Murder, She Wrote S5 E4: Snow White, Blood Red (1988)
Put on your finest 80s ski gear and grab a cup of cocoa, because this isn’t your grandmother’s cozy mystery. Well, it is, but someone accidentally swapped the script with a slasher. Season 5, Episode 4: Snow White, Blood Red (November 13, 1988) Jessica Fletcher heads out to the luxurious Sable Mountain Lodge to hit […]
Murder, She Wrote S5 E3: Mr. Penroy’s Vacation (1988)
A new sheriff in town, two sweet old sisters, and a flower bed full of dead bodies. Season 5, Episode 3: Mr. Penroy’s Vacation (November 6, 1988) Jessica Fletcher is finally back in Cabot Cove, but things aren’t exactly peaceful. Amos Tupper has officially retired to Kentucky to live with his family (a storyline move […]
Murder, She Wrote S5 E2: A Little Night Work (1988)
After her publisher announces his impending retirement, Jessica heads to New York City, where she is wooed at the same time by potential new publishers and a smooth-talking jewel thief. Season 5, Episode 2: A Little Night Work (October 30, 1988) Jessica Fletcher is in New York City attending a posh publisher’s party, but before […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Twice Dead (1988)
BONUS! Watch a Roger Corman movie to celebrate his 100th birthday! Directed by Bert L. Dragin (Summer Camp Nightmare) and co-written by Dragin and Robert McDonnell, this is part of the Concorde/New Horizons time of Roger Corman. It’s a haunted house movie, home invasion, teen drama, street-violence epic, and slasher all at once. The Cates […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E20: Showdown In Saskatchawan (1988)
Jessica’s niece is smitten with a rodeo rider and refuses to believe he could have committed a murder. Season 4, Episode 20: Showdown In Saskatchewan (April 10, 1988) Jessica Fletcher trades Cabot Cove for the rugged Canadian plains of Queensbridge, Saskatchewan, where cowpokes, bulls, and bad choices run wild. But when the local circuit “doctor” […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Crime Zone (1988)
Week 14 (Sept. 20 – 26) – THE END! Post-Apocalyptic Cinema: Make sure to pull the ladder up on the way out God is Dead. Hell Still Exists. Well, that’s a great tagline and an even better poster. As for the movie, well…it tries. In the future, society is divided into a strict class structure with the […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E19: Just Another Fish Story (1988)
Jessica Fletcher hops a cab to the Big Apple to check on her restaurant investment and see her perpetually flustered nephew, Grady, take the plunge into engagement territory. But Manhattan’s culinary scene proves to be more lethal than a bad health inspection. Season 4, Episode 19: Just Another Fish Story (March 27, 1988) What happens? […]
CBS LATE MOVIE: Family Sins (1987)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Family Sins was on the CBS Late Movie on April 21, 1988. Directed by Jerrold Freedman (who used the Alan Smithee alias to direct The O.J. Simpson Story; he also directed the Bronson movie Borderline and Kansas City Bomber), written by George Rubino (Rage!, The Last Tenant) and originally broadcast on October 25, 1987, on CBS, […]
Murder, She Wrote S4 E18: Benedict Arnold Slipped Here (1988)
The death of a hoarder shut-in brings the burden of executing her will to Jessica. How does the legend that Benedict Arnold once lived in the woman’s house and a possible treasure fit into the puzzle? Season 4, Episode 18: Benedict Arnold Slipped Here (March 13, 1988) What happens? History, heirlooms, and homicide collide in […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Guinea Pig 6: Mermaid In a Manhole (1988)
Week 12 (Sept 6 – 12) – Japanese V- Cinema: V-Cinema is shorthand for the Japanese direct-to-video wave of the 90s and 00s. These movies were often produced by major studios on very low budgets, but they allowed the filmmakers a great deal of creative freedom as long as they could deliver the “exploitable elements.” This proved […]
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