ROBBIE ROBERTSON IN 'CARNY' WITH GARY BUSEY & JODIE FOSTER

<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb3_nuQxdTlVvtYVuEQVlS-Fy6pq_z1tEuzmQJNpVcyufaDiI3q3ZAtnp5fmFB-Rm7bbadMK_yOANWxu-KOo8MsGEA1ZwQrRxwPKA86U3xVPvdZctNjKcht_hsDaBCuyUjEnmxigVwQV_K8tgu-ZljHC891WFr2H4MT9sJVU9gWguR4X8-eXIlAzL7P26/s2048/365839481_1781921938903641_3983541596328265502_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb3_nuQxdTlVvtYVuEQVlS-Fy6pq_z1tEuzmQJNpVcyufaDiI3q3ZAtnp5fmFB-Rm7bbadMK_yOANWxu-KOo8MsGEA1ZwQrRxwPKA86U3xVPvdZctNjKcht_hsDaBCuyUjEnmxigVwQV_K8tgu-ZljHC891WFr2H4MT9sJVU9gWguR4X8-eXIlAzL7P26/s16000/365839481_1781921938903641_3983541596328265502_n.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robby Robertson in CARNY Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Be prepared for freaks and frolic, white trash marauders and by far one of the strangest romances ever to be filmed… And if you can handle an over five-minute scene with Gary Busey’s crazy clown-faced Frankie sitting in a dunk booth, yelling taunts at anyone and everyone to take a turn throwing a ball to bring him into the water… all for a price, mind you… then you’ll really enjoy CARNY co-starring teenage Jodie Foster as freespirited Donna...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Saddled with such an uptight and jerky date (Craig Wasson) that anyone would be a better replacement, she takes to Frankie’s charm right away, and soon joins him in the sack and on the road, into the life of the Carnies managed by The Band guitarist Robbie Robertson as Patch, Frankie’s more serious-minded partner: he's the comparably even-keeled metronome that keeps everything under control, distrusting his buddy’s lustful romance with the teenager, who seems to have cursed the outfit by her presence alone...</p><p><span></span></p>

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ROBBIE ROBERTSON IN 'CARNY' WITH GARY BUSEY & JODIE FOSTER

Robby Robertson in CARNY Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2 Be prepared for freaks and frolic, white trash marauders and by far one of the strangest ...

STEPHEN KING'S OTHER HORROR ANTHOLOGY FILM 'CAT'S EYE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoa8fFZFye28tg94Hf0YgPQ3nFwaIlvEpPS2cK1MaqmfVwfD6ByoJ7gZrvftEqTVxK3t6i0qjcx2IyB1uGSTDh_ysPQA2rOZjOIDvVqJWZLMe3hJiJkJMa-_TN1OHHBN79hMQrX_3TIKK2P8uq5iG2WGwGPamDUDTKhTEd0hs5SM_RItMWiigO9d_iA/s780/ce3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoa8fFZFye28tg94Hf0YgPQ3nFwaIlvEpPS2cK1MaqmfVwfD6ByoJ7gZrvftEqTVxK3t6i0qjcx2IyB1uGSTDh_ysPQA2rOZjOIDvVqJWZLMe3hJiJkJMa-_TN1OHHBN79hMQrX_3TIKK2P8uq5iG2WGwGPamDUDTKhTEd0hs5SM_RItMWiigO9d_iA/s16000/ce3.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert Hays stuck again in a very high place for CAT'S EYES Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Iconic horror author Stephen King, backing his second anthology horror after the successful CREEPSHOW by his good friend George A. Romero and CAT'S EYE by his CUJO director Lewis Teague, doesn’t just write spooky ghost stories strictly befitting the horror genre, he conveys edgy, unimaginable nightmares...<br> <br> And in the first and best of three tales, being involved in the mafia — with or without having knowledge of it — can be pretty frightening, intimidating, and possibly lethal: for the entire family...</p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

candy clark, drew barrymore, horror, horror anthology, james woods, kenneth mcmillan, lewis teague, robert hays, stephen king, suspense

STEPHEN KING'S OTHER HORROR ANTHOLOGY FILM 'CAT'S EYE'

Robert Hays stuck again in a very high place for CAT'S EYES Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2 Iconic horror author Stephen King, backing his sec...

TOBE HOOPER DIRECTS THE TV VAMPIRE MOVIE OF 'SALEM'S LOT'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bK2QdZk6eNrc2LFoc7C-OqUnNSr3nq3-3vIfWZohzDvD8sEJLy-o30FJgXFKh6uSfpMDaB0lEZUp4qLBkX930PTCd-y7GyGISg2O75vonqZyp9jbk262S-9iSc0z2cUN7XbVHoTxh267BeMkB1mcE-iBsEul-dPrAIDedrfy2pFhkHXrdkf4oG6sPQ/s1600/22.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bK2QdZk6eNrc2LFoc7C-OqUnNSr3nq3-3vIfWZohzDvD8sEJLy-o30FJgXFKh6uSfpMDaB0lEZUp4qLBkX930PTCd-y7GyGISg2O75vonqZyp9jbk262S-9iSc0z2cUN7XbVHoTxh267BeMkB1mcE-iBsEul-dPrAIDedrfy2pFhkHXrdkf4oG6sPQ/s16000/22.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>David Soul in SALEM'S LOT Year: 1979 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Although groundbreaking horror/exploitation director Tobe Hooper is best known for and forever linked to the legendary low-budget slasher TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, his coolest, tightest and most accessible work is fulfilling and utterly frightful, unlike some other television movies/miniseries during the 1970's in which Stephen King's SALEM'S LOT rode the crest of... <br> <br>Involving an eclectic ensemble from several cinematic generations behind leading man David Soul as a second-rate author returned to the titular New England hometown, doing investigative research on the locally-infamous, spooky-looking haunted manor on a hill described to former English teacher/mentor Lew Ayres: "Can a house be evil in its stone foundations? In its wooden beams? In the glass of its windows?"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

