‘The Lonely Lady’ with co-star Jared Martin

Film: The Lonely Lady (1983)
Rated: R
Written by:
Harold Robbins (novel)
Ellen Shepard (screenplay)
Directed by:
Peter Sasdy
Starring:
Pia Zadora as Jerilee Randal
Lloyd Bochner as Walter Thorton
Bibi Besch as Veronica Randal
Jared Martin as Goerge Ballantine
Ray Liotta as Joe Heron
 
By Rob R. (and Bo from Last Blog on the Left)
Rob’s Pre-screening Memories: The scrambler. It was the bane of existence for every young [...]

‘Popcorn’ featuring lead Derek Rydall

Film: Popcorn (1991)
Rated: R
Written by:
Alan Ormsby (screenplay)
Mitchell Smith (story)
Directed by:
Mark Herrier
Starring:
Jill Schoelen as Maggie
Tom Villare as Toby
Derek Rydall as Mark
Dee Wallace as Suzanne
Tony Roberts as Mr. Davis
Ray Walston as Dr. Mnesyne
By the Divemistress from

Pre-screening memories: When I was a kid we had First Choice on our TV.  First Choice was awesome— 24 hours of movies, [...]

‘BeetleJuice’ with Glenn Shadix

Film: BeetleJuice (1988)
Rated: PG
Directed by:
Tim Burton
Written by:
Michael McDowell
Starring:
Michael Keaton as Beetlegeuse
Alec Baldwin as Adam Maitland
Geena Davis as Barbara Maitland
Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz
Jeffrey Jones as Charles Deetz
Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz
Glenn Shadix as Otho Fenlock
 
By Scott Knopf of He Shot Cyrus

Pre-screening memories: No R-rated movies.  PG-13 movies only with parental consent.  That was my childhood.  Being [...]

‘The Sender’ (with notes from script supervisor Sally Jones)

Film: The Sender (1982)
Rated: R
Written by:
Thomas Baum
Directed by:
Roger Christian
Starring:
Zeljko Ivanek as John Doe
Kathryn Harrold as Dr. Gail Farmer
Paul Freeman as Dr. Joseph Denman
Shirley Knight as Jerolyn, The Sender’s Mommy
By Rob R.
Pre-screening memories: The Sender was a film that was one of those under-the-skin creepouts that truly affected my young mind.
By the time I was able [...]