Note: This was a first-time viewing for me. I received the Blu-ray I ordered on the day it was featured on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs. I watched the Blu-ray and, as you will read, I don’t regret my purchase. Wow, this is one movie that not only lives up to its reputation,…

Maybe it’s because I’m comparing it to Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977), but I enjoyed The Munsters’ Revenge (1981.) I mean, I really enjoyed it, surprising myself by the number of times I laughed. Even with running gags that repeat too many times, predictable punch lines, and recurring patterns of wordplay followed by…

Individually and collectively, Stephen J. Cannell, Rod Holcomb, and Juanita Bartlett have worked on classic televised entertainment such as The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, Battlestar Galactica, The Greatest American Hero, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, The A-Team, and Wiseguy, to name only a few. Their combined forces on Midnight Offerings (1981)…

Upon reflection, there’s a clue about the nature of The Babysitter (1980) in its opening moments. Young Tara Benedict (Quinn Cummings), whom we’re told is 12-years old, watches Scotty (David Wysocki), whose age we’re not told, but who is noticeably older, on the water in his sailboat. She says, “He doesn’t even know I’m alive.”…

If there was ever an example of perfect casting, it must be Jeff Goldblum as Ichabod Crane. Tall, awkward, goofy, the actor is the living embodiment of the character. Unfortunately, while he looks the part in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980), he doesn’t quite act it. Even more unfortunate, he fares better than the…

When one of your favorite movies ever, one of the few you’ve rated a perfect 10 out of 10, gets not only a sequel, but a TV-movie sequel, your hopes for it can’t be very high. Therefore, because my low expectations were marginally exceeded, I’m probably being generous with Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980.)…

The Henderson Monster (1980) is the “talkiest” TV-movie, if not movie-movie, I think I’ve ever seen. About a third of the way into it, I had to ask myself if it was based on a play (it’s not.) In and of itself, this isn’t a problem. However, if you’re going to spend an hour and…

Technically, the title’s not bait-and-switch; however, if you’re expecting a typical mummy movie, The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb (1980) is not it. That’s not to say it’s an atypical mummy movie. It’s just not really a mummy movie at all. Instead, it’s all about the politics of discovering the tomb of King Tutankhamen and…

Two years before V hit the big time as an NBC miniseries, the network tested the waters with a similar concept: The Aliens Are Coming (1980.) I was originally going to write that I was surprised V got made considering the tepid result of The Aliens Are Coming. However, now I’m more inclined to believe…

With She’s Dressed to Kill (1979), we’ve technically reached the end of this series about “1970s TV Movies.” However, as we’ve discussed, there isn’t an impenetrable line between decades that cleanly separates their content. However, this is the last film in the book that has been my bible since the series began almost three years…