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Mania: Episodes In Terror (1986) An 80s crime/thriller anthology imported from Canada.

Published February 18, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Movies for Paranoid Liberals

The First Aid Video Book (1981) How to make an album cover and/or zine for your terrible electronic/drone noise/power violence/crust/glitch music/art project that no one cares about.

Published February 11, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Awkward 80s Instructional Tapes

Bad Manners (1984) More 10 year old kids smoking and drinking and talking about sex.

Published February 4, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Dangerous Kids, Slapstick Fallout

The Zoo Gang (1985) A bunch of 80s kids use squatter’s rights to take over a rock music club.

Published January 28, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Dangerous Kids, Extremely Dated Musical Entertainment

Deadly Intruder (1988) Some guy pervily stalks a girl then prevents her from getting murdered.

Published January 21, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Barely Justified Revenge

Ordinary Guy (1980) Christian-sploitation movie aimed at motivating fair-weather Christians to give more money to church.

Published January 14, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Christian Propaganda, Unrealistic People Falling In Love

Yor, The Hunter From The Future (1983) Italian-made, post-Conan loincloth extravaganza.

Published January 7, 2016February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.)

Screams of A Winter Night (1979) Pet project anthology horror film from Louisiana

Published December 31, 2015February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in High Concept - Poor Execution, Instructional Films For Killing Teens

Bad Guys (1986) The script to Rocky IV (with wrestling) as rewritten by naive nine year old boys.

Published December 24, 2015February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Early-Buddy Erotica, Wrasslin'

This Man Must Die (1969) A well acted and paced French/Italian mystery from the late 60s.

Published December 17, 2015February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Barely Justified Revenge, Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.)

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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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