Red Coat Black Coat; they're the derivative Odd Couple. Watch the wacky hi-jinx that ensue when the same man from two different timelines is forced to live together. It's the berries! How long can this one joke premise survive? Stay tuned!
Grace Jones plays a vampire/stripper/mute in the surprisingly effective 1986 horror-comedy Vamp.
The cast in this is very interesting; Chris Makepeace from Meatballs and My Bodyguard, Robert Rusler who played Jesse's love interest in A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2, Gedde Watanabe from 16 Candles, Sandy Baron who played Jack Klompus on Seinfeld, and Michelle Pheiffer's sister.
"Vamp" plays at the Can-View Drive-In, July 1986
Other Videos of Interest:
Grace Jones smacks around TV host
Grace Jones on Johnny Carson
Grace Jones Playboy TV profile (includes one of the shittiest interviewers of all time)
Red Coat and Black Coat take a look at Eddie Murphy's 1986 classic The Golden Child, perhaps the only comedy to use missing and murdered children as plot points.
Because we like to keep our videos around the 10 min mark, I wasn't able to discuss everything about the movie; such as its ties with another 1986 classic, Big Trouble In Little China.
Three main actors from Big Trouble In Little China appear in The Golden Child; James Hong (Lo-Pan), Victor Wong (Egg Shen), and Peter Kwong (Rain). BTILC director John Carpenter was an early contender to direct The Golden Child, but he went his own way instead. Oddly, the summer release of BTILC was partially blamed for The Golden Child's disappointing box office take, even though it grossed nearly seven times what BTILC did. That's the high expectations Paramount had for Eddie Murphy. If John Carpenter grossed as much as The Golden Child did he would have danced a jig.
"The Golden Child" supports box office sensation "Crocodile Dundee" at the Can View Drive In summer 1987
Other Videos of Interest:
Beverly Hills Cop German trailer
Siskel and Ebert's The Golden Child review
Amazing appearance by Eddie Murphy with Dick Cavett on David Letterman. Has to be seen to be believed.
Red Coat and Black Coat thoroughly examine the TV version of Halloween Part II. Full of changes and re-edits, some beneficial, some funny, some just plain weird.
Other videos of interest:
Jamie Lee Curtis one time appearance at Halloween convention
Left over from last week's video, Red Coat and Black Coat take a look at the 1995 Power of the Force action figure cardbacks, and discuss Princess Leia's "slave girl" outfit.
Other Videos Of Interest:
Full video of creepy guy joking about "slave-girl" Leia with young girls.
Saturday morning toy commercials
Unwatchable "Star Wars" inspired "Starcrash" featuring David Hasselhoff and money-hungry Christopher Plummer.
2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the (then) new Star Wars Power of the Force action figure line.
Red Coat and Black Coat recall the early days of this successful toy-line, comparing it to the vintage figures of the early 80s, as well as taking a closer look at Han Solo in carbonite.
Other videos of interest:
1982 news report inside Star Wars toy factory
1979 Hubba-Bubba commercial about cowboys
Man, it takes fucking forever for David Prowse to get the Vader costume on
Red Coat and Black Coat check out the much maligned Halloween Part III : Season of the Witch.
I wish I could figure out what the hell the costume of the kid on the right is supposed to be. He or she appears to be wrapped up in some kind of a sheet that covers their entire head. Notice how their arms aren't free ad they have to carry their tick-or-treat bag clenched in their teeth.
Maybe it's just the shittiest ghost costume in the world. Kind of reminds me of Calvin's onion costume.
Other videos of interest:
Very thorough, nearly hour long recounting of Halloween III
Maximum Overdrive trailer using Halloween III theme music by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth
Halloween III teaser and theatrical trailer
Stacey Nelkin giving some of her patented relationship advice