body count, david soul, fred willard, geoffrey lewis, horror, james mason, julie cobb, kenneth mcmillan, lance kerwin, lew ayres, miniseries, seventies, stephen king, tobe hooper, tv movie, vampire

TOBE HOOPER DIRECTS THE TV VAMPIRE MOVIE OF 'SALEM'S LOT'

David Soul in SALEM'S LOT Year: 1979 Rating: ****1/2 Although groundbreaking horror/exploitation director Tobe Hooper is best known for...

BURT REYNOLDS 'MALONE' WITH CYNTHIA GIBB & SCOTT WILSON

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_njxAYVXAOPsaOzQKNio_anYFcXFqntWpKvBDsikHTMUgkAA2MgD4T-cO7IiqYA767ugNNTZkD1B1Ywe0edHkrNDIXHi6ypHSSTwDJyfKdAX0gGyBVNoFI6afOhjZdvN2Cw5QHRCEighxHJzQELNjOjpHc9LHHzH2nIwT3IoFzTQmLisPi9UIsh2oUSvk/s774/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-01%20at%206.06.28%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="774" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_njxAYVXAOPsaOzQKNio_anYFcXFqntWpKvBDsikHTMUgkAA2MgD4T-cO7IiqYA767ugNNTZkD1B1Ywe0edHkrNDIXHi6ypHSSTwDJyfKdAX0gGyBVNoFI6afOhjZdvN2Cw5QHRCEighxHJzQELNjOjpHc9LHHzH2nIwT3IoFzTQmLisPi9UIsh2oUSvk/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-01%20at%206.06.28%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Burt Reynolds in MALONE Year: 1987 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For Burt Reynolds, compared to his bombs of the early to mid 1980's, MALONE is a nice, tight production that's basically a remake of a classic 1950's Western. "Let's be honest," Reynolds once stated. "The film is SHANE."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The ongoing lustful flirtation by young, cute-as-a-button, girl-next-door ingenue Cynthia Gibb is a little out of place, although while he might've been too old for the part (Christopher Lambert was originally considered), she's not at all miscast...<br> </p><span></span>

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BURT REYNOLDS 'MALONE' WITH CYNTHIA GIBB & SCOTT WILSON

Burt Reynolds in MALONE Year: 1987 Rating: **** For Burt Reynolds, compared to his bombs of the early to mid 1980's, MALONE is a nice, t...

RICHARD BENJAMIN & MOLLY RINGWALD TV MOVIE 'PACKIN' IT IN'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhlG89IUyGzEf2kIknOSMX8SzaXatijmPx7eZPU_rRFQJd3fzTuJox7CVTOywJEGBVGavKxo-m9OXJCSX7ZI1eC3OT0d_DJVgBo0aOiWQKKouw0ehy3hChl6BRKoZmnJsb66fjWiCl4SE/s1600/MV5BMTY5NTAzMTc5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDY0MTEzMQ%2540%2540._V1_UY1200_CR9%252C0%252C630%252C1200_AL_.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="630" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhlG89IUyGzEf2kIknOSMX8SzaXatijmPx7eZPU_rRFQJd3fzTuJox7CVTOywJEGBVGavKxo-m9OXJCSX7ZI1eC3OT0d_DJVgBo0aOiWQKKouw0ehy3hChl6BRKoZmnJsb66fjWiCl4SE/s400/MV5BMTY5NTAzMTc5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDY0MTEzMQ%2540%2540._V1_UY1200_CR9%252C0%252C630%252C1200_AL_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Upon heavy glance this is a creepy picture: Year Televised: 1983</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The husband/wife team of Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss isn't famous<i> </i>for what's arguably their best effort — a television movie titled PACKIN' IT IN with a non-famous Molly Ringwald whose father... like the theatrical TEMPEST... is tired of the ordinary life, moving to a rural location — not an island but in this case, the woods... <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEYOzup8Gz_H4gZYOj_cp876wtKipRow8mm-jZD0SHVuDhB4CyhyMkkKDxlsoLX5M20lybPKxuIEQfn1d_NISHRyvxcsHmu4oI0cVY4PNvULC6t0W9swTCWtPOap8xkYAwmzfNsvef8hH/s1600/26804367_422185511543964_8042724922532952595_n.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="541" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEYOzup8Gz_H4gZYOj_cp876wtKipRow8mm-jZD0SHVuDhB4CyhyMkkKDxlsoLX5M20lybPKxuIEQfn1d_NISHRyvxcsHmu4oI0cVY4PNvULC6t0W9swTCWtPOap8xkYAwmzfNsvef8hH/s320/26804367_422185511543964_8042724922532952595_n.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>TV Movie Curve: ****1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> As the family goes to a better place to raise their kids and to breath the clear air, the jokes are quick and never forced while our hero provides the <i>weak husband out of his element</i> with ease. In one moment, before the shift from L.A. to Oregon (or Washington?), Molly's boyfriend, a punker named Johnny Crud, repeats how life is basically for the birds, and Benjamin replies: "Crud, get a job!" <br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKDCmzNZ4iRyxWZ4oDtkqoXS7sddGNjB3Wql2Ftf8GeUoPK2TYvJbO05if4rmy4aXn9mvI71vN9i9lGcry_PVLXY818GcO2qPPqZV-R0D1gaNCcVA8unW4F6wNSAAKFaOt42tlYrYNdja/s1600/26903910_422184491544066_8494424574805828975_n.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="483" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKDCmzNZ4iRyxWZ4oDtkqoXS7sddGNjB3Wql2Ftf8GeUoPK2TYvJbO05if4rmy4aXn9mvI71vN9i9lGcry_PVLXY818GcO2qPPqZV-R0D1gaNCcVA8unW4F6wNSAAKFaOt42tlYrYNdja/s320/26903910_422184491544066_8494424574805828975_n.jpg" width="179" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sam Whipple reigns</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The opening stages back home seems like its very own episode — followed by the family's luck running dry in the mountainous town that's more of a survivalist camp and that, at one point, winds up without any food or supplies. Benjamin, and comic actors like him who aren't exactly the macho type, are all reminiscent of (and inspired by) Woody Allen, so Tony Roberts, as the family's best friend and eventual foil, fits right in...<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Paula Prentiss is her usual tomboyish, independent pretty, smart and clever gal; Molly and AIRPLANE child actor David Hollander are suburb brats and only annoying to their parents, not the audience...<br /> <br /> And the passive yet fully effective scene stealer is the monotone son of Kenneth McMillan's survivalist a--hole, played by Sam Whipple (who appeared with two more Brat Packers, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy, in BLUE CITY, as shown in the picture below). Making PACKIN' is a nearly perfect adventure, and you'll feel right there, out there, in the comedic nightmare of "bad things constantly happening to nice people" i.e. "a nice person,"which is basically a sub-genre in itself.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuM1fWlHahiVBOs9x31iQ-B4Un6rYK9TzYGI75FsOrOajz9z74o5wPS7dpGgPedz38njb69wV5qVw4raCJwUZfZsGZR6XsC-A2jvRcWtdKKkbYVS6qPtbtLx1tuJmxHpwBIAHu_fpTBn7x/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-04-26+at+11.38.16+AM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuM1fWlHahiVBOs9x31iQ-B4Un6rYK9TzYGI75FsOrOajz9z74o5wPS7dpGgPedz38njb69wV5qVw4raCJwUZfZsGZR6XsC-A2jvRcWtdKKkbYVS6qPtbtLx1tuJmxHpwBIAHu_fpTBn7x/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-04-26+at+11.38.16+AM.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sam Whipple w/ another Breakfast Club Brat Packer, Judd Nelson Blue City Sam Whipple Blue City Sam Whipple Packin' It In </u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>

andrea marcovicci, comedy, david hollander, eighties, kenneth mcmillan, molly ringwald, paula prentiss, richard benjamin, rural, sam whipple, tony roberts, tv movie

RICHARD BENJAMIN & MOLLY RINGWALD TV MOVIE 'PACKIN' IT IN'

Upon heavy glance this is a creepy picture: Year Televised: 1983 The husband/wife team of Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss isn't ...

STEPHEN KING'S CAT'S EYE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GgsvHRvUPWWkgfn4ICOMtyZXxm34S2fFsW14G6j2wnRfUyNBpbSm_zOwJ3yOG1JqbfFoFRtQrpEyP09rNXbQPvUoXNWBudS-ovynhhefFvWsMfyLHgpf0sNwLC9TX1dA9E_geCEIsN8/s1600/catseyes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GgsvHRvUPWWkgfn4ICOMtyZXxm34S2fFsW14G6j2wnRfUyNBpbSm_zOwJ3yOG1JqbfFoFRtQrpEyP09rNXbQPvUoXNWBudS-ovynhhefFvWsMfyLHgpf0sNwLC9TX1dA9E_geCEIsN8/s1600/catseyes1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1985 cast: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Robert Hays, Kenneth McMillan rating: ***1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/04/catshow.html">REVIEW OF CAT'S EYES HAS MOVED</a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>

candy clark, drew barrymore, horror, horror anthology, james woods, kenneth mcmillan, lewis teague, robert hays, stephen king, suspense

STEPHEN KING'S CAT'S EYE

year: 1985 cast: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Robert Hays, Kenneth McMillan rating: ***1/2 REVIEW OF CAT'S EYES HAS MOVED