Good gravy! I almost forgot that @dannyslacks1.bsky.social and I will be hosting a watchalong party this Saturday (the 27th) at 1pm CST. We're watching the awesome 1971 TVM Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate. Use #TVMParty to join the discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et95...

For day 264 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I'm celebrating Larry Hagman's bday w/ Deadly Encounter (1982). Hagman is a hotshot pilot who finds himself at the aid of an ex (Susan Anspach) trying to hold on to her dead husband's "little black book"

For day 263 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the western detective pilot, Charlie Cobb: A Nice Night for a Hanging (1977). The great Clu Gulager plays a cowboy PI who takes on the job of finding a rancher's daughter and returning her home

Your library also has audio books. And most likely ebook/audio book apps like Libby, Hoopla, and cloudLibrary. And that's just a tiny bit of the super cool stuff your library has. You should go check it out.

For day 262 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I am choosing the 1993 melodrama Sidney Sheldon's Stranger in the Mirror. Lori Loughlin plays a wide-eyed wanna be starlet who gets more than she bargained for when she begins to make waves in Hollywood

Oh hey, annoucement #2: @terrorvisionvids.bsky.social is releasing Happy Hell Night and @dannyslacks1.bsky.social and I did the commentary. Absolutely one of my favorite slashers, and we found out quite a bit about the making of it. Really excited! www.terror-vision.com/store/happy-...

So very thrilled to announce that my good friend, Bill Ackerman and I provide a commentary for this release. HUGE Maxxxine fan over here (HUGE!) and it was so amazing to be asked to contribute something. Ack. So excited.

Early access to a new review for TERROR AT LONDON BRIDGE (1985). "A light yet entertaining mix of supernatural slasher-lite hokum. David Hasselhoff fights a resurrected Jack the Ripper in Arizona during the era of mullets and pebbledash jeans.” Read now: www.ko-fi.com/hysterialives

For day 261 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the bittersweet 1980 drama Homeward Bound. David Soul is struggling to come to terms with his son's (Moosie Drier) terminal cancer while also reconciling issues with his own dad (Bernard Hughes)

‪For day 260 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the 1980 drama / thriller Fugitive Family, which is about a family adjusting to their new life under the witness protection program. The alluring premise is used to examine the domestic space

For day 259 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I am celebrating Pat Crowley and chose the 1978 drama A Family Upside Down. Fred Astaire and Helen Hayes play an elderly couple struggling with debilitating health and the pressure it puts on the family

Oh no. A complete goddess has left the building. I love Pat Crowley so much. Was just watching her on Love, American Style and wishing I could be as elegant and as beautiful as her. So sad. deadline.com/2025/09/patr...

For day 258 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the 1980 pilot film Nurse, which stars the great Michael Learned as a widow who decides to go back to a career in nursing. Robert Reed is her co-star and that's all you need to know

For day 257 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the 1985 thriller Kicks. Anthony Geary & Shelley Hack are thrill seekers who get in over their head, leading to a suspenseful chase. From the filmmakers behind Fantasies and This House Possessed

Still working out the exact deets, but I'll be at BGSU later this year to talk soaps AND TV movies! The presentation is called Daytime After Dark: Exploring the Relationship Between the Daytime Drama and the Primetime Made for TV Movie. Anyone else going to this? www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sci...

For day 256 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, it's a Sentimental Saturday! The Great Mom Swap (1995) is about 2 girls (from different sides of the track, of course) who are forced to live in the other one's home for a period of time. Sid Caesar ftw!

Barbara Stanwyck effortlessly moved her Oscar nominated career into TV, even starring in her own anthology show (The Barbara Stanwyck Show). In the 70s, she starred in two made for television thrillers: The House that Would Not Die and Taste of Evil and she's a great Small Screen Scream Queen!

It's been a long week, a long month and a long year. I'm treating myself with this new 3 CD power pop compilation (yes, I still buy CDs). It's the equivalent of hot chocolate for me!

Wocka Wocka 😅

For day 255 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose 1972's Playmates. Two men (Alan Alda, Doug McClure) who are polar opposites become friends, but end up dating each other's exes (Connie Stevens, Barbara Feldon). More of a bromance than a rom-com

The GIF the world needs right now.

For day 254 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I am choosing Returning Home (1975), a remake of the classic 1946 Academy Award winning drama The Best Years of Our Lives. It was intended to be a pilot but never got past this TV movie

For day 253 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I want to celebrate Polly Holliday. The made for PBS sci-fi film Konrad (1985) is about an "instant kid" (made in a factory!) who learns from Holliday that being imperfect is what makes you human

RIP Polly Holliday Cheers to the queens and kings of working-class television of the 1970s.

Oh no. Love her.

#OnThisDay in 1979, Clint Ritchie debuted as Clint Buchanan #OLTL #OneLifetoLive

For day 252 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the devastating 1974 drama The Morning After, which stars Dick Van Dyke as a man who loses everything to alcoholism. Van Dyke was nominated for an Emmy and the film encouraged many to seek help

For day 251 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I'm going with the glossy and OTT 1980 disaster miniseries Condominium, which boasts an all star cast bracing for a deadly hurricane. There's a ton of drama and there's even a hurricane party!

Join @dannyslacks1.bsky.social and me on September 27th at 1PM CST. We’ll be watching and discussing the wonderful 1971 TV movie Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate. Use #TVMParty to join in! Link to watch below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et95...

For day 250 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the rare 1973 pilot telefilm Toma, which stars Tony Musante and Simon Oakland. David Toma was a real cop who got real results on the street, and the entire series needs a great Blu Ray release

For day 249 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the largely forgotten 1992 thriller Shadow of a Stranger, featuring Parker Stevenson and Emma Samms as a couple on weekend getaway who run afoul of another couple who have something else in mind

Continuing on with my Small Screen Scream Queens list, my choice today is Connie Selleca, who made her onscreen debut in the meditative mystery, The Bermuda Depths (1978). She was also a terrific Final Girl in She's Dressed to Kill (1979), and would go on to lead tons of thrillers in the 1990s too

This week's #TheMuppets70 GIF of the Week celebrates Mahna Mahna and The Snowths!

For day 248 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose You'll Never See Me Again (1973). David Hartman plays a husband whose wife (Jess Walton) takes off after a confrontation. He begins a search, only to find himself a suspect in her disappearance

For day 247 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the 1993 neo-noir Rubdown. Jack Coleman plays a masseur who is offered 50G to seduce a client's wife. The client is William Devane, so you can probably guess, things don't go to plan. Love it!

For day 246 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose I Love You... Goodbye (1974), which stars Hope Lange as a housewife looking for something a little more in life. Gentle drama that looks at women's lib in a few different ways

This old painting popped up on one of my feeds. It's called "Woman at the window making a sign to a little girl" by Jacob Vrel, a Dutch painter, active around 1654 - 1662. It's more eerie than his other works, and brought to mind of both Wuthering Heights and Lost Hearts by MR James #ghosts #art

For day 245 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the dark and uncompromising 1982 drama Victims. Kate Nelligan plays a sexual abuse survivor who seeks her own justice after her rapist (Howard Hessman!) is let go on a technicality

Science.

For day 244 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose 1971's Terror in the Sky. Lois Nettleton is a stewardess who, along with a Vietnam helicopter pilot must land a plane when the crew takes ill. Based on Arthur Hailey's Runway Zero 8. Tons of fun

Today I start my Small Screen Scream Queens list. I'll be posting sporadically in this thread as we work our way towards Halloween. And, what better way to celebrate the scariest time of year than honoring the many talented and beautiful ladies who made the genre telefilm so good...

Newsletter is now online: amanda243.substack.com/p/end-of-sum...

Starting tomorrow, I'll be sharing some names from a list I made many, many years ago for my favorite Small Screen Scream Queens! It will just be sporadic love letters to the ladies I love most in this world!

For day 242 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the complex 1971 drama The Neon Ceiling. An unhappy wife (Lee Grant) and her daughter (Denise Nickerson) are taken in by a weather-beaten hermit (Gig Young) in this character study on loneliness

For day 241 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I went with the fun and curious 1973 pilot Poor Devil, which stars Sammy Davis Jr. as a minion of the devil (Christopher Lee!) attempting to get his first soul. Enter Jack Klugman and hilarity ensues

For day 241 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the 1976 biopic The Great Houdini, where Paul Michael Glaser plays Harry, in a story that is (according to its opening) based on both fact and fiction as it delves into the occult

Legit just sat down to read a dissertation that covers some topics I'm interested in covering on a commentary, and they start their section on slashers discussing the infamous killer from Rob Zombie's Halloween, "Jason Meyers." I can't. I just can't.

Well hey, the new @ruemorguemag.bsky.social is coming mid-September, and they announced my article regarding lost made for TV movies! Writing this was such joy for me, and I always dreamed of being in this gorgeous publication. You can read more about it here: rue-morgue.com/sneak-peek-u...