Night Caller (1985)
Directed and written by Philip Chan, this is about Detective Steve Chan (Phillip Chan! Hey — you’re doing it all!) and his new partner, Porky (Patricia Ha), who are looking for Detective Bobby Wong (Melvin Wong), Chan’s old partner, who has been taken by a serial killer. Yet what’s exciting about this is that it […]
Tales from the Darkside S2 E3: Ring Around the Redhead (1985)
Theodore Gershuny wrote 2 episodes of Monsters and 6 of this series, as well as directing and writing Silent Night, Deadly Night. Also: I will be jealous of him forever, as he was married to Mary Woronov. This episode has some star power, as John Heard plays death-row inmate Billy Malone, who tells the story of […]
Murder, She Wrote S3 E6: Dead Man’s Gold (1985)
A group of young treasure hunters comes to Cabot Cove looking for sunken treasure, and one of them ends up dead. Season 3, Episode 6: Dead Man’s Gold (November 9, 1985) When a former boyfriend, David Everett (Leslie Nielsen), turns up in Cabot Cove on an expedition for long-lost gold, JB finds that more lies […]
Tales from the Darkside S2 E2: Lifebomb (1985)
Frank De Palma directed eight episodes of this series, and Michael Kube-McDowell wrote four; this time, they’re telling the story of Ben Martin (Bill Macy, Maude’s husband), a man whose workaholic nature is soon putting his life in danger. Insurance salesman Harry Harris (Robert Riesel) offers him a device called the Lifebomb, which will keep […]
Tales from the Darkside S2E1: The Impressionist
Thanks to everyone who voted on what horror anthology I should get to next. I only finished the first season of Tales from the Darkside, so that seems to be a good one to cover. Let’s just say that the U.S. government has taken Hoffgosh (Claudia Templeton, whose career is a mix of acting in low-budget […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Evils of the Night (1985)
What happens when you mix a teen sex comedy with a gore film? It’s kind of like chocolate and peanut butter, one would think, but the results don’t always taste as good. Witness 1985’s Evils of the Night. Three vampire aliens, Dr. Zarma (Julie Numar, who of course is the Catwoman, but is also a writer, […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 23: Grim (1985)
23. An Experimental Horror Film That’s Not In English Takashi Ito’s father wouldn’t allow him to seer kaiju films like all his friends. But he finally allowed him to see Daimajin and Gamera vs. Barugon; his elation “worried his parents.” He began to draw manga and went on to Kyushu Institute of Design; he almost […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 2: Zuma (1985)
2. FANGS FOR WATCHING: Charm your senses with an anguine flick. Zuma is a comic book movie, but no worries if you’re burned out on those. It’s also super weird. Phillip (Mark Gil) and Isabel (Dang Cecilio) are archaeologists exploring a temple who discover a sarcophagus filled with snakes. Soon, Zuma (Max Laurel) is unleashing, […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: When Nature Calls (1985)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold was on USA Up All Night on January 12, March 4 and September 8, 1989. Directed by Charles Kaufman, who wrote it with Straw Weisman, this is a movie that follows a family — led by father Greg Van Waspishes — as they retreat to nature to escape […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: The Compleat Al (1985)
Sept 15-21 Mockumentary Week: “Ladies and gentlemen, by way of introduction, this is a film about trickery – and fraud. About lies. Tell it by the fireside, in a marketplace, or in a movie. Almost any story is almost certainly some kind of lie. But not this time. No, this is a promise. During the […]
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