All posts tagged "1981"

Cruisin’ with Papa Nez: Ex-Monkee man Michael Nesmith was one of the “Fathers of Music Video”
If anyone deserves to get a Father’s Day card for being one of the “Fathers of Music Video” it’s Michael Nesmith, known as “Papa Nez” to his fans. His 1981 video album Elephant Parts — released by...
- Posted August 15, 2019
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Get Thee to a Nunnery: The Nunsploitation horror of “The Other Hell” & “Dark Waters”
If you’re looking for a horror double feature to watch this weekend, we have two Nunsploitation titles for you to check out: The Other Hell (1981) concerns a series of brutal murders — first thought to be...
- Posted August 2, 2019
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Michael Laughlin’s 1981 slasher “Dead Kids” also pays homage to 1950s-era pulp horror & sci-fi
In Michael Laughlin’s strangely languid slasher Dead Kids (1981), an icily seductive doctor — working out of the psychology lab of a small town college in Galesburg, Illinois — turns high school teens into psychotic mind-controlled killers....
- Posted May 20, 2019
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The heart is a prison cell in Marty Balin’s Journey-esque AOR-lite 1981 ballad “Hearts”
We’re taking another peek-a-boo at the Playboy Channel’s “Hot Rocks” — a new music video show that featured music videos showcasing occasionally NSFW nudity — which premiered on “Night Flight” on July 15, 1983, and you can...
- Posted February 28, 2019
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“Dark Night of the Scarecrow”: A killer scarecrow seeks revenge in this 1981 made-for-TV movie
Decades after it was first broadcast as a “CBS Saturday Night Movie” on Saturday October 24, 1981, Dark Night of the Scarecrow still haunts viewers with its depiction of a small town supernatural scarecrow seeking revenge. This...
- Posted February 18, 2019
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Blood & roses: Savage ’80s slasher “The Prowler” features SFX goremeister Tom Savini’s best work
Ever since its theatrical release in August of 1981, Joseph Zito’s savage slasher The Prowler has acquired a substantial cult following, particularly because SFX goremeister Tom Savini elevated this film’s simplistic storyline to certifiable cult status. Check...
- Posted February 1, 2019
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In “Venom,” an attempted kidnapping is thwarted by a deadly black mamba snake
Venom — now streaming in our Blue Underground collection on Night Flight Plus — is a stylish late 1981 British-made thriller with an all-star cast about an attempted kidnapping thwarted by a deadly black mamba, a very...
- Posted November 29, 2018
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Will Vinton’s “Closed Mondays” & “Mountain Music” were highlights of Night Flight midnight movie fave “Fantastic Animation Festival” (1977)
We were saddened to learn of the recent death of Oscar-winning Claymation filmmaker Will Vinton, who lost his 12-year battle with multiple myeloma cancer on October 4, 2018. He was 70 years old. We thought fans of...
- Posted October 8, 2018
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