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DAWN:PORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE RUNAWAY (1976). The always entertaining PSYCHOTRONIC magazine referred to DAWN as "..the Drive-In comes to America's Living Room" as the TV film can get quite tawdry. Dawn (Eve Plumb from THE BRADY BUNCH-!) is fed up with her dull life and alcoholic mother and decides to head to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the streets are tough and finding it impossible to get a job, she has to resort to teen prostitution. Luckily, She has a friend who also is a prostiture, so He can understand her dilemma and offer her some stability, although she sure doesn't seem appreciative. Throughout, she sounds like a snippy Jan Brady. Some coolness factor added with Bo Hopkins as a pimp, Georg Sanford Brown (THE ROOKIES, STIR CRAZY) as a tough talking yet emphatic Parole office as well as Suzanne Crough (Tracy from THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY) also playing a runaway. Even more coolness factor added by having "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways playing on the soundtrack. **1/2
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I can imagine him saying that J.D.'S REVENGE (1976). Kind of a goofy premise, but quite entertaining tale of a young law student/taxi driver who is persuaded by his wife and their friends to go out to relax. First to a Strip Joint (This wouldn't be my idea of a couple's evening out, but what the heck!) then to a hypnotist. While under hypnosis, the spirit of a long dead gangster/black marketeer/all around bad ass enters his body for revenge on the people who murdered him. It's kind of funny seeing Glynn Turman (RAISIN IN THE SUN, SUPER 8 and great as Mayor Royce on THE WIRE) go from a burned out albeit lovable guy into a jive talking , street hustling, hyper sexual, violent Bad-Ass MoFo! You'll love the hair style and outfits He ends up wearing. I had wanted to see this for some time and certainly not bad at all. *** |
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PUMPKINHEAD (1988). Lance Henriksen is great as a father trying avenge the death of his young son caused by the foolishness of an asshole motorcycle driver and his friends. However, He finds it's not as easy to stop something as it is to start it. The rest of the cast is less than memorable and the story meanders something fierce, although the title monster is pretty cool. **
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