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Certain Fury (1985) Two petty-criminal teenage girls escape their incarcerations and cause a bunch of trouble.

Published October 7, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Dangerous Kids

Shadows Run Black (1984) Resourceful sex-comedy producers use leftover budget to shoot this film, finally released in 1984 to cash-in on the slasher home video craze.

Published September 30, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Instructional Films For Killing Teens

Run Stranger Run (1973) A young drifter wanders around New England looking for his long-lost father and also almost bones his cousin who is a murderer and may also be his sister.

Published September 23, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Movies For Lonely Goth Chicks

Nothing Personal (1979) A man seeking legal counsel falls in love with his lawyer who happens to desire him sexually.

Published September 16, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Movies for Paranoid Liberals, Unrealistic People Falling In Love

Preppies (1984) In an over-crowded genre, Preppies is a bonafide sex comedy treasure.

Published September 9, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in 70s Boob Showcase, Unrealistic Teen Fantasy

Bullies (1986) Canuck-sploitation in which local thugs terrorize a newly-arrived family.

Published September 2, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Barely Justified Revenge

Teachers (1984) White boomer guilt births another movie depicting how shitty are inner-city schools.

Published January 17, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Dangerous Kids

What’s Happening To Me? (1986) Glib educational special covering topics like pubes, pimples, and hormones.

Published January 9, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Awkward 80s Instructional Tapes

Stryker (1983) Society has collapsed, water is scarce and highly valuable, and the hide-tanning industry is experiencing a massive growth period.

Published January 3, 2020February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.), If They Push That Button

Dead Heat (1984) Action-oriented police procedural mixed with sci-fi conspiracies and slapstick nonsense.

Published July 28, 2018February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Early-Buddy Erotica

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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.

Marathon (1980) This movie is written by men, from the perspective of men, and for consumption by men. Longing for extramarital affairs, fixation on younger women, unhappiness with a spouse, disappointment with kids - it’s all here. 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.

The World Sucks Now.