Hobgoblins!
If I can trust a hundred strangers on the internet, 1988’s Hobgoblins is a laughably wretched Gremlins ripoff that’s earned the enmity of everyone from random bloggers to Tom f’n Servo. Sounds perfect for Saturday night!
Good luck with this one. I think you’ll need it.
The Making of Batman Returns!
Here’s The Bat, the Cat and the Penguin, a 1992 “making of” documentary for Batman Returns. Love this behind-the-scenes junk!
I still think that Batman Returns is the best “Batman thing” ever, by the way.
Happy Friday!
The Secret of the Sword!
From 1985, The Secret of the Sword was He-Man’s first and only animated movie. Though it was briefly in theaters, the movie was more widely seen on regular television. (As a kid, I don’t know if I was even aware that SoTS had a theatrical release!)
The movie introduced She-Ra and Hordak, and is probably most famous for the bitchin’ song that plays over the intro. Enjoy!
Pryde of the X-Men!
While produced as a TV pilot, I originally knew Pryde of the X-Men as a random videocassette from our town’s last mom & pop video store. I fell in love with it!
Released in 1989, it’s something like 1992’s X-Men: The Animated Series, but definitely not an exact match. A great little ep that’s totally worth seeing, even if only for historical purposes. Enjoy!
