The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition is 15 Years Old

The entire Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition is 15 years old.

More specifically, Return of the Jedi: Special Edition was released 15 years ago TODAY.

Check out the trailer for the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition.

Cool As Ice - Oct 18, 1991

Vanilla Ice gifted the world with his acting 20 years ago. His movie, Cool as Ice, debuted in Oct 1991.  And the world would never be the same.

Check out the trailer:

Double Feature Friday: Dracula spoofs

Check out AWESOME-tober-fest at my other blog for a Halloween celebration. This year I'm reviewing all things Dracula!

This is an ad for a parody of Dracula starring George Hamilton as the Count. This ad is from May 1979.

This is an ad for a 1995 spoof by Mel Brooks starring Leslie Nielsen. Needless to say, it was not as successful as Young Frankenstein.

See the trailer for Love at First Bite:


See the trailer for Dracula Dead and Loving It:

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Nov 20, 1992

Check out AWESOME-tober-fest at my other blog for a Halloween celebration. This year I'm reviewing all things Dracula!

Here's an ad for Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. Gary Oldman starred as Vlad Dracula.  It's from Nov 1992.

See the trailer:

Dracula - Dec 22, 1952

This is a newspaper ad for a 1952 stage production of Dracula.  This particular stage production was the same adaptation of Stoker's novel that Bela Lugosi was starring in around 1927 before he was cast as Dracula for the 1931 movie.

This is an ad for a double featuring of Universal's Frankenstein and Dracula. The ad is from 1956. I would have loved to have seen this double feature.

Check out AWESOME-tober-fest at my other blog for a Halloween celebration. This year I'm reviewing all things Dracula!

Howard the Duck - Aug 1, 1986

Howard the Duck was released 25 years ago today on Aug 1, 1986. Infamously, it bombed at the box office and is widely considered one of the worst movies of the 80s.

Also turning 25 years old today is:

Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives. Arguably one of the best movies in the Jason Vorhees series.



See the Howard the Duck trailer:


See the Jason Lives trailer here:

Double Feature Friday: Cannonball Run II and Speed Zone

Cannonball Run turned 30 years old this week. So for Double Feature Friday, here are ads for the sequels.

Here's the first sequel to Cannonball Run from 1984. Nearly all the main characters returned plus tons of other new celebrity cameos were added.

Here's the unofficial second sequel to Cannonball Run, Speed Zone from 1989. The original title was Cannonball Run III, but it was changed at the last minute.  The only character to return in this movie from the first two is The Sheik played by Jamie Farr.

Here's the trailer for Cannonball Run II:


Here's the trailer for Speed Zone: