CBS LATE MOVIE: The Enchanted (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Enchanted was on the CBS Late Movie on March 18 and July 23, 1987. The Enchanted is a Florida regional film that mainly played in the South but still found its way to the CBS Late Movie. Its filmmakers self-released it on DVD, but the first Blu-ray release is on the new Severin All […]
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2026: The Exorcist (1973)
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre, September 19 and 20, 2025. Two big nights with four feature films each night include: What do you write about a movie that helped create modern horror? Sure, you can point to Night of the Living Dead and even Carnival of Souls as starting points, but […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Omega Cop (1990)
Week 14 (Sept. 20 – 26) – THE END! Post-Apocalyptic Cinema: Make sure to pull the ladder up on the way out Originally titled John Travis: Solar Survivor, this was written and produced by Ronald L. Marchini, executive-produced by his wife, Jo Anne Marchini and directed by Paul Kyriazi (Death Machines, Ninja Busters). I was dreamin’ when […]
You Had To Be There: How The Toronto Godspell Ignited The Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, And Created A Community That Changed The World (In A Canadian Kind Of Way: (2026)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joseph Perry writes for the film websites Gruesome Magazine, The Scariest Things, Horror Fuel, The Good, the Bad and the Verdict and Diabolique Magazine; for the film magazines Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope and Drive-In Asylum; and for the pop culture websites When It Was Cool and Uphill Both Ways. He is also one of the hosts of When It Was Cool’s exclusive Uphill Both […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Girls of the White Orchid was on the CBS Late Movie on April 24 and July 28, 1987 as Death Ride to Osaka. This was based on a report by ABC’s 20/20 about women who go to Japan to work as entertainers but end up becoming sex workers for the Yakuza. NBC wanted […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Swedish Wildcats (1972)
If you are going to dive headfirst into the sleazy, sun-dappled depths of Euro-exploitation, you need a maestro at the helm. Enter Joseph W. Sarno, the undisputed auteur of adult cinema who treated trashy premises like high art. With 1972’s Swedish Wildcats, Sarno takes us across the Atlantic for a film that’s part sleazy melodrama, […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Sweet Savior (1971)
The man named Matt Cavanaugh who wrote this doesn’t exist. It’s really Willie Gilbert, the author and playwright. After he left Cleveland for New York City, he discovered that his physician, Jack Weinstock, shared his dream of becoming a writer. They wrote for nightclub performers, Broadway reviews on early TV shows like Howdy Doody and Tom Corbett, […]
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2026: Prom Night 2: Hello Mary Lou (1987)
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre, September 19 and 20, 2025. Two big nights with four feature films each night include: If I’ve learned anything from Cathy’s Curse, it’s that when someone in Canada gets possessed, they just get rude and swear a lot. This movie—no relation to Prom Night—only […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Death Stalk (1975)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Death Stalk was on the CBS Late Movie on November 22, 1976 and November 24, 1977. I write a lot about how old TV was the unknown. TV Guide could prepare you for a program, but sometimes movies blow your mind, and you’re in no way ready. This led to kindertrauma of the […]
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2026: Prom Night (1980)
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre, September 19 and 20, 2025. Two big nights with four feature films each night include: After Halloween producer Irwin Yablans rejected his pitch, director Paul Lynch ran with the idea of setting his film during a holiday. A prom seemed like a big event, and […]
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