2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 22: The Road Warrior (1981)
22. WRECK TANGLE: Rubberneck a car crash scene. Everything Mad Max did right, The Road Warrior does better. Italy and many other countries remade this over and over. It changed American pro wrestling thanks to the look of the Road Warriors tag team,. Hawk and Animal. And it made the end of the world seem awesome. “Mad Max” […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 14: Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981)
14. A Croatian Horror Film Here’s how Deaf Crocodile sold this: “Imagine if Troma Films had been hired to make a Sid & Marty Krofft Saturday morning kids’ show, and if you have some idea of the unspeakable strangeness of Visitors from the Arcana Galaxy, a truly gonzo Croatian sci-fi/fantasy about a struggling writer, Robert […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Halloween TV version (1981)
14. “SHUT THE FACE UP”: Watch a TV edit of an R-rated movie, you fairy godmother. While the Halloween TV cut is an edited version of the 1978 movie with limited gore, not that Halloween had much, and re-dubbed swear words. That left around 12 minutes to extend the film, and luckily, John Carpenter was on the […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: The President Must Die (1981)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: Unsung Horrors Rule (under 1,000 views on […]
ARROW 4K UHD RELEASE: Ms .45 (1981)
Thana (Zoë Tamerlis, who also wrote director Abe Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant) is a mute seamstress working in New York City’s Garment District. After she’s assaulted twice — once at gunpoint in an alley by a masked man and then again in her own apartment by a burglar — Thana lives up to her name, which is inspired […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: C.O.D. (1981)
Sept 22-28 Chuck Vincent Week: No one did it like Chuck! He’s the unsung king of Up All Night comedy, a queer director making the straightest romcoms but throwing in muscle studs and drag queens. His films explore the concept of romance from almost every angle – he was deeply passionate about love. T. B. […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Waitress! (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Waitress! was on USA Up All Night on February 4 (twice), May 13 and October 27, 1989; March 10, October 5 and 6, November 10 and December 21, 1990. After Squeeze Play!, this was an early Troma film that follows an actress working as, well, look at the title. Directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Heartbreak High (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Heartbreak High was on USA Up All Night as Crunch on May 9 and October 16, 1992; June 19 and December 10, 1993. Also known as The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats, this has the City High Moose, led by Coach Bulldog Malone (John Vernon), playing the Johnson High Eagles, coached by […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: See China and Die (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: See China and Die was on the CBS Late Movie on March 4, 1984 and June 6, 1985. Larry Cohen can really do no wrong. Even with a TV movie budget, he turned this pilot for the TV show Momma the Detective into something great. Momma Sykes (Esther Rolle) is the momma — you see, […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Under the Rainbow (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Under the Rainbow was on the CBS Late Movie on June 26, 1987. Filmed at the original Culver Hotel, the same place the Munchkin actors stayed at while making The Wizard of Oz, this movie brings together a series of strange people: MGM employee Annie Clark (Carrie Fisher); an Austrian duke (Joseph Maher), duchess (Even […]
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