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Kidnapping

Savannah Smiles (1982) Two escaped convicts learn to love a small Caucasian child without sexually assaulting or decapitating it.

Published December 13, 2013February 20, 2022by Stunt Rock in Standard-Lowering Children's Entertainment

Wanted: Babysitter (1975) Confusing and uninspired kidnapping movie.

Published February 14, 2013November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in Foreign Movies Made For $5 (U.S.), Poorly Made Films Involving Poorly Planned Heists

The Disappearance (1977) Donald Sutherland is a hitman having a soulless emotional crisis, then his wife vanishes.

Published February 8, 2013November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in 70s Existential Bullshit, Insinuated Thrills - Allged Action, My Favorite Films

Prime Suspect (1982) Made-for-tv movie about a guy who gets accused of abducting and murdering and/or sodomizing a small child.

Published September 24, 2012November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in Lifetime Movie Network

Toy Soldiers (1984) Teen comedy that also somehow mixes elements of First Blood, Animal House and Death Wish into one big awkward pile.

Published March 6, 2012November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in Dangerous Kids

Split Image (1982) Largely forgotten anti-cult movie from the early 80s.

Published February 6, 2012June 18, 2024by Stunt Rock in Dangerous Kids, Movies for Paranoid Liberals

Where Are The Children (1986) An adaptation of a Mary Higgins Clark novel designed to cash-in on 80s kidnapping hysteria.

Published September 28, 2009November 13, 2021by Stunt Rock in Insinuated Thrills - Allged Action, Lifetime Movie Network

Death Valley (1982) Peter Billingsley tries to lead this mystery/slasher movie

Published February 14, 2008November 12, 2021by Stunt Rock in Barely Justified Revenge, Standard-Lowering Children's Entertainment

Perfect Strangers (1984) Hitman stalks boy, but then he falls in love with mother.

Published November 20, 2007November 12, 2021by Stunt Rock in 'Nam Vet Toughness, Barely Justified Revenge, Movies for Paranoid Liberals

Home Alone: A Kid’s Guide… (1987) Malcom-Jamal Warner led children's safety film.

Published November 5, 2007November 12, 2021by Stunt Rock in Awkward 80s Instructional Tapes, Standard-Lowering Children's Entertainment

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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.

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