Amazing Stories!
Here’s a pair of episodes of Amazing Stories, the NBC anthology series that I was very much a fan of.
Truth be told, the episodes were infamously hit-or-miss, with some being RIDICULOUSLY good, and others being absurdly hokey and boring. Most anthology shows were like that, but since Amazing Stories didn’t have a set “vibe,” the disparity was more noticeable.
There are episodes I plainly can’t get through, while others — like, say, the one where Christopher Lloyd plays a psychotic beheaded teacher — were sincerely awesome enough to have worked as theatrically-released films.
I can’t remember much about these two episodes, which probably means that they weren’t among the best of them. Still worth a watch, even if only for curiosity’s sake!
“GHOST TRAIN”
“SECRET CINEMA”
Enjoy!
(And feel free to chat about other stuff, too.)
Commercials from 1995!
Close out the weekend with a batch of TV commercials from 1995…
Looks like there are some real treasures in here. Enjoy!
Rawhead Rex!
Happy Saturday night!
…it really FEELS like one tonight, too. We had a hot day here, but now it’s way cold and way windy and way dark. The perfect ambiance for RAWHEAD REX.
This one’s from 1986. I’ll copy/paste the YouTube description, which sums it up best:
“Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex’s cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.”
I actually have seen this, and can vouch for it. The titular monster looks something like Pumpkinhead mixed with Goro mixed with a chocolate fountain, so if nothing else, there’s that.
Siskel & Ebert Review F13 Part 4!
By the time most of you read this, it’ll be Friday the 13th! (Yessss.)
Celebrate with Siskel & Ebert’s review of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, from 1984.
I haven’t watched this yet, but I’m guessing that neither were particularly fond of Jason’s exploits.
The F13 business starts at the 11:45 mark.
