The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
Fourteen-year-old Dodger’s life has hit a rough spot. He’s tormented daily by an older gang who jumps him for his lunch money, and the girl he’s crushing on happens to be a part of the gang and is dating its leader. But hey, at least he’s employed at the local antique shop down the street. […]
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Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Yet another gift brought to you by TCM. It should be noted that is aired at 8pm, not my usual 2am viewing time, so the quality of this film is quite a bit better than some of the other write-ups I do with the ‘cult’ films TCM airs in the wee hours of the morning. […]
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Heavy Metal (1981)
As a lover of animation, this has been on my radar or quite a while. So when TCM aired it some time ago I had to watch it. What with its reputation I was actually a little surprised when I saw it on the schedule, but who am I to tell them what they should […]
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The Tempest (1979)
The Tempsetmarks the point where I realized that TCM, in fact, has absolutely no trouble showing nudity of any kind on their channel. Granted, this aired at 2am and not during prime time, but the point is, they don’t have a problem with it. In The Iron Rose they showed a fully nude woman walking along […]
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Psycho Cop (1989)
A small-town policeman readies himself for a busy day by going through his daily routine of praying at a bloody, pentagram-covered alter and then ritualistically washing his hands in blood. Then he puts on his hat and gloves and goes to work. His first task is to kill a newly married couple who just stopped […]
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Leviathan (1989)
An underwater mining expedition is 5 miles below the Atlantic digging up a bunch of rare minerals and precious ore. They’ve been down there for almost three whole months and are just scant days away from finishing their job and going back home. Two days before they’re set to return, two of the crewmembers come […]
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Rabid Grannies (1988)
Two nice, wealthy, but horribly naive little old ladies are about to be royally screwed over by their ungrateful family. It’s their 92nd birthday and the only reason their eclectic brood of ungrateful relatives even showed up at their opulent mansion is because they’re all trying to smoose the two of them for a bigger […]
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The Killing Hour (1982)
AKA The Clairvoyant A woman and two men are found dead in quick succession. Each one of them murdered, and each one of them bound with a pair of handcuffs. The police, headed by Det. Larry Weeks, are afraid there’s a serial killer on the loose, but are unable to link the three individuals, despite […]
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Blood Theatre (1984)
AKA: Movie House Massacre The final night of a downtrodden theatre in the 1930s (?) isn’t going so well for the theatre owner. The place is about to be converted into a movie house, and the last performance before the conversion has only attracted a whopping 18 people. On top of that, he’s been disrespected […]
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The Prowler (1981)
AKA: Rosemary’s Killer In 1945 a love-struck GI is sent a ‘Dear John’ letter by his girlfriend while he’s serving overseas. The lonesome GI takes it in stride, forgives her and starts to rebuild his–…Just kidding. He comes home and stabs his ex and her new beau through the chest with a giant pitchfork during […]
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