Robot Holocaust!
I spotted this tape in the wild several months ago, and was immediately smitten:
That’s some box.
I’ve been told that the actual movie isn’t very good, but there’s only one way to know for sure:
Here’s Robot Holocaust, from 1986.
I’ll borrow the summary from IMDB: A highly unlikely band of heroes traverses a post-apocalyptic wasteland to rescue a scientist from the tyrannical Dark One and his army of robots.
Enjoy… if you can.
Mickey’s Trailer!
Well, it doesn’t look like last night’s pick went over so well. I’m surprised. I thought a thirty-year-old movie from a nondescript genre that nobody has ever seen or heard of — run at midnight on a Monday — would’ve inspired a huge discussion!
Ya win some, ya lose some, but I still have this wild idea that at least a couple of you bookmark these things and save ‘em for rainy days.
Here’s something a bit less intense:
Released in 1938, Mickey’s Trailer is one of my all-time favorite Disney shorts. Featuring Mickey, Donald and Goofy, the real star of the short is the trailer itself — a literal house that transforms into a rolling, four star hotel.
I was obsessed with that trailer as a kid. Used to (badly) draw it all the time.
Tonight’s survey:
Name your favorite animated Disney short or movie.
Summer Camp Nightmare!
I just got this in on VHS and then noticed it sitting on YouTube, so what they hey, here’s Summer Camp Nightmare:
I expected it to be something like Sleepaway Camp, but from what I’m reading, it’s a thriller more along the lines of Lord of the Flies — albeit produced with far less finesse.
Summary: Kids rebel against shitty counselors and take over a campsite, but with their revolution comes all sorts of chaos. Seems like it gets pretty heavy.
(Released in 1987. It’s rated PG-13, so I guess it can’t be that trashy.)
Street Fighter Cartoon!
Here’s the first episode of the Street Fighter cartoon series, from 1995:
Weird thing: I’m a secret nut for Street Fighter lore, but I’m not sure I’d ever even heard of this show until tonight. I knew about the various other SF shows/movies with a more mature slant, but this one — a straight-up “regular cartoon” that apparently aired during USA’s Cartoon Express — completely flew under my radar.
Excited to check it out!
