Murder, She Wrote S4 E17: A Very Good Year for Murder (1988)
The Gambini family winery is the target of an organized crime takeover, and it’s up to Jessica to uncover who is behind the murder of a mafia hitman. Season 4, Episode 17: A Very Good Year for Murder (February 28, 1988) What happens? In this episode, Jessica is visiting the Gambini family winery for the […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: The Secret of Seagull Island (1982)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Secret of Seagull Island was on the CBS Late Movie on May 27, 1983. The TV miniseries Seagull Island is 3 hours and 36 minutes long. The movie they hacked into is an hour and forty-two minutes long. As you can imagine, a lot gets lost, but this is not unique. Yor Hunter from the Future and The […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Miracle Bunny (1988)
Week 12 (Sept 6 – 12) – Japanese V- Cinema: V-Cinema is shorthand for the Japanese direct-to-video wave of the 90s and 00s. These movies were often produced by major studios with very low budgets, but they allowed the filmmakers a huge amount of creative freedom as long as they could deliver the “exploitable elements.” This proved […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Deal of the Century (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deal of the Century was on the CBS Late Movie on January 20 and June 16, 1989. Eddie Muntz (Chevy Chase) is selling rifles, mines and cassette-tape-player guns to small countries for a major weapons company. He gets shot in the foot — that’s what happens when you sell to both sides — and is disillusioned […]
GENRE BLAST X: Still Ohio (2026)
Desperate to save her long-distance relationship, college student Ana (Fernanda Lopez) transfers from Boston to Tulane to be closer to her boyfriend, Doug. Instead of picking her up himself, Doug arranges for her to carpool down south with three of his acquaintances: Henry (Michael Zapesotsky), Julia (Sofia Angelopoulos) and Johnny (Jake Melamed). As they cruise […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: The Amityville Horror (1979)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Amityville Horror was on the CBS Late Movie on October 12, 1984. At seven years old in 1979, I can tell you that I was beyond terrified of The Amityville Horror, putting my hands over my ears and screaming every time the TV commercial came on as if the ghosts could come through the TV […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: The Haunting of Rosalind (1973)
The Haunting of Rosalind is a rich tapestry of sibling rivalry, class opportunism and spectral intervention. Set in a grand estate, the story centers on sisters Rosalind (Pamela Payton-Wright) and Dita (Susan Sarandon), whose lives are upended after the passing of their domineering father and the return of their brother, Bernard (Dennis Jay Higgins). Accompanying […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Killjoy (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Killjoy was on the CBS Late Movie on September 26, 1984. You may have also seen this movie under the name Who Murdered Joy Morgan? Either way, it’s a very early role for Kim Basinger, who plays Laury Medford, a woman caught between two men, pursued by a driven older detective (Robert Culp) and way more […]
GENRE BLAST X: This House Is Totally Haunted (2026)
Following up on 2024’s The Ceremony is About to Begin, Sean Nichols Lynch returns with This House is Totally Haunted, a film that doesn’t just subvert the genre’s rigid rulebook; it gleefully takes a sledgehammer to it. The premise hits the ground running when a cryptic letter from “Surviving in Shasta” lands on the lap […]
GENRE BLAST X Shorts Blast #1: Tripping the Sci-Fantastic
Here’s the first lineup of shorts I watched at Genre Blast. Wooly Bully (2025): What a rough watch. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I mean that in an “I have lived this movie” way. My dad’s descent into dementia was not easy to navigate, and as always, avoidance and denial were probably […]
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