‘The Legend of Billie Jean’ with cinematographer Richard Walden

Film: The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
Rated: PG-13
Directed by:
Matthew Robbins
Written by:    
Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner
Starring:     
Helen Slater as Billie Jean
Christian Slater as Binx
Keith Gordon as Lloyd
Richard Bradford as Pyatt
 By Shelley Stillo
Pre-screening memories: I stayed home from school a lot when I was young. I don’t know if my parents were lazy (throw a big enough fit….), [...]

‘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 [...]

‘Mischief’ with stars Doug McKeon, Catherine Mary Stewart

Film: Mischief
Rated: R
Directed by: Mel Damski
Written by: Noel Black
Starring: Doug McKeon as Jonathan
                   Kelly Prestonas Mailyn
                   Catherine Mary Stewart as Bunny
By Rob R.
Pre-screening memories: Every kid has a list of films they can recall that were placed near the top of their parents blacklist.
Mischief was one that was vaulted to the top upon its release.
Perhaps it was [...]

‘Christine’ with Alexandra Paul

Film: Christine (1983)
Rated: R
Directed by: John Carpenter
Written by: Stephen King (story)
Starring:  Keith Gordon as Arnie Cunningham
                    John Stockwell as Dennis Guilder
                    Alexandra Paul as Leigh Cabot
By Shelley Stillo
Pre-screening memories: The first novel I remember reading for fun was by Stephen King.  It was Cujo and I picked it up from around the house after my mother had [...]

‘Night of the Comet’ with star Kelli Maroney

Title: Night of the Comet
Rated: PG-13
Directed by: Thom Eberhardt
Written by: Thom Eberhardt
Starring: Robert Beltran as Hector
                   Catherine Mary Stewart as Regina
                   Kelli Maroney as Samantha
                   Mary Woronov as Audrey
                   Geoffrey Lewis as Carter
Tagline: It’s the last thing on earth they ever expected.
Trailer
By: Shelley Stillo
Pre-screening memories:  I was never a rebel. I usually maneuvered through my [...]

‘Freaked’

Freaked (1993)
Rated: R
Directed by: Tom Stern and Alex Winter
Written by: Tim Burns, Tom Stern, and Alex Winter
Starring:    Alex Winter as Ricky Coogan
                 Michael Stoyanov as Ernie
                 Randy Quaid as Elijah C. Skuggs
                 Brooke Shields as Skye Daley
                 Mr. T as the Bearded Lady
                 Bobcat Goldthwait as Sockhead
                 Larry “Bud” Melman as tourist
                 Keeanu Reeves (uncredited) [...]

‘Night of the Demons’

Title: Night of the Demons (1988)
Rated: R
Directed by: Kevin Tenney
Starring: Linnea Quigley as Suzanne
                Amelia Kinkaid as Angela
                Billy Gallo as Sal
Tagline: “Angela is having a party…Freddy and Jason are too scared to come. But you’ll have a hell of a time.”           
By Shelley Stillo
Pre-screening memories: When people ask me to recommend a legitimately scary movie, I’ll [...]

‘The Last Unicorn’

The Last Unicorn (1982)
Rated: G
Written by Peter S. Beagle
Directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
Starring: Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Angela Lansbury, Jeff Bridges, Tammy Grimes, Robert Klien
Tagline: There’s Magic in Believing!
By: Shelley Stillo
I was never really a unicorn kind of girl when I was a kid. I was more into Star Wars and doing [...]

‘Hellraiser’

Hellraiser (1987)
Rated: R
Written and Directed by: Clive Barker
Starring: Andrew Robinson as Larry Cotton
                Clare Higgins as Julia Cotton
                Ashley Laurence as Kirsty Cotton
                Doug Bradley as Lead Cenebite (aka Pinhead)

Tagline: It will tear your soul apart!
By: Shelley Stillo

Pre-screening memories: The thing I remember most about viewing Hellraiser as a pre-teen is precisely how much it [...]