WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Lost Empire (1984)
It’s time to stop fighting it and just embrace the neon-soaked, low-budget glory. I am a Jim Wynorski apologist. It’s a support group with surprisingly high membership. Wynorski is the ultimate cinematic high-wire act: a man who realized early on that if you have enough smoke machines, a few former Playmates and a script that […]
Obsessive Love (1984)
Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern (Rolling Vengeance, The Park Is Mine) and written by Iris Friedman, Petru Popescu and its star, Yvette Mimieux, this is about Linda Foster. She isn’t just a viewer of TV; she’s a resident of her favorite soap opera Savage Hills in her own mind. While the rest of the world sees […]
Cinematic Void January Giallo 2026: Murder Rock (1984)
Editor’s note: Cinematic Void will be playing this movie on January 10 at 7:00 PM at The Sie Film Center in Denver. You can get tickets here. For more information, visit Cinematic Void. Lucio Fulci wanted to make a giallo. But then Flashdance happened, and the producers knew Keith Emerson (yes, the Keith Emerson from Emerson Lake and […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Bachelor Party (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bachelor Party was on USA Up All Night on September 24, 1994; May 12 and November 25, 1995. Directed by Neal Israel, who co-wrote it with Pat Proft, this was a formative movie in my teenage years. Probably yours, as well. I mean, who doesn’t remember Nick the Dick? Rick Gassko (Tom Hanks) has […]
USA UP NIGHT: Footloose (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Footloose was on USA Up All Night on September 15 and December 23, 1995. Herbert Ross (The Owl and the Pussycat, Steel Magnolias) is directing, Dean Pitchford (the co-writer of “You Should Hear How She Talks About You”) is writing, and America is loving it. Imagine — a town where no music is allowed. How […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Bedroom Eyes (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bedroom Eyes was on USA Up All Night on January 6, 1996 and February 1 and September 27, 1997. If you enjoy Canadian horror, then you know who William Fruet is, the maker of Death Weekend (released here as The House By the Lake), Cries In the Night (better known as Funeral Home), redneck rampage film Trapped (AKA Baker […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: The Cartier Affair (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Cartier Affair was on the CBS Late Movie on May 5, 1988. Curt Taylor (David Hasselhoff) is released from California State Prison, and to settle a debt to Phillip Drexler (Telly Savalas), he pretends that he’s gay and becomes the secretary for soap opera star Cartier Rand (Joan Collins). The goal? Steal her jewelry. But then […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: The Toughest Man In the World (1984)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Toughest Man In the World was on the CBS Late Movie on February 25 and September 14, 1988. Mr. T’s first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing, well, himself. Or Bruise Brubaker, a tough and scowling secret softy nightclub bouncer who is in charge of a neighborhood center. He’s a Vietnam vet, he has a […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Where the Boys Are ’84 (1984)
July 7-13 Teen Movie Hell Week: From the book description on the Bazillion Points website: All-seeing author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden (Heavy Metal Movies) passes righteous judgment over the entire (teen movie) genre, one boobs-and-boner opus at a time. In more than 350 reviews and sidebars, Teen Movie Hell lays the crucible of coming-of-age comedies bare, […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Hot Moves (1984)
July 7-13 Teen Movie Hell Week: From the book description on the Bazillion Points website: All-seeing author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden (Heavy Metal Movies) passes righteous judgment over the entire (teen movie) genre, one boobs-and-boner opus at a time. In more than 350 reviews and sidebars, Teen Movie Hell lays the crucible of coming-of-age comedies bare, […]
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