Tales from the Darkside S3 E4: Florence Bravo (1986)
Dr. David McCall (David Hayward, The Curious Case of the Campus Corpse) is a total slimeball. He’s stepping out on his wife, Emily (Pittsburgh royalty Lori Cardille), who is already mentally dangling by a thread. They buy a house from a perky real estate agent, Julianne (Carol Levy). It’s a real fixer-upper, mainly because it […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Combat Academy (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Combat Academy was on USA Up All Night on February 10 and August 24 and 25, 1990; March 15 and August 3 and 30, 1991. When it comes to the youth-against-authority genre, you really can’t go wrong with Neal Israel. Just look at his resume. Beyond directing Bachelor Party, he wrote Police Academy, Moving Violations and Real […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Meatballs III was on USA Up All Night on December 8 and 9, 1989; May 18 and November 9 and 10, 1990; June 22, September 13 and November 16 and 17, 1991; December 31, 1992; May 21, 1993 and January 10, 1994. The Meatballs movies aren’t big on continuity, seeing as how Meatballs 2 wasn’t even intended […]
Tales from the Darkside S3 E3: The Bitterest Pill (1986)
We start in domestic bliss if your idea of bliss is a hot day with a father, Harlan (Joe Carafello), who acts like he’s one bad day away from an explosion. The family dynamic is basically a pressure cooker until they hit the $10 million lottery. Naturally, the dad keeps being a jerk, the mom […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Jocks (1986)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jocks was on USA Up All Night on November 3 and 4, 1989; April 7 and November 17 and 24, 1990; June 8 and October 4 and 19, 1991; April 4, May 22, September 12 and October 9, 1992; April 19 and August 3, 1996 and April 4, 1997. Someone at USA liked this […]
Tales from the Darkside S3 E2: I Can’t Help Saying Goodbye (1986)
Directed by John Strysik (who also directed Darkside episodes like “Anniversary Dinner“) and written by Jule Selbo from a story by Ann MacKenzie, this feels like a standard, slightly muted 1980s kitchen-sink drama at first. We’ve got Flora (Helen Duffy), her oldest daughter, Libby (Loren Cedar), Libby’s fiancé, Max Smith (played by a pre-Dream On Brian […]
Chattanooga Film Festival 2026: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
After the absolute mess of a psychological fake-out that was Part V: A New Beginning, the fans were ready to riot. Paramount originally wanted to transition the franchise into a new trilogy with a completely different killer, hinting that a traumatized Tommy Jarvis would inherit the hockey mask. Thankfully, audiences hated that idea so much […]
Tales from the Darkside S3 E1: The Circus (1986)
“The Circus” is directed by Michael Gornick and penned by the master himself, George A. Romero. A cynical, muckraking journalist named Bragg (Kevin O’Connor) happens upon a ramshackle traveling freak show after a car wreck. He’s looking for his next big headline, and he thinks he’s found it in Dr. Nis (William Hickey), the eccentric […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Michael Dudikoff Presents Action Adventure Theater
DAY 14. Cannon! Wow, you have no idea how excited I am about this. I saw VHS art for the movie Urban Warriors and saw something I have never seen before: the Michael Dudikoff Presents Action Adventure Theater line. If you’ve spent any time looking at the history of the Cannon Group, you know that […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E4: Old Habits Die Hard (1987)
Jessica visits a convent to see a former sorority sister and winds up searching for a nun’s killer. Season 4, Episode 4: Old Habits Die Hard (October 11, 1987) Jessica arrives at a convent to visit an old college friend who is now a nun. As you’d expect, they soon discover that the convent’s unofficial […]
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