Bad Girls We Love: Sandii from New Rose Hotel

In an unspecified future Japan, nightclub singer and call girl Sandii is hired by Tokyo-based, freelance industrial spies Fox and X, who specialize in helping R&D scientists defect from corporations that would rather kill them than see them work for a competitor. The two men have been hired by Japanese firm Hosaka to assist a … Continue reading Bad Girls We Love: Sandii from New Rose Hotel →

Returning to Batman Returns

My favorite Christmas movies are not ones that your standard normies would choose. No It’s a Wonderful Life in my top five or even ten. Instead, and to give you an idea of how I roll, my two favorite Christmas movies are Batman Returns (1992) and Black Christmas (1974). Clearly, I like my Yuletide cinema … Continue reading Returning to Batman Returns →

Late Night Memories: Sizzle Kisses

It’s another Friday night in 1991 where I’m home watching USA Up All Night with my favorite late night date, the bubbly and bodacious Rhonda Shear. Rhonda is never anything short of absolutely, positively scrumpdillyicious in every single episode she hosts, but some nights still stand out in my nostalgic memory banks as particularly tasty. … Continue reading Late Night Memories: Sizzle Kisses →

Late Night Memories: Help Me Rhonda

Everyone’s favorite late night date Rhonda Shear didn’t just appear on our TV screens in our homes every Friday night hosting USA Up All Night. No, Rhonda also put her rockin’ body to work modeling, both before and after she shot to fame as the B-movie host with the most. Before Up All Night, Rhonda … Continue reading Late Night Memories: Help Me Rhonda →

The Art of the Ad: It Had to Be Built!

When they named a game after me, it had to be built! Elvira, Mistress of the Dark The list of Elvira merchandise is long and always growing. The Mistress of the Dark has already made a few appearances in this series over the years because, well, who doesn’t want a sexy goth chick with epic … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: It Had to Be Built! →

Lost and Found: There’s Nothing Out There

In which spring breaking college kids—including a bikini babe hall of fame final girl—fight off an alien attack at a remote cabin in the woods. Many have claimed that Rolfe Kanefsky’s 1991 horror comedy There’s Nothing Out There is the first movie to feature the now-trope of the self-aware horror-watching nerd character. Yes, years before … Continue reading Lost and Found: There’s Nothing Out There →

Full Moon Pfever

I’ve got a pfever, and the only prescription is more Pfeiffer. In honor of tonight’s full harvest moon glowing orange in the night sky, I’m watching Wolf (1994) again for the umpteenth time. An annual October watch for me, Wolf is obviously also tailor-made for full moon viewing. You’ve heard of full moon fever? Well, … Continue reading Full Moon Pfever →