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Zapped! newspaper ad
Zapped! opened in theaters on July 23, 1982. Hidden deep inside your local movie section that summer, the advertisement for Zapped! looked like this. Other movies showing in theaters at that time included Annie, The World According to Garp, The Secret of Nimh, Firefox, Rocky III, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, ET and Young Doctors
Talking about 80s cult geek transformation movies
This week the Cult Film Club discusses the 1982 movie Zapped! While this movie is mostly a parody of other popular movies at the time (Carrie, Porky’s, Exorcist) it is also what I like to call a “geek transformation” movie. In the movie, the lead character, who could be described as a “geek” or “nerd”, is
Cult Film Club Episode 6: Zapped!
In Episode 6 of the Cult Film Club, hosts Paxton, Jaime and Shawn will be will be tackling the 1982 Bob Rosenthal teen sex comedy Zapped! Starring the future Charles in Charge power couple Scott Baio and Willie Ames, the film focuses on a nerdy senior named Barney who accidentally unlocks the power of telekinesis
Introducing the CFC “No Tipping Sticker Packs!
Want to help support the Cult Film Club? So, like any project it takes some money to make things work and run smoothly. It seems to be pretty common to ask for donations or something, but we here at the Cult Film Club are totally siding with Mr. Pink though when it comes to the
Top 10 One-Eyed Bastards
Have you ever had one of those days where you got an eyelash stuck up under your eyelid and no matter how much you rub it or splash water on it you can’t get at it? That was the majority of my morning, and it got to a point where I seriously considered gouging out
Harold Analog Maude…
One of the aspects that I love about cinema before the age of DVD and the internet was the rarity of behind the scenes information on movies. If you were lucky and a movie was popular enough, you might find some critical essays, talk show appearances, newspaper stories, or even an entire one-shot souvenir magazine
Super Secret Contest Winner!
So, one of the things that we thought would be really fun with the Cult Film Club is to make it feel like one of those rad clubs we loved as kids. Think the Monster Squad or The Goonies. I mean who doesn’t like the idea of secret handshakes, club houses, and matching silk jackets
Cult Film Club Podcast Episode 5: Harold and Maude
On Episode 5 of the Cult Film Club, hosts Jaime, Paxton and Shawn are changing things up a bit by talking about the 1971 bleak romantic comedy Harold and Maude… Directed by Hal Ashby (The Last Detail, Coming Home, Being There) and starring Ruth Gordon (Adam’s Rib, Rosemary’s Baby) and Bud Cort (Brewster McCloud, M*A*S*H),
CFC Guest Review Over at Basement Screams!
I wanted to take a second and point to a really rad film site called Basement Screams. All through the month of March they’ll be featuring reviews and articles dedicated to Punk Rock on film, and they were kind enough to invite me to do a guest review of a flick… Having just fell in
Jaime’s Top 10 Movie Crushes of the 80s
Ever since my co-hosts Pax and Shawn each posted lists of their top cult film crushes of the 80s (check ‘em out here and here), the pressure’s been on for me to do my own list. Back in the day, one of my favorite pastimes was to lock myself in my room, put on good
