‘The U.F.O. Incident’ (1975): Creepy, Hollywoodized version of alleged real-life alien abduction
Can’t some bug-eyed outer space piece of sh*t abduct me the hell out of what passes for America today? Oh, well…one can dream.
Tag: TV Movies
‘Frankenstein: The True Story’ (1973): Mary Shelley’s classic monster comes alive on TV
It’s Shock-tober, everyone! That’s right—time to take out a second mortgage to pay for your groceries this week. So, let’s lighten our loads by doing what I’ve been since I was in a playpen: escaping reality by obsessively watching TV. And what better way to block out the possibility of six more years of the… Read More ‘Frankenstein: The True Story’ (1973): Mary Shelley’s classic monster comes alive on TV
‘The California Kid’ (1974): A spare, surprisingly grim TV meller
A clean, trim, hard-boiled little gem of a suspenser, from the golden days of network made-for-TV movies.
‘Satan’s Triangle’ (1975): A wild, disconcerting TV nightmare
You know what would be the perfect vacation for this particular Fourth of July, Independence Day? In today’s America, I mean? Cruise to the Devil’s Triangle. But you say you just can’t let Beelzebub see your bikini bod this year? Well…you could check out Satan’s Triangle, the 1975 made-for-TV occult classic starring Kim Novak and Doug McClure,… Read More ‘Satan’s Triangle’ (1975): A wild, disconcerting TV nightmare
‘The Deadly Tower’ (1975): True crime thriller brings Texas killer to the screen
In a post-holiday mood for something light, I happened upon an older Warner Bros. Archive Collection disc of The Deadly Tower, NBC’s 1975 made-for-TV movie with Disney alumnus Kurt Russell starring as infamous University of Texas sniper, Charles Whitman.
‘The Beasts are On the Streets’ (1978): A family-friendly disaster epic from Hanna-Barbera
Well…if everything else seems to be a disaster right now, it couldn’t hurt to watch some disaster flicks, now could it?
‘Someone I Touched’ (1975): High drama leads to affairs, sex and STDs
…a.k.a.: First, You Drip.
‘Superdome’ (1978): More fun than watching the Super Bowl
“Tomorrow we’ve got 75,000 people in the Dome…and a psycho on the loose.”
‘The Boy in the Plastic Bubble’ (1976): Winning teen romance is impossibly hopeful
Uh…they couldn’t just adopt?
‘Mayflower: The Pilgrims’ Adventure’ (1979): Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Mayflower’s landing
Attention! Attention fellow American lockdown inmates!
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