Year Of The Knockoff! Grizzly (1976)

Just when thought it was safe to go anywhere ever.  As we just recently celebrated Shark Week on the show talking about Jaws and a film about a killer mammal in the ocean, I figured I would take it one step further and head out of the water and into the woods and look at another film that was chasing Jaws's success. Grizzly has been on my radar since our discussion about The Exorcist and...

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Year Of The Knockoff! Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

...then immediately exits space, never to be seen again. Okay, after the one two punch that was Shocking Dark, it was tough to get right back into the saddle and watch another knockoff, so forgive the delay of this post. Steve and I had to have a spa weekend, apply some cucumber slices to our eyes, and listen to the calming sounds of nature just to feel feelings again. It was a tough journey,...

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Year Of The Knockoff! Message from Space (1978)

No robot that sounds like a cowboy? I am ou- Wait, is that an actual Space Ship? I am back in. As we just dug deep into talking about Star Wars (before it was called A New Hope) and its Italian knockoff, Starcrash (it was always called Starcrash) on our most recent episode, I figured there had to be other efforts out there that tried to find the magic that made Star Wars go right or the lack...

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