USA UP ALL NIGHT: Vampires On Bikini Beach (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Vampires On Bikini Beach was on USA Up All Night twelve times: August 11 and 12 and December 22, 1989; June 9, 1990; March 22, April 6, July 27, August 7 and 23, 1991; March 13 and October 24, 1992; March 20 and July 17, 1993. A couple of teenagers stumble upon a copy of […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Assault of the Killer Bimbos was on USA Up All Night on May 27 (twice!) and October 14, 1989; March 9 and 10 and November 2, 1990; February 23, August 8 and December 7, 1991 and January 31 and February 8, 1992. Two go-go dancers, Lulu (Elizabeth Kaitan) and Peaches (Christina Whitaker), find themselves in […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Dangerous Curves (1988)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dangerous Curves was on USA Up All Night on May 17 and 18, 1991; January 24 and August 22, 1992 and March 26 and April 17, 1993. Chuck (Tate Donovan) is the quintessential uptight college student who lands a golden opportunity: deliver a pristine Porsche to a businessman, Louis Faciano’s (Robert Stack) daughter in Lake […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Diamond Ninja Force (1988)
DAY 23: Exploitation Auteurs! Trying to summarize a Godfrey Ho film is like trying to hold water in your hands, but here goes: An ancient feud between the Black Ninja Clan and the Diamond Ninja Empire is reignited by the discovery of a long-lost tomb. Meanwhile, in what feels like a completely different movie, a […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Tiger On the Beat (1988)
DAY 17: Hong Kong Action! If you’re expecting the poetic, trench-coat-wearing, dual-pistol-sliding grace of John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow or The Killer when you see Chon Yun-fat’s name on the poster, check your expectations at the door. We’ve seen the mismatched partner trope a million times, but Tiger On the Beat pushes the dynamic to […]
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 […]
JUNESPLOITATION: After School (1988)
DAY 5. Teenagers! Is this a teen movie? It’s in Teen Movie Hell, so good enough. Father Michael McClaren (Sam Bottoms) is what we call a cool priest. Sure, he teaches college in Florida, but he plays basketball, rides a motorcycle and is popular with the kids. The church wants him to debate former priest C.A. Thomas […]
CULTPIX MONTH: Robo Vampire (1988)
Godfrey Ho (using the pseudonym Joe Livingstone) is the only person who could make this, a movie that doesn’t just cross genres. It violently collides with them in a head-on wreck and invites you to laugh at the debris. Because this is a classic IFD Films production, the plot is actually two entirely separate movies […]
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama 2026 Primer: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre in Vandergrift, PA on April 24 and 25, 2026. Admission is still only $15 per person each night (children 12 and under free with adult) and overnight camping is available (breakfast included). You can buy tickets at the show, but get there early and […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 7: Police Story 2 (1988)
April 7: Jackie Day — Celebrate Jackie Chan’s birthday! While the world celebrates the man, the myth, and the jumping-off-buildings legend, there’s no better way to honor Jackie Chan than by revisiting the high-octane, bone-crunching sequel that defined his Golden Era: Police Story 2. If the first film was a lightning bolt, the sequel is a […]
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