Review Double Feature: Beetlejuice (1988) and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Another double feature, and once again, it's a classic movie and its nostalgic, decades-later sequel. How do they fare?

Beetlejuice (1988)

Rated PG

Review: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Rated PG-13

Review: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Rated R

Review: Child's Play (1988)

Child's Play (1988)

Rated R

Review Triple Feature: Maniac Cop (1988), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), and Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1993)

In keeping with the times, I just watched a slasher trilogy that was shouting "ACAB" before it was cool.

First, the movie whose title alone lets you know what you're in for.

Maniac Cop (1988)

Rated R

Review: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

Rated PG-13

Review Double Feature: Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)

Summer camp ain't canceled in my neck of the woods! Shudder was doing a watch party of the first three Sleepaway Camp films on the Fourth of July on their Discord chat, and since lighting off fireworks would've freaked out the dogs, I figured, why the hell not?

(My review of the first Sleepaway Camp can be read here. Also, that film's big twist is going to be spoiled here, because the sequels are very up front with it and flow directly from there.)

First up, the second film...

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Rated R

Review: Scrooged (1988)

Scrooged (1988)

Rated PG-13

Popcorn Frights, Night 5: Wolfman's Got Nards (2018) and The Blob (1988)

It was '80s nostalgia night at Popcorn Frights last night, with the first film showing not being a horror film at all, but rather, a documentary about the 1987 cult classic The Monster Squad. The two films that followed, meanwhile, were a pair of '80s horror classics from director Chuck Russell, who was in attendance for a Q&A. The second of those films, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, I'm happy to say still holds up exceptionally well as arguably the pinnacle of one of the decade's greatest franchises.

As for the other films...

Wolfman's Got Nards (2018)

Not rated

Review: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Rated R

Review: They Live (1988)

They Live (1988)

Rated R

Review: Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard (1988)

Rated R

Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Day 4 of Nightmare Week, and the downward spiral begins... but fortunately, we're still near the top of the slide.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Rated R

Review: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Happy Thanksgiving! In honor of the day, I've picked out a great movie to watch if you don't want to fight the Black Friday crowds tomorrow.

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Review: Heathers (1988)

Heathers (1988)

Rated R