EDITOR’S NOTE: 10 was on USA Up All Night on October 19, 1990 and January 11, 1992.

During his 42nd birthday party, composer George Webber (Dudley Moore) learns that he’s not aging well. Despite the love of his girlfriend Samantha Taylor (Julie Andrews), he’s more obsessed with youth and beauty, whether he sees it through a telescope or at the wedding, he follows the whole way to the church.

The object of his affection is the impossibly beautiful — well, in his eyes — Jenny Hanley, played by Bo Derek. She’s just married David Hanley (Sam J. Jones) and they’ve gone on their honeymoon to Hawaii, where George follows. He beds an old frien,d Mary (Dee Wallace), but his heart isn’t into their fling. Again, all he can think of is the unattainable perfection of Jenny, a woman whom he doesn’t even know. Well, he does get to know her — near biblically — when he saves her husband from drowning and she rewards him with lovemaking. Yet in the middle of his fantasy reality, her husband calls and is casually OK with what’s happening. Their relationship, unlike the one that George has with Samantha, means nothing.

Directed and written by Blake Edwards, 10 broke new ground and was quite a big deal when released in 1979. Bo Derek’s cornrow hairstyle was a major fashion happening, and she turned this movie’s fame into, well, Bolero. The less said — pleasure! — the better.

It also led to Moore becoming a star as a solo act. But he almost wasn’t in this movie. George Segal was cast as George, but allegedly walked off the set shortly after filming began — he did shoot some scenes in Mexico — at the MGM Studios. Segal had learned that Blake Edwards had inserted a television musical commercial sequence for his wife, Andrews, so that she would have a chance to sing and dance. He was upset that Edwards was using his movie to revive her career. Moore would also replace Segal in Arthur, while Segal would replace him in The Mirror Has Two Faces.

As for the adult stars in this movie, during the orgy scene that George tries to be part of — and Samatha catches on the telescope — you can see Annette Haven, Serena, Jon Martin, David Morris, John Seeman, Phaedra Grant, Desiree West, Candida Royale, Constance Money, Bonnie Holiday, Jamie Gillis, Jesse Adams, Blair Harris, Milton Ingley and Dorothy LeMay amongst the party guests.

Of the scene, Julie Andrews told Ellen DeGeneres, “There was one party that was actually manufactured for the movie 10. I think my character in 10 had to look through a telescope and see that my boyfriend, the sweet Dudley Moore, was, in fact, invading a neighbor’s house where they were having an orgy. There was a day when Blake was shooting the orgy, and he said, “Julie, you just got to come on over here. It is an unbelievable sight.” So I went dashing over, of course, I did. I walked in and everyone was stark naked and lying around, very happily and casually, treating it totally normally. And there was sweet Dudley in the middle of it all, and he wasn’t very, very tall. Blake put him between two enormously statuesque ladies, and so he was completely naked, and these two ladies were naked, but their bums were up here, and little Dudley‘s was down there. So sweet. It was more adorable than anything else because Dudley was so adorable.”

10 feels dated today — it was made in 1979 — and its gender politics are obviously skewed. Yet Brian Dennehy is great as the hotel bartender, and it all ends well. I remember what a big deal this was when it was on HBO; even if I was only seven when it came out, it was still a naughty secret even in elementary school.

John “Bud” Cardos has been behind so many movies that others would spit upon, such as The Dark and Kingdom of the Spiders. Now, he’s back with a movie for the hip now generation. It’s time to talk about solar energy. It’s time to talk about the world after this one. It’s time to be bored senseless.

The Williams family has moved to the Sonoran Desert to get away from the dangers of urban life. There’s Grant (Jim Davis, who many would know from TV’s Dallas, but around these parts, we know him from being in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter), the grandfather. And then there’s his wife, Ana (Dorothy Malone, who won a Best Supporting Actress for Written on the Wind and had to suffer through this film), son Richard (Chris Mitchum, who we know from Bigfoot), his wife Beth and their kids, Steve and Jenny.

The mysteries of this film start small, like the news talking about a triple supernova and glowing things behind the barn. But soon, we learn that the supernova has torn a hole in the fabric of reality, unleashing UFOs and shutting down the electricity in the Williams home. And before you can say “stop motion,” there are miniature lizard creatures that look like they came straight out of Laserblast walking around.

All manner of creatures begin attacking the family, who take refuge in their barn. Then, they’re all beamed up in a UFO and taken thousands of years into the future. The film ends deus ex machina-style with the grandfather saying that the domed city in the distance is why they must have survived THE DAY TIME ENDED.

You know when you see Charles Band’s name on a movie that there are going to be all manner of stop-motion characters. This one delivers. And delivers. And…you get the picture.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Parts the Clonus Horror was on the CBS Late Movie on January 15, April 9 and August 11, 1982.

Directed by Robert S. Fiveson and written by Bob Sullivan, Ron Smith, Myrl A. Schreibman and Robert S. Fiveson, this is about an island named Clonus. The clones there believe that they’re being educated and trained so that they can better fit into America; the truth is, they’re about to be stripped for parts. There’s a big party when people ship out for the U.S.A. And then, they’re frozen in bags and hung to wait for someone to need their body parts.

Richard (Tim Donnelly) is a clone of Richard Knight (David Hooks); his brother Jeffrey (Peter Graves) is soon to be President. What neither Richard knows is that Jeffrey commissioned this clone to be made. This is one dark movie, because they lobotomize Lena (Paulette Breen), Richard’s lover, and when he comes back for her, he learns that she’s already gone. He’s killed and used for parts, which is good news for Jeffrey, who ends up stabbing in the chest when government troops attack the home of his brother, killing his entire family as well as Jake Noble (Keenan Wynn) and his family.

Somehow, the press gets a tape, though, sent by Noble, who was a reporter. Richard has a massive hole in his chest when we see his body. Yes, this ends with the hero dead in a freezer.

If you’ve ever seen The Island and thought, “This is the same movie,” well, you’re right. Except Dreamworks never asked for the rights or even considered it. They did after they paid what was said to be a seven-figure settlement to the creators of Clonus.

Nino (Giuliano Gemma) was once a car thief, but now he’s gone legit, running a coffee business to support his wife, Lucia (Eleonora Giorgi), and their children. Yet somehow — and by accident — he’s ended up on the kill list of Antonio (Michele Placido).

Directed by Damiano Damiani, this isn’t a poliziotteschi with a hard cop fighting against horrible criminals. Instead, it’s a somewhat ordinary man being hunted for reasons he doesn’t understand, but knows that he’s back in a world that he thought he’d never be part of again. Can he stay alive, protect his family and keep his personal code of honor? Will Antonio be his enemy, his friend, his killer or something else? So many questions, but all answered so perfectly by this film.

The Radiance Films Blu-ray release features a new 4K restoration from the original negative and extras such as archival interviews with stars Giuliano Gemma, Tano Cimarosa and assistant director Mino Giarda; a new interview with Alberto Pezzotta, author of Regia Damiano Damiani; a trailer; a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista and a booklet featuring new writing by Roberto Curti. It is available in a limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with a removable OBI strip, allowing the packaging to remain free of certificates and markings. You can get it from MVD.