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Night of the Comet (1984)
Valley Girls, Zombies and a Comet
This is what all true low budget B movies aspire to be....campy fun!
Starting with a great premise (the world as we know it is over and few teens from Southern California are left to inherit the earth, or as the scripts says, "The Burden of Civilization is Upon Us!") continuing with bitch slapping a step parent and the best scene in the whole movie, taking over a shopping mall. Who could ask for anything more fitting from the mid 1980's??
The cast is perfect. Some of you may recognize our two favorite valley girls (Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney) from the 80's daytime soap landscape. And then there's indie faves Robert Beltran and Mary Woronov (Eating Raoul) as the hero and rebel scientist respectively.
One day this classic, currently out of print even on VHS, will find it's way onto DVD. It took a LONG time to come down in price on VHS (from $89 to $19 back in 1991) so here's hoping for the DVD version! In the meantime, keep an eye out for the premium cable channels running it in the wee small hours on the weekends where it pops up now and then. If you think the movie is hard to find, wait until you try locating the soundtrack. In very limited release it was issued on vinyl and perhaps cassette. It features Amy Holland who also sang the vocal theme to St. Elmo's Fire the next year.
Scream 3 (2000)
YOU! Like I'm ever going to win an award playing YOU!-Parker Posey in Scream 3
Welcome back Neve, David and my personal favorite, Courteney, to one of the best horror series ever to hit the big screen. All three are back and are in top form. As a huge FRIENDS fan, it's always fun to see the non-Monica, Gale Weathers, and to see another side of Cox-Arquette's talent.
The finale in the Scream trilogy, and while perhaps not the scariest of the three, it is certainly the most funny. That is thanks largely to the brilliant casting of the satiric roles belonging to Parker Posey and Jenny McCarthy.
Parker Posey playing Courteney Cox Arquette's "Gale" in the movie Stab 3 within this movie, Scream 3, was a stroke of genius. For those not familiar with Posey's work I strongly recommend checking out "The House Of Yes."
Another welcome attribute to this third and final (?) chapter in the series is the way in which they tie up the loose ends and allow certain characters a sense of closure.
You definitely need to view these 3 in order, but it's all scary fun!
Thief of Hearts (1984)
Romantic Thriller with an 80's flair
What's not to love? Hot leading man, amazing San Francisco locale and a Faltermyer/Moroder soundtrack including the incomparable Melissa Manchester. The cast is great. Steven Bauer and Barbara Williams have great chemistry together. And the appearance of David Caruso early in his career is a bit of a surprise, too. A fun fantasy escape!