WEIRD WEDNESDAY: O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
The actual release date for this movie is under some debate: director Robert Altman — yes, the same one who did Nashville — shot the film in 1983; it was copyrighted in 1985, then shelved until it got a small theatrical release in 1987 and 1988. The reason for the 1983–1988 delay was simple: MGM had […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 28: The Nail Gun Massacre (1985)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor in London. You can listen to her podcast at https://thecinemajunction.com. Her latest book is Japanese Cult Cinema: Best of the Second Golden Age. She writes for Horror & Sons and Drive-in Asylum. She has also appeared on the podcasts Japan on Film, Making Tarantino, Making Scorsese, The […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 20: Attack of the Beast Creatures AKA Hell Island (1985)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor in London. You can listen to her podcast at https://thecinemajunction.com. Her latest book is Japanese Cult Cinema: Best of the Second Golden Age. She writes for Horror & Sons and Drive-in Asylum. She has also appeared on the podcasts Japan on Film, Making Tarantino, Making Scorsese, […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 16: Gotcha! (1985)
April 16: Dead Fad — Find a fad, look for a movie about it and share. Before it was a standardized extreme sport with professional leagues, paintball was part of a larger, slightly more chaotic campus fad called The Assassination Game. Students would stalk each other through dorm halls and libraries with suction-cup darts or water […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 8: Terror In the Swamp (1985)
April 8: Zoo Lover’s Day — You know what that means. Animal attack films! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey is a pharmacist specializing in health informatics by day, but his true passion is cinema. His current favorite films are Back to the Future, Stop Making Sense, and In the Mood for Love. He has written articles […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: L.A. Streetfighters (1985)
Also known as Ninja Turf, this was directed by Woo-sang Park, who, as we all know, directed Miami Connection. It’s about new kid at school Tony (Phillip Rhee, who created and starred in the Best of the Best series of movies) and how he instantly vibes with a gang leader named Young (Jun Chong, whose company Action Brothers […]
Alien Warrior (1985)
Buddy’s (Brett Baxter Clark, Nick the Dick from Bachelor Party, Bruiser from Teen Witch and the gardener of Young Lady Chatterley II; seriously these are the kind of roles that make me light headed when reading an IMDb and that’s not even bringing up the Andy Sidaris movies and starring in Delta Force Commando, Deathstalker IV, […]
Tales from the Darkside S2 E12: Monsters In My Room (1985)
Biff (Greg Mullavey, Mary Hartman’s husband) doesn’t get kids. His new wife, Helen (Beth McDonald), has a son, Timmy (Seth Green!), who keeps claiming he has monsters all around him. Instead of being toughened up and not believing in these supernatural frights, as Biff wants, Timmy decides to make peace with those things that go […]
ARROW VIDEO 4K UHD RELEASE: Red Sonja (1985)
I am sorry, Red Sonja. For years, I have doubted you. Surely you cannot be as good as Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer. You have to be a weaker sister, I always thought, so I avoided you. I was wrong. So wrong. Today, dear reader, I am here to tell you that while this film is […]
Tales from the Darkside S2 E11: Effect and Cause (1985)
Kate Collins (Susan Strasberg) is afraid to paint over her old canvases. Yet after receiving a batch of bizarre paintings from her friend David (Ben Marley), she decides to whitewash one of the canvases and reuse it. Kate’s decision to whitewash David’s canvas isn’t just an artistic choice; it’s a symbolic erasure of the past. […]
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