VISUAL VENGEANCE BLU-RAY RELEASE: Colony Mutation (1995)
Shot on Super 8, this film tells the story of PR exec Jim Matthews (David Rommel) as he tries to leave his wife, genetic designer Meredith Weaver (Anna Zizzo), for his secretary, Jenny Dole (Joan Dinco). His wife doses him with her latest experiment, which causes his extremities to start thinking on their own and […]
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
The kids today get mad about sex scenes being in movies. Well, let me tell you, this 1995 erotic thriller has one of the wildest romance scenes I’ve ever witnessed, one that, frankly, kind of blows my mind and makes me like this film even more. Which means that yes, sex scenes can be good. […]
Strange Days (1995)
Neo-noir dystopian science fiction? Sure. But also giallo. Strange Days was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by James Cameron and Jay Cocks. At once 20 minutes into the future and thirty years in the past, it still feels remarkably vital. Criminals are committing crimes and making SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device) discs that allow […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 30: The Jerky Boys: Don’t Hang Up, Toughguy! (1995)
30. DEVIL’S NIGHT: Mischief, mayhem or pranks – oh my! I refuse to play into the notion that just because something is juvenile, it’s stupid. In this, The Jerky Boys make prank calls with hidden cameras at MTV’s intern offices, on a double-decker tour bus in Manhattan, on supermarket intercoms and from payphones. These are […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 25: Project Metalbeast (1995)
25. A Horror Film That Has a Good Review on The Schlock Pit Website I love The Schlock Pit so much, and if a movie is good enough for them, it’s good enough for me. 1974: Special ops soldier Donald Butler (John Marzilli) is inside an island castle where he finds a werewolf, which he […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 23: The Langoliers (1995)
23. SURVIVORS?: If anything walks away from a plane crash, the chances of it being healthy are pretty slim. Directed and written by Tom Holland and based on the novella by Stephen King, this first aired on May 14 and 15, 1995 on ABC. Richard P. Rubinstein produced through his company Laurel Entertainment and King […]
W.E.I.R.D. World (1995)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last week of Tales from the Crypt content, as I got through all of the Perversions of Science episodes. Do you have another anthology you’d like me to tackle? W.E.I.R.D. (Wilson Emery Institute for Research and Development) It is a place where the world’s most intelligent scientists get unlimited budgets to come […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold was on USA Up All Night on January 31, 1998. I’m sure you’ve seen Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, but this has ten more feet on that. Inga (Raelyn Saalman), Betty (Tammy Parks) and Angel Grace (J. J. North) are the three finalists for Plaything’s Centerfold of the Year, […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Black Ice (1992)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Black Ice was on USA Up All Night on July 21, 1995. It’s still early fall as I write this, and the last thing I want to think about is snow or icy roads, and here I am, watching a movie shot in Winnipeg, where huge snow piles are all over the place. Called […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Backfire (1995)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Backfire was on USA Up All Night on November 10, 1995, July 20, 1996 and February 21, 1997. In a city where firefighters are traditionally women, Jeremy Jackson (Josh Mosby) tries to follow in the steps of his mother (Edie Falco!) and sister (Mary McCormack, Howard Stern’s movie wife), who are firefighting heroes. Yet at […]
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