In this episode, I talk about BERSERKER (1987) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome. This horror film is written and directed by Jefferson Richard. According to an old Nordic legend, a Berserker was a blood thirsty warrior who was kept in chains and used as the first line of assault in Viking raids. Berserkers wore bear skin robes and bear snout masks. Because they ate human flesh, they were cursed, unable to have a restful death, and fated to be reincarnated in their descendants. Six college students stumble across the Berserker legend when they vacation at a campground called Rainbow Valley, a place that was settled by Norwegian immigrants. On the way to the campsite, the youngsters are warned about killings in the area, supposedly the result of a wild bear. But is it a bear or a berserker somehow transported to the twentieth century?

In this episode, I talk about NECROMANCER (1988) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome. This horror film is directed by Dusty Nelson and written by William Naud. It is a supernatural spin on the rape and revenge subgenre. Julie Johnson (Elizabeth Kaitan) is a theatre major trying to avoid advances from Professor Charles (Russ Tamblyn), a man she was once in love with. While working on campus late one night, she is sexually assaulted by Paul, with assistance from Carl and Allan. The trio of men then attempt to blackmail her into staying silent. Julie is unable to turn to anyone for help, including her boyfriend, Eric (John Tyler). Desperate for revenge, Julie confides in her friend Freda (Rhonda Dorton), who takes Julie to Lisa, a necromancer (Lois Masten Ewing). Soon a shape-shifting demon assumes Julie’s form to seduce the rapists and kill them. Meanwhile, Julie has nightmares about the rapists being killed. By the time she realizes that the killings in her nightmares are actually happening, the necromancer has her sights set on Eric. Julie fights herself to save Eric’s soul.

In this episode, I talk about a pair of Blu-ray pickups from the Vinegar Syndrome Black Friday 2024 sale. The titles are DON’T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS (1984) and NIGHTMARE WEEKEND (1986).

In this episode, I am talking about my recent Blu-ray and DVD pickups from Amazon.com. Titles include HELLHOLE (1985), HOLLYWOOD VICE SQUAD (1986), and BLACK CHRISTMAS (2006).

In this episode, I talk about SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987) on Blu-ray from Shout! Factory. This horror thriller film is directed by Lee Harry. It is written by Lee Harry, Joseph H. Earle, and Dennis Patterson. In the first film, 7-year old Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by a man dressed up as Santa Claus. His younger brother Ricky was a baby at the time and survived the attacked. Billy turns 18, gets out of the orphanage, and commits murders dressed as Santa Claus himself. In Part 2, Ricky (Eric Freeman) is now an adult. He is in a mental hospital talking with a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother Billy died. He carries with him the memory of his brother Billy’s death and Mother Superior, who brought about his brother’s violent demise. Ricky seeks to avenge his brother’s death. He escapes from the mental hospital, gets a Santa suit, and pursues Mother Superior. When he gets to her, he continues the family tradition of Christmas carnage.

In this episode, I talk about a HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN (1991) on Blu-ray from Shout! Factory. This action neo-western film is directed by Simon Wincer, who previously directed the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), and the feature film QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER (1990). When their favorite bar is threatened with closure, outlaw biker Harley (Mickey Rourke) and modern-day cowboy Marlboro (Don Johnson) try to save the day by robbing the corrupt bank behind the bar’s shutdown. They hold up the bank’s armored car. But the mission goes awry when they discover that the vehicle is carrying not money but a shipment of the synthetic street drug, Crystal Dream. They quickly find themselves on the run from Chance Wilder (Tom Sizemore), the bank’s evil president, and his posse of seemingly unstoppable hitmen. Harley and Marlboro literally have to fight for their lives to get out of this predicament.

In this episode, I talk about a pair of Blu-ray pickups from the Vinegar Syndrome Friday the 13th sale. The titles are BERSERKER (1987) and BLOOD HARVEST (1987). Both are examples of regional horror.

In this episode, I talk about MY CHAUFFEUR (1986) on Blu-ray + DVD combo pack from Vinegar Syndrome. The stuffy Brentwood Limousine Company prides itself on its reputation and the fact that it is an all-male organization. But things change when the owner of the company hires a free-spirited young woman named Casey Meadows (Deborah Foreman) as a chauffeur.

In this episode, I talk about ANGEL III: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1988) on DVD from Image Entertainment. Molly (Mitzi Kapture), former prostitute, is a freelance photographer in New York. While at an art gallery event, Molly accidentally takes a picture of a woman who looks familiar. She begins to suspect that the woman may be her mother, who abandoned her fourteen years ago. Following her trail, Molly travels to Los Angeles to confront the woman, who confesses to being her mother, and tells her that she has a younger sister. The reunion is short-lived as Molly’s mother calls her to tell her that her sister is in danger. Molly must once again go undercover as Angel. This time, her mission is to find her sister and rescue her before she is sold into sex slavery.

In this episode, I talk about AVENGING ANGEL (1985) on DVD from Image Entertainment. The story takes place four years after the events of the first film. Molly (Betsy Russell), former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with the help of Lt. Andrews (Robert F. Lyons). She studies law in college and intends to be an attorney. When Angel learns that Lt. Andrews was killed by brutal gangsters, she returns to the streets of Hollywood as Angel to find his killers. She frees Kit Carson (Rory Calhoun) from a sanitarium and together with her other friends, she tracks down the bad guys.