Revisiting Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983; actually repackaged by New World and given that great crazy woman shooting a maniacal smile from behind a hotel door), I still think the idea of a walkspace within an underground tunnel moving shack to shack by the unhinged sickle-swinging mourning mama, who leaves snakes, big-ass Louisiana roaches, and rodents for her unsuspecting customers is really creepy and effective. Faces mangled and torn, snakebite face, sickle hand decapitation and throats slit, not to mention, the ghost of Mama's dead, black magic girl make up the slasher goods and surreal ending. A bad rainstorm and economic hardships bring the unfortunate customers to wacky mother's mountaintop motel. I caught this on Tubi, probably my favorite streaming site besides Shudder.
4th of July 2025 Marathoning
McDowell and Comi prepare to leave for Mars. Aliens visiting the UN, dropping off their cook book, providing goodies for humans on Earth, easing them into trusting them, spiriting them away to be food for them on their home planet. To Serve Man is nearly 60 years ago. I've been watching Twilight Zone since I was a teenager in the mid 90s thanks to Sci Fi Channel. Many of my family have passed since (for instance, my mother's siblings are all about gone except one last sister), and it wouldn't be right to avoid a marathon during the 4th if just for nostalgic reasons. Syfy didn't see the value of TZ on Independence Day, except last year, so even though I cannot watch episodes like I do during New Year's Eve and Day, it is nice to try and sneak in a block of episodes whenever possible. I started with Death Ship from the fourth season, continuing with Stopover in a Quiet Town and The Gift . To Serve Man would feel like a later afternoon watch but SYFY showed it at 3:...
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