Tales from the Darkside S3 E7: Heretic (1987)
Arrogant art dealer Harte (Bruce MacVittie) believes he has hit the ultimate jackpot when he acquires a rare 16th-century tempera painting hidden within a false bottom of a trunk shipped from Spain. The piece, linked to the Spanish Inquisition, is worth tens of thousands of dollars on the black market. Having paid his partner in […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Blindfold: Acts of Obsession was on USA Up All Night on May 27, 1994; April 27, 1996; March 7, 1997 and August 2, 1997. Premiering originally on the USA Network in 1994 before crossing the pond to Channel 4 in the UK in 1995, Lawrence L. Simeone’s Blindfold: Acts of Obsession stands tall as a […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
Week 6 (July 26 – Aug 1) – Generic Cartoon Tapes “Every day is Saturday Morning at this Jo-Ann Fabric. Every space is liminal in Sylvester’s head (hand-drawn for PS1)” – Scumbalina Michael (Jason Marsden) is a teenager whose life is spiraling downward due to marijuana use, leaving his younger sister, Corey (Lindsay Parker), worried. One morning, when […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E11: Doom With a View (1987)
Jessica and her nephew get more than they expect while staying at a posh New York hotel managed by Grady’s old fraternity buddy. Season 4, Episode 11: Doom With a View (December 13, 1987) While staying in an opulent hotel courtesy of Grady’s fraternity brother Gary, J.B. becomes embroiled in a fight to clear Grady […]
Tales from the Darkside S3 E6: Black Widows (1986)
Audrey Webster (Theresa Saldana, Raging Bull) is just a girl trying to get out of her mother’s trailer park. She’s set to marry her fiancé, Robert (Joe D’Angerio), but she has no idea that her mother, Mildred (Margaret O’Brien), is keeping a massive, hairy secret. On their wedding night, things go sideways. Audrey doesn’t just […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E10: Indian Giver (1987)
A young Native American man throws Cabot Cove into chaos by laying claim to the land on which the town sits. When a local resident with valuable property is found murdered, all signs point to the town’s supposed new landowner. Season 4, Episode 10: Indian Giver (November 29, 1987) Dressed in traditional regalia, Algonquin George […]
Tales from the Darkside S3 E5: The Geezenstacks (1986)
The Hummel family—Audrey (Lana Hirsch), her dad Sam (Craig Wasson), and mom Edith (Lisa Fugard)—have their quiet, seemingly normal life upended when Uncle Richard (Larry Pine) drags home a dust-caked dollhouse from an abandoned property, hinting at the episode’s eerie and suspenseful tone. Audrey becomes instantly obsessed with the inhabitants, dubbing them The Geezenstacks. She […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E9: Trouble In Eden (1987)
As a favor to a close friend, Jessica travels to a town in Oregon and poses as her friend to investigate the suspicious circumstances under which the friend’s sister died. Will Stuart Whitman get all up in Jessica’s guts? I hope! Season 4, Episode 9: Trouble In Eden (November 22, 1987) Mary Rose Welch, a […]
Tales from the Darkside S3 E4: Florence Bravo (1986)
Dr. David McCall (David Hayward, The Curious Case of the Campus Corpse) is a total slimeball. He’s stepping out on his wife, Emily (Pittsburgh royalty Lori Cardille), who is already mentally dangling by a thread. They buy a house from a perky real estate agent, Julianne (Carol Levy). It’s a real fixer-upper, mainly because it […]
MVD REWIND COLLECTION: Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures (2008)
While many fans hold the original 1987 film in high regard as a seminal piece of science fiction parody, Spaceballs: The Animated Series—often simply referred to as Spaceballs: The Series—is a fascinating, ambitious, and ultimately singular footnote in the Mel Brooks canon. Premiering in 2008 on G4 in the United States and Super Channel in […]
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