‘The Wraith’ with Chris Nash

Title:
The Wraith
Rated: PG-13
Directed by:
Mike Marvin
Written by:
Mike Marvin
Starring:
Charlie Sheen as Jake /The Wraith
Sherilyn Fenn as Keri
Nick Cassavetes as Packard
Randy Quaid as Sheriff Loomis
Matthew Berry as Billy
Clint Howard as Rughead
Chris Nash as Minty
Griffin O’Neal as Oggie
David Sherrill as Skank
Jamie Bozian as Gutterboy
By Bo of Last Blog on the Left
 
Pre-screening memories: It’s the same old story… boy shows up on a motorcycle, runs afoul of the local [...]

‘Nightbreed’ with Simon Bamford

Film:
Nightbreed (1990)
Rated: R
Written and Directed by:
Clive Barker
Starring:
Craig Sheffer as Boone/Cabal
Anne Bobby as Lori
David Cronenberg as Dr. Decker
Charles Haid as Cpt. Eigerman
Hugh Ross as Narcisse
Doug Bradley as Dirk
Simon Bamford as Ohnaka
Kim Robertson as Babette
By Count Vardulon
Pre-screening memories:  Like many teens, I went through a ‘horror’ phase at around age 13 (that it hasn’t ended yet isn’t the [...]

‘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, [...]

‘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 [...]

Natsukashi on ‘The Avod,’ Last Blog on the Left

Excuse us while we prepare for the shift in seasons here at Natsukashi. We have some great episodes in the works, it’s just that summer schedules have caused things to go all kinds of crazy here. Meanwhile, might I suggest a wonderful little diversion at Castle Vardulon. We were invited to participate in their “audio [...]

‘The ‘Burbs’ with fx artist Peter Kuran

Film: The ‘Burbs (1989)
Rated: PG
Written by: Larry Brezner and Michael Finnell
Directed by: Joe Dante
Starring: Tom Hanks as Ray Peterson
                   Bruce Dern as Mark Rumsfield
                   Carrie Fisher as Carol Peterson
                   Corey Feldman as Ricky Butler
By E Dagger from CruJonesSociety
Pre-screening memories: When I was a kid, I think I felt obligated to like The ‘Burbs. One of my [...]

‘Shocker’ with its star Camille Cooper

Title: Shocker (1989)
Rated: R
Written and directed by: Wes Craven
Starring: Peter Berg as Jonathan Parker
                   Mitch Pileggi as Horace Pinker
                   Camille Cooper as Alison
By Shelley Stillo
Pre-screening memories: If this site has taught me anything, it is that I witnessed far too many age-inappropriate movies as a child. I bore witness to more acts of violence, mayhem and destruction before [...]

‘Cat’s Eye’ with Oscar-winning editor Scott Conrad

Film: Cat’s Eye (1985)
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Written by: Stephen King
Starring: Drew Barrymore as Our Girl
                   James Woods as Morrison (from segment 1: ”Quitter’s Inc.”)
                   Robert Hays as Norris (from segment 2: “The Ledge”)
By Joe Campenella from CinemaFist
When I was a kid, I would lie down to sleep and hear that pulsing in my ear..
Instead of thinking [...]

‘Rockula’ with writer/director Luca Bercovici

Film: Rockula (1990)
Rated: PG-13
Directed by: Luca Bercovici
Written by: Luca Bercovici and Jefery Levy
Starring: Dean Cameron as Ralph LaVie
                   Toni Basil as Phoebe LaVie
                   Thomas Dolby as Stanley
                   Tawny Fere as Mona
                   Susan Tyrrell as Chuck  
                   Bo Diddly as Axman
By Count Vardulon (naturally!)
Pre-screeening memories: Rockula doesn’t exactly fit in neatly with the other movies I’ve covered for Natsukashi [...]

‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ with producer Dennis Murphy, fx artist Hank Carlson

Film: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (PG-13)
Directed by: Fran Rubel Kuzui
Written by: Joss Whedon
Starring: Kristy Swanson as Buffy
                   Luke Perry as Pike
                   Donald Sutherland as Merrick
                   Paul Reubens as Amilyn
                   Rutger Hauer as Lothos
By Action Flick Chick
One of the first things I remembered from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was that vampires were getting their asses kicked [...]