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Final Mission (1984) You want to see Death Wish and Rambo but can only afford to rent one movie

Published February 28, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 'Nam Vet Toughness

Dawn of the Mummy (1981) A hybrid mummy/zombie movie with a sluggish first 3 hours that payoff well in the end.

Published February 21, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.)

Covergirl (1984) Struggling models whine a lot in this Canadian-made drama.

Published February 14, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Lifetime Movie Network, Unrealistic People Falling In Love

Fear in the Night (1972) Hammer delves into the thriller genre with boring results.

Published February 7, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Movies For Lonely Goth Chicks

The Line aka Parades (1972) Heavily re-edited movie about Vietnam-era soldiers protesting the war.

Published January 31, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 'Nam Vet Toughness, Movies for Paranoid Liberals

Spasms (1983) A satanic snake that's psychically connected to Oliver Reed wreaks havoc in America.

Published January 24, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Animals Who Kill People Who Are Dumb

Tower of Evil (1972) Early 70s English-made horror with many plot similarities to 1980s American slasher films.

Published January 17, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Instructional Films For Killing Teens, Movies For Lonely Goth Chicks

Watch Me When I Kill (1977) 3rd or 4th tier Giallo horror by Antonio Bido (I don't know what any of that means).

Published January 10, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.)

Fake Out (1982) Pia Zadora stars in a remake of blaxsploitation flick Lady Cocoa.

Published January 3, 2017February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Insinuated Thrills - Allged Action, Prison

Girls Nite Out (1982) Poorly thought-out slasher involving a terrible plot twist.

Published October 18, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Instructional Films For Killing Teens

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The Betamax Rundown was started by failed musician and artist Stunt Rock in October of 2006, with the intent being to review and analyze a personal library of over 2100 Betamax tapes.

When not watching movies, he enjoys making artistic horseshit no one cares about.

Steve Bullyhuff is the ever-loyal proofreader and fact-checker. When not fixing drunken typos, he enjoys playing rock music.

The Betamax Rundown is updated sporadically.

Independence Day (1983) Trigger warning if your grandfather ever made you high like a tree. Independence Day (1983) Beret-clad photographer Mary Ann (Kathleen Quinlan) has lived in the same town her entire life yet still finds the energy to run around snapping photos of townspeople as she awaits an acceptance letter from a San Franciso art school, while also helping her cancer-stricken mother convalesce. We’re supposed to ignore that she’s clearly 30 and still trying to get into art school. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Extra Ellen Barkin appreciation post. Her performance in the first segment was described as "bruised, tough and sexy" by Janet Maslin in the NYT. Accurate. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Kevin Bacon, playing a young cabbie looking for love in the third story of this anthology film, sings a song, but it sound like it might be overdubbed. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) Uneven New York anthology full of progressive themes and likable performances. Mid-Knight Rider aka Hard Knocks (1979) Some select clips: Mid-Knight Rider aka Hard Knocks (1979) HARD RECOMMEND! This movie is insane. Somewhere there has to be a proper cut where it all works perfectly, but this seventy-seven-minute cut released on home video is wild. It’s Midnight Cowboy but quickly turns into homesteading Western before dropping into First Blood territory. Foolin' Around (1980) A young Bill Macy in his first screen role! Foolin' Around was filmed in 1978 so I'm comfortable saying this even though it was released after Somewhere In Time (1980) which is technically the first appearance of W. H. Macy. Foolin' Around (1980) For the most part, Foolin’ Around is a meandering love story filled with wacky PG-level hijinx. It feels more like a 70s-era live-action Disney movie than the post-Animal House frat comedy it was marketed as.

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