High school honor student by day...and Hollywood hooker by night! This phrase is the central conceit of three films from the 1980s. Starting off with the very successful "Angel" from 1984, writer director Robert Vincent O'Neil created a rose-colored view of the life of a VERY young girl in Hollywood, California who had to turn to street-walking to pay the bills after her mother abandons her. We meet a wonderful cast of misfits who share the nighttime streets with her and also a sinister killer played by John Diehl who is murdering the girls, one by one. This is a solid bit of exploitation and was a big hit at the box office. It was SUCH a hit that the following year, the sequel "Avenging Angel" was released, with a new actor playing the title character but bringing back some of the key members of Angel's entourage. This was a middling success, with some great moments, but also with plenty of moments that fell flat. Still though, the second entry was more successful than the next in the series, 1988's "Angel 3 - The Final Chapter". With yet another actor playing Angel in this one, it is more "Miss" than "Hit" but still was an interesting conclusion to the series. With three films and our patented rambling, this episode is slightly longer than usual, but hopefully you will find plenty to enjoy. Let us know what you'd like us to look at next by writing to flickersfrom@yahoo.com or flickersfrom@gmail.com. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Episode 161 - Band Together
It was Julie's turn to pick this time and she set her sites squarely on director Charles Band! We watched two great movies from him, starting off with 1984's Trancers, starring Tim Thomerson and Helen Hunt. Borrowing heavily from a variety of sources, this is an ambitious and largely successful story that combines time travel, mind control, humor and even a little romance. This is good, entertaining stuff. We follow that up with 1990's Crash and Burn, which wants you to believe it's a story about a giant robot, but is actually a post apocalyptic tale about corporations taking over after financial and environmental disasters ruin the world. It's another successful combination of elements that delivers in a variety of ways. We also ramble, a lot! Let us know what you'd like us to look at next by writing to flickersfrom@yahoo.com or flickersfrom@gmail.com. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!
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