Lost and Found: Just Before Dawn

In which our Final Girl transforms from shy, modestly dressed wallflower to sexy and fierce survivor while vacuum-sealed into a pair of extremely tiny Daisy Duke shorts. Jeff Lieberman’s Just Before Dawn (1981) is an odd duck from the golden age slasher boom. Somehow I missed it all these years, but recently caught it streaming … Continue reading Lost and Found: Just Before Dawn →

Late Night Memories: Toxic Avenging with Phoebe Legere

When I sat down to watch The Toxic Avenger double feature on USA Up All Night in either 1991 or 1992, I had no idea the level of batshit crazy that lay in store for me. A quick note: I say 1991 or 1992 because I’m finding conflicting dates online and, sadly, my total recall … Continue reading Late Night Memories: Toxic Avenging with Phoebe Legere →

Michelle Monday

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about one of my favorite Michelle Pfeiffer comfort films, Into the Night (1985). Directed by John Landis and costarring Jeff Goldblum and a cast of thousands, including Dan Akroyd, David Bowie, a slew of respected veteran actors, dozens of memorable cameos by filmmaking friends of Landis, and even some … Continue reading Michelle Monday →

Lost and Found: The Majorettes

Fun facts: The Majorettes (1986) was written by the cowriter of George Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead (1968) and directed by the actor who played the cemetery zombie in that same film. A nice pedigree that surely must bode well for The Majorettes, right? Well, ah, not quite. No, those trivia nuggets mean … Continue reading Lost and Found: The Majorettes →

Bewitching Visions

An autumnal, Halloween feast for your hungry eyes. Mangia, and Happy Halloween. Actress Edie Adams was a total smokeshow. Those legs deserve all treat, no trick. She can put a spell on us any day. Betty Grable getting her spook on. Morgan Fairchild’s early eighties witch photoshoot lives rent free in my brain at all … Continue reading Bewitching Visions →