, 1993; January 26 and August 17, 1996. Spike and Hoax (Stephen Geoffreys from Fright Night) are cousins who live under the overly watchful eye of Hoax’s super religious mother Lucy (Sandy Dennis, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, God Told Me To). They […]
GENREBLAST FILM FESTIVAL 2023: Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023)
As a child, Wakaba (Sayu Kubota) had to deal with a bully of a father and even more negative treatment in school. Perhaps that why she always protected Koki, a boy who was treated the worst of everyone by the bullies. That stopped, however, when two of the boys were found dead and Koki killed […]
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