All posts tagged "1988"

A scuba diving serial killer lurks in dark canals in Dick Maas’s stylish slasher “Amsterdamned”
A scuba diving serial killer lurks in Amsterdam’s dark water canals in Dutch filmmaker Dick Maas‘s stylish slasher Amsterdamned (1988), now streaming on Night Flight Plus. Dutch actor Huub Stapel plays single father “Eric Visser,” the city’s...
- Posted March 8, 2019
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Gary P. Cohen’s schlocky, gore & satire-dripping shot-on-video sequel “Video Violence 2″ (1988)
Gary P. Cohen’s bloody Video Violence 2: The Exploitation is, like its predecessor, a 90-minute camcorder-shot snuff film parody presenting an abundance of blood-spurting decapitations and dismemberments on a live, late night cable access TV talk show...
- Posted February 12, 2019
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“Poets of Rock”: Elektra labelmates 10,000 Maniacs & Tracy Chapman tackled tough topics
Night Flight’s “Poets of Rock” featured music videos by Natalie Merchant’s 10,000 Maniacs and Tracy Chapman, two Elektra Records labelmates with an intertwined history singing politically-conscious, socially-aware neo-folk rock songs that tackled tough topics. Watch both videos...
- Posted December 14, 2018
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Cult-O-Rama: Slava Tsukerman’s new wave, sci-fi & sex-infused 1983 NYC cult classic “Liquid Sky”
“…Cult movies transcend all categories, and give their audiences something they’ve never seen but always wanted to,” says Night Flight’s Pat Prescott near the end of this 30-minute clip-centric 1988 survey we’re calling “Cult-O-Rama,” now streaming on...
- Posted November 19, 2018
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1988’s “And God Created Woman” starred the daughter of right-wing TV host Wally George
On March 12, 1988, during “Night Flight Goes to the Movies,” we were introduced to Roger Vadim‘s forgettable-yet-forgivable remake of And God Created Woman, starring Rebecca DeMornay, who also happened to be the daughter of bloviating TV...
- Posted October 16, 2018
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“African Sounds”: UB40’s reggae-based anthem for a free South Africa, “Sing Our Own Song”
Like just about everyone else, we were a little surprised to hear UB40’s name in the news again, decades after the band’s prime, but it sent us back to the archives again for another look and listen...
- Posted October 9, 2018
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Megadeth’s thrash-metal “Anarchy in the U.K.” cover featured the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones
“In 1983, Southern California rockers Megadeth first forged their white hot strain of heavy metal and hardcore,” says Pat Prescott in Night Flight’s “Take Off to New Heavy Metal,” which arrives about a half-hour into this episode...
- Posted October 2, 2018
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“Merchandising”: Watch an excerpt from pop parodist Weird Al’s “The Compleat Al” (1985)
Night Flight’s vintage clip-show “Outrageous in Hollywood” features an excerpt from pop parodist Weird Al Yankovic‘s The Compleat Al, which debuted on the Showtime network on Wednesday, August 7, 1985, just a few years after the 1983...
- Posted October 1, 2018
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