Everyone loves Cynthia Rothrock. Well, everyone except CBS as Dave discovers with this look at Lady Dragon’s failed dalliance with primetime TV. Featuring an interview with scripter Carleton Eastlake!… Read More Fighter Pilot: Irresistible Force (1993)
Dave recalls an old chat with Tom McLoughlin and discovers the helmer’s lengthy telepic about climate change is terrifying in its prophecy.… Read More The Fire Next Time (1993): The Escape From Wrath
Matty revisits a satisfying made-for-TV horror flick from the late, great fright master.… Read More Wes Craven’s Chiller (1985): Ice to See You, to See You…
Tobe or not Tobe? Dave’s a little Hoopered out by a TV movie that has designs on imitating a genre classic. … Read More Small Screen Spectre: The Uninvited (1996)
Far from cookie-cutter boob tube material, Dave discovers a fine piece of drama that retains its power more than a quarter of a century after it was first broadcast.… Read More Bigotry in the Boondocks: A Stranger in Town (1995)
Dave’s fires up the boob tube for a twisting whodunnit that gets itself into a bit of a lather. … Read More Going Round in Circles: Blind Man’s Bluff (1992)
Stop the clocks – Dave examines the cultural history of a horrifying true story, while dwelling on the second version made for the goggle-box.… Read More Tick-Tock: 83 Hours Til Dawn (1990)
Matty tangles with Mary Lambert’s fabulous small screen thriller. … Read More Face of Evil (1996): How to Make Friends and Kill People
Dave sees the faint silhouette of a rotund British director in this ’90s potboiler, as a classic from The Master of Suspense is remade for network TV.… Read More Life’s a Hitch: Shadow of a Doubt (1991)
The Schlock Pit 