2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 22: Super Hybrid (2011)
22. HIGHWAY TO HELL: A savage car chase is the vehicle for tonight’s viewing displeasure. Directed by Eric Valette (the 2008 American remake of One Missed Call), this movie feels like a decade ahead of when it should have been made. It was written by Neal Marshall Stevens, who also writes a lot of movies […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 21: Dance ’till Dawn (1988)
21. VIDEO STORE DAY: This is the big one. Watch something physically rented or bought from an actual video store. If you live in a place that is unfortunate enough not to have one of these archival treasures then watch a movie with a video store scene in it at least. #vivaphysicalmedia Herbert Hoover High […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 20: Fortress (1992)
20. THE GREAT UNSTREAMBLE: Search all night with all your might, it still ain’t found on any site. Bonus for desert/drought content. John Henry Brennick (Christopher Lambert), and his wife Karen B. Brennick (Loryn Locklin) have been punished for having a second child. He thinks that she escapes, but he’s been sent to the Fortress, […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 19: The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
19. ACCOMPANIED MINERS: Danger! Stay out of mineshafts, ore else! A plague is killing a village’s citizens, so Dr. Peter Tompson (Brook Williams) asks for help from his mentor Sir James Forbes (André Morell), who brings his daughter Sylvia (Diane Clare), who happens to be a childhood friend of Peter’s wife Alice (Jacqueline Pearce). Sylvia […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 18: Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (2007)
18. CAN YOU DIG IT?: Archeology turns up the darndest things… An Aztec mummy (Jeffrey Uhlmann, an American research scientist whose work is concentrated on the linear quadratic estimation; he also wrote this movie) is brought back by a human sacrificed and given a jeweled staff that can control minds thanks to the hallucinogenic powers […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 17: Jennifer (1978)
17. BORED OF EDUCATION: Stegman says school ain’t just for makin’ money, it’s also a great place for a story to unfold. Jennifer Baylor (Lisa Pelikan, Ghoulies) takes care of her father Luke (Jeff Corey), a man obsessed with religion and who can’t cook for himself. When she was seven, she accidentally killed a preacher’s […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 16: The Chain Reaction (1980)
16. OZPLOITATION: Maximize your wander with some thunder from down yonder. Director and writer Ian Barry made this Australian film that has a lot of the cast and crew from Mad Max, including Mel Gibson appearing as a blink and you miss him mechanic* and George Miller serving as associate producer and filming the car chase […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: Suddenly at Midnight (1981)
15. HALLYUWOOD: It’s time to dig up the onggi and watch yourself a South Korean joint, the saltier the better. Gipeun bam, gapjagi is a South Korean horror film directed by Ko Young-nam. It all starts with Kang Yu-jin (Yoon Il-bong) hiring a new housekeeper, Mi-ok (Lee Ki-seon). They couldn’t be further apart, as he’s a […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Sssshhh… (2003)
14. AKA: The same great show by a name you didn’t know. I might not be the biggest fan of Scream but I’m going to watch the Bollywood remake. Directed by Pavan S. Kaul and written by Arshad Ali Syed, this starts just like its American inspiration with two teens — Malini Gujral and Sunny […]
2022 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 13: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
13. RELIVOMAX: Do your enigmas need resolving? Don’t wait, talk to an expert to see if Relivomax is right for you. Taking Relivomax may result in flashbacks. At a mansion on Sunset Boulevard, police officers and gossip photographers find Joe Gillis (William Holden) drowned face down in the swimming pool of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson). […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.