Murder, She Wrote S2 E13: Trial by Error (1986)
It’s a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband. Season 2, Episode 13: Trial by Error (January 12, 1986) Tonight on Murder, She Wrote… JB is the foreperson of a jury trying Mark Lee Reynolds […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Five Elements Ninjas (1982)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Five Elements Ninjas was on USA Up All Night on June 5, 1992 as Super Ninjas. Chang Cheh directed ninety movies from 1965 to 1993* as well as wrote all the lyrics to the songs featured in his films. The majority of his most well-known movies in the West feature the Venom Mob of Kuo Chui, […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Echoes (1982)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Echoes was on USA Up All Night on March 30, 1990. Michael Durant (Richard Alfieri) has always dreamed of a man who is trying to kill him. Spoiler: It’s his twin brother who died in the womb. Now, that man wants to possess him, which mostly means that he gets mean to his girlfriend […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Summer Camp (1979)
Sept 22-28 Chuck Vincent Week: No one did it like Chuck! He’s the unsung king of Up All Night comedy, a queer director making the straightest romcoms but throwing in muscle studs and drag queens. His films explore the concept of romance from almost every angle – he was deeply passionate about love. Directed by […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Mirror of Death (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mirror of Death was on USA Up All Night on August 3, 1991 as Dead of Night. Sara (Julie Merrill) escapes her abusive partner, Bobby (John Reno), and winds up at the home of her actress sister, April (Janet Graham, the wife of TV movie director William, who made Get Christie Love! and Return to the Blue Lagoon), […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Going Overboard (1989)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Going Overboard was on USA Up All Night on June 15 and 16, 1990; February 16 and October 11, 1991; March 13 and June 12, 1992 as Babes Ahony. It seemed like every time I tuned into USA Up All Night, this movie — Going Overboard is its primary title, but it was also known as […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Cleo and Leo (1989)
Sept 22-28 Chuck Vincent Week: No one did it like Chuck! He’s the unsung king of Up All Night comedy, a queer director making the straightest romcoms but throwing in muscle studs and drag queens. His films explore the concept of romance from almost every angle – he was deeply passionate about love. Directed and […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Child’s Play 3 (1991)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Child’s Play 3 was on USA Up All Night on October 31, 1997. Written by the returning Don Mancini and directed by Jack Bender, whose career has primarily been on TV, but he also directed The Midnight Hour, so he brings a horror perspective. Child’s Play 3 would be the last Chucky movie Mancini would […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Child’s Play 2 (1990)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Child’s Play 2 was on USA Up All Night on October 29, 1994 and October 31, 1997. John Lafia was one of the co-writers of the first film and returned to direct the sequel, with creator Don Mancini also returning. Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) is also back. Still, unlike many slasher sequel characters, his life […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Casualties of Love: The “Long Island Lolita” Story (1993)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Casualties of Love was on USA Up All Night on February 13, 1993; November 25 and December 3, 1994. Of the three Amy Fisher movies, NBC’s Amy Fisher: My Story, ABC’s The Amy Fisher Story with Drew Barrymore, and this film, which aired on CBS on January 3, 1993 — the same night as ABC’s […]
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