JUNESPLOITATION: Moontrap (1989)
DAY 20. 80’s Sci-Fi! The sci-fi event of 1989! Never mind that The Abyss came out that year. Or even Dr. Alien, Cyborg, Dr. Caligari and Shocking Dark. If you miss the days when science fiction movies relied on practical effects, wild concepts and pure imagination rather than endless CGI, there is this movie. Coming from the creative minds of […]
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 […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Parents (1989)
Directed by Bob Balaban (yes, the guy from Christopher Guest comedies) and written by Christopher Hawthorne. Parents finds the Laemle family — Nick (Randy Quaid), Lily (Mary Beth Hurt) and Michael (Bryan Madorsky) moving into the California suburbs. Between seeing his parents making love and watching his father do an autopsy, Michael is a bit […]
CULTPIX MONTH: Helgerån (1989)
Joseph W. Sarno. Yeah, that Joe Sarno. The Ingmar Bergman of 42nd Street. The man who gave us Inga and Abigail Lesley is Back in Town. If you’re looking for a guy who understood that the distance between high-art Swedish angst and low-rent skin flicks is about the thickness of a silk stocking, Sarno is […]
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama 2026 Primer: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
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 3: Luther The Geek Tromatic Special Edition Blu-ray (1989)
April 3: American Circus Day — Write about a big top movie. As the Encyclopedia Britannica notes, the term “geek” didn’t always imply a tech-savvy enthusiast. In the early 20th century, it was a title of derision for the lowest rung of the carnival hierarchy. These performers, often struggling with severe alcoholism or mental illness, […]
A Nightmare On Drug Street (1989)
“Hi! I’m dead! Well, actually, my name is Jill, well, it is, or it was or whatever! Anyway, I’m dead but you know what I mean! I’m Jill!” When a movie starts like that, I’ll watch the whole thing. Felipe is introduced as a high school hero whose team just won a big game. […]
Hell’s Bells: The Dangers of Rock and Roll (1989)
“I’m a rolling thunder, fire and rain I’m coming on like a hurricane My lightning’s flashing across the sky You’re only young, but you’re gonna die” Directed, hosted and produced by Eric Holmberg, founder of Reel to Real Ministries and The Apologetics Group, Hell’s Bells is the Satanic Panic encapsulated. There are leaps of logic, […]
Disgusting Spaceworms Eat Everyone (1989)
A one-and-done SOV by George Keller, this one lives up to the promise of its title: worms from space come to Earth and, well, devour folks. No more, no less. Or maybe more. This is a noir movie masquerading as SOV, a film where, instead of a black-and-white, rainy, smoky night, we’re seeing downtown LA […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: I,Madman (1989)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: Viewer’s Choice ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey […]
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