CBS LATE MOVIE: Spring Break (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spring Break was on the CBS Late Movie on September 15, 1987. Between the first Friday the 13th and the House series, Sean S. Cunningham made this teen sex comedy. As my wife Becca reminded me, one of the only differences between this movie and a slasher is that no one gets killed for all the […]
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 […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Phantom of the Opera (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Phantom of the Opera was on the CBS Late Movie on October 18, 1985. Long before Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical cemented the story as a sweeping romantic melodrama, television producer Robert Halmi produced this unique adaptation. Translocating the classic Gaston Leroux narrative from turn-of-the-century Paris to Budapest, this 1983 television movie stands as one of […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: The Jigsaw Man (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Jigsaw Man was on the CBS Late Movie on May 30, 1988. What happens when you take the real-life Cold War betrayal of Kim Philby, toss in a troubled production that nearly bankrupted half of Ireland, reunite the two heavyweights of 1972’s Sleuth and direct the whole affair with all the breathless momentum of a […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Deal of the Century (1983)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deal of the Century was on the CBS Late Movie on January 20 and June 16, 1989. Eddie Muntz (Chevy Chase) is selling rifles, mines and cassette-tape-player guns to small countries for a major weapons company. He gets shot in the foot — that’s what happens when you sell to both sides — and is disillusioned […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Possibly In Michigan (1983)
Week 11 (Aug 30 – Sept 5) – Lost in the Static: SOV Horror Directed by Women: I dunno about you, but I wanna see more ladies directing gory, fucked-up SOV horror! Obviously this isn’t everything that’s out there, it’s just the ones discussed in Rachel Herb-Neterer’s book “Lost in the Static: The Untold Stories of Shot-On-Video […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Goodbye 42nd Street (1983)
Week 9 (Aug 16 – 22) – Cinema of Transgression: “none shall emerge unscathed” -Nick Zedd Acting as an unflinching, guerrilla-style love letter and farewell card to Manhattan’s most infamous thoroughfare, Richard Kern’s short film plunges headfirst into the chaotic, neon-drenched underbelly of early-1980s Times Square. The picture captures a relentless, documentarian drift down 42nd Street, interspersing raw […]
CULT EPICS 4K UHS and BLU-RAY RELEASE: The Key (1983)
Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice in 1940 during World War II, The Key explores the intricate and transgressive psychological dynamics of an aging couple. Art professor Nino (Frank Finlay) realizes he can no longer satisfy his younger, passionate wife, Teresa (Stefania Sandrelli), the way she desires. Instead of letting jealousy take over, Nino […]
Sybil Danning’s Adventure Video: Rush (1983)
Tonino Ricci was a madman who would direct anything placed in front of him, and this time he got his hands on a script by the legendary Tito Carpi (Warriors of the Wasteland and Escape from the Bronx). Here, he’s basically taking the DNA of Max Rockatansky and mixing it with John Rambo to make a tasty […]
Sybil Danning’s Adventure Video: Fireback (1983)
If you dig deep enough into the trenches of exploitation movies, you eventually find yourself watching Filipino action cinema. Directed by the prolific Teddy Page (working under his own name alongside his Teddy Chiu moniker), Fireback is a relentless blast of custom weaponry, wild pacing and pure cinematic adrenaline. The narrative kicks off in the […]
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