Mickey Mouse: The Haunted House!
Here’s a shorty for Tuesday night:
From Toad64, it’s The Haunted House, a Mickey Mouse short from 1929. I’m pretty sure we ran this on After Dark a few years ago, but this one is always worth a watch. (And like Toad64 mentioned, the quality on this vid is much better than the YouTube norm!)
This was one of the segments on Disney’s old Scary Tales VHS compilation, which I rented endlessly as a kid. Big fan of this short!
Overlords of the UFO!
The holiday weekend ends tonight. Gross. In brighter news, the Halloween Countdown rolls on tomorrow! A new article will be posted in the morning, and if I can shake this tiny fever, look for a new video this week, too!
Tonight’s pick comes from Rygar Starkong, and it’s the perfect thing to help you wind down after a long weekend. Get ready for OVERLORDS OF THE UFO!
From Rygar: “Here’s a creepy 1976 documentary that takes a strange look at the UFO phenomenon. Complete with spooky announcer, weird pictures and stories, and more wood paneling than you could shake a pair of bell bottom jeans at! Highly recommended!”
Enjoy!
Night Court Halloween Episode!
I’m an enormous sucker for Halloween episodes of ’80s and ’90s sitcoms, so tonight’s video is way up my alley.
Suggested by Pikachulover, it’s a Halloween episode of Night Court. (One of several that the show had!)
This episode aired on Halloween night back in 1985, but it was also shown often during the show’s syndicated repeats many years later. (I remember local affiliates even creating custom promos for this episode during the ’90s!)
Piranha II: The Spawning!
Happy September, everyone! Here’s a big long movie to help ring it in…
Tonight’s pick was suggested by the always-reliable Jugendsehnsucht, who as I understand it recently celebrated his 666th birthday. Happy birthday, Juge!
From 1981, it’s Piranha II: The Spawning. Yessss. The film was (partly) directed by James Cameron, and Juge thought I should mention this interesting trivia bit, yanked from Wikipedia:
“Ovidio G. Assonitis took over the editing when Cameron was stricken with food poisoning. During his illness, Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for The Terminator, which later catapulted his film career.”
So in a roundabout way, you can thank Piranha II for The Terminator!
If you’re not sure about watching this, here’s a Piranha II WPIX promo from the ‘90s. If this doesn’t make you wanna see it, nothing will:
Enjoy the film, or just chat about whatever ya want.
