I spent most of this week sick and underproductive so I’m so proud of my fellow contributors here at the Shattered Lens, who stepped up and lept the 2026 Horrorthon going strong while I got some rest.  Fortunately, there’s  a lot of days left in Ocobter!

Here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. American Rickshaw (1989)
2. Bride of the Monster (1955)
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
4. Damien: Omen II (1978)
5. Deadly Dorm (2019)
6. The Demon Murder Case (1983)
7. Heart of Midnight (1988)
8. The House of Fear (1945)
9. Killer Prom (2020)
10. Killer Twin (2018)
11. Marjoe (1972)
12. Moonstalker (1989)
13. Night of the Ghouls (1959)
14. Once Within A Time (2022)
15. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)
16. Point of Terror (1971)
17. Poppers (1984)
18. Robot Monster (1953)
19. Short Time (1990)
20. The Sinister Urge (1960)
21. A Sister’s Grudge (2021)
22. Twilight (2008)
23. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
24. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
25. Voices From Beyond (1991)
26. The Warriors (1979)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Austin City Limits
3. Carrie
4. Fear Itself
5. Kitchen Nightmares
6. SCTV
7. The Steve Wilkos Show
8. Survivor
9. Twilight Zone

Links From Last Week:

1. Walking “Dead”, Head-Spinning “Exorcists” And Deadly “Fog”…It’s My “D – E – F” Of Shocktober 2026!
2. Twin Cities Film Fest 2026 countdown—Wild Horse Nine, Elsinore, La Bola Negra, and more! Plus 10 Indie Films to Watch at TCFF this year

News From Last Week:

1. Actress Eva Marie Saint Dies At 102
2. Mike Ditka Dies At 86
3. Singer Freddie Jackson Dies At 70
4. Actor Michael Kearns Dies At 76

Live Tweets:

1. Short Time
2. Killer Twin
3. The Warriors
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
5. Damien: Omen II

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. October 11th
2. Edward D. Wood
3. Sam Raimi
4. October 8th
5. October 7th
6. October 6th
7. Ti West

Scenes We Love:

1. The House on Haunted Hill
2. Plan 9 From Outer Space
3. Flash Gordon
4. Cat People
5. Pieces
6. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
7. Link
8. Halloween 2
9. Wake in Fright

Songs of the Day:

1. Keith Emerson
2. Howard Shore
3. Ennio Morricone
4. Jerry Goldsmith
5. Goblin
6. George Edward Lott
7. Felony

Artworks of the Day:

1. Weird Tales
2. Horror Stories
3. Gripping Terror
4. Thrilling Detective
5. Popular Detective
6. King of Snakes
7. Detective Story Magazine

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Siouxsie and the Banshees
2. Alice Cooper
3. Guns N Roses
4. Candlemass
5. Shriekback
6. Megadeth
7. INXS

Horrors On The Lens:

1. The House on Haunted Hill
2. Plan 9 From Outer Space
3. Bride of the Monster
4. Night of the Ghouls
5. Robot Monster
6. Raiders of the Living Dead
7. The Pumaman

Horror On TV:

1. Fear Itself 1.11
2. Fear Itself 1.10
3. Fear Itself 1.9
4. Fear Itself 1.8
5. Fear Itself 1.7
6. Fear Itself 1.6
7. Fear Itself 1.5

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Hellboy: Almost Colossus, Convent of Sinners, The Other Hell, The Convent of Hell, MADiSON, Visage, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, the Evil Dead remake, The Legend of Hell House, The Evil, and Hellboy: Wake The Devil!
2. Brad reviewed Bell Book and Candle, Death Weekend, Urban Legend, On The Line, and Hush!
3. Case reviewed Ignore It, Last Call Lenny, Human Holes, The Guest, Backrooms, They Finally Found Us, and Don’t Go The Wolf 1069!
4. Jeff reviewed Leprechaun, Leprechaun 2, Leprechaun 3