Highway to Heaven!
Tonight’s suggestion (and upload) is from Mikey S., who actually pitched this during last year’s Countdown. No clue if Mikey is still paying attention to this place, but hey:
It’s the 1987 Halloween episode of Highway to Heaven, titled I Was a Middle-Aged Werewolf.
I’ll let Mikey explain:
“A Christian-themed family show may not be a likely source of horror, but this one episode features series star Michael Landon turning into a motherfucking werewolf to terrorize children, and an appearance by Michael Berryman as the Devil himself (incidentally, the makeup effects were Emmy nominated).
“This episode has a very special place in my heart for traumatically breaking me into the horror genre as a preschooler, and it saddens me that it never became the Halloween staple that it deserves to be.”
C’mon, guys. With a description like that, we gotta give this a shot.
PS: Original commercials still included!
Spooky Saturday Night.
Bit busy tonight, but I didn’t want to miss updating DDAD on the first day of fall. Let’s call this a Free-For-All Thread — talk about whatever ya want, in the comments!
Monsters TV Episode!
Tonight’s video is another gem from Ginyu Recoome. Let’s watch Monsters!
Monsters as in the horror anthology show from the ’80s. (Pay no mind to the title, this isn’t Tales from the Darkside.)
To be honest, I don’t have nearly as much experience with this series as I should, given how much I love spooky anthologies. Maybe this would be a good place to start?
This episode is titled My Zombie Lover and stars Tempestt Bledsoe of Cosby fame. Bonus points: It was recorded off of WPIX back in 1988, and includes all of the original commercials!
(Putting this one up way early as I might be out tonight.)
Free-For-All Thread!
I’m pulling an all-nighter on a video edit, so let’s just call this a Free-For-All Thread. Talk about whatever!
