Tag: satire
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Vintage Cable Box: Where the Buffalo Roam, 1980
“This is a party, not a safari!” Where the Buffalo Roam, 1980 (Bill Murray), MCA/Universal “He was … known for his lifelong use of alcohol and illegal drugs, his love of firearms, and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism. He remarked: ‘I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked…
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Vintage Cable Box: The Slumber Party Massacre, 1982
“All of you are very pretty. I love you. It takes a lot of love for a person to… do this. You know you want it. You’ll like it.” The Slumber Party Massacre, 1982 (Michele Michaels), New World Pictures I’m going to have to get analytical now. I knew this day would come, where I…
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Vintage Cable Box: Repo Man, 1984
“The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.” Repo Man, 1984 (Emilio Estevez), MCA/Universal A state trooper pulls over a ’64 Chevy Malibu, and asks the bizarre driver what’s in the trunk. The driver tells him, “You don’t wanna know.” The trooper opens the trunk and is instantly disintegrated, and all that is left…
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Extreme Cinema! “Enough Is Never Enough”
Tonight, we discuss two certified Larry Cohen horror classics, Q: The Winged Serpent from 1982, and The Stuff, released in 1985. An incredibly prolific writer and director, Larry Cohen would make Special Effects and Perfect Strangers before producing what many would regard as his masterpiece in The Stuff also starring Moriarty (kind of an alter-ego for…
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Vintage Cable Box: “The House Of God, 1984”
“You can’t learn medicine without killing a few patients.” The House Of God, 1984 (Tim Matheson), United Artists Ten minutes past the hour mark of this movie, a once-idealistic doctor named Wayne Potts (Michael Sacks) looks out an enormous balcony at a never-ending cityscape. He sees ambulances and police cars tearing down dark, oppressive streets.…
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“Brimstone & Treacle, 1982”
“Almighty God, dear gentle father in heaven who sees all and knows all and loves all for the little sparrow falling in the sky.” Brimstone & Treacle, 1982 (Sting), United Artists The Movie Channel was a cineaste’s dream, upon starting in the early seventies, it quickly gained a reputation for showing foreign films, obscure and…
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NEW PODCAST: “All Outta Bubble Gum”
“They Live” is a 1988 American satirical science fiction horror film written and directed by John Carpenter. The film stars Roddy Piper, Keith David and Meg Foster. It follows a nameless drifter (called “John Nada” in the credits), who discovers the ruling class are in fact aliens concealing their appearance and manipulating people to…
Misadventures in Blissville 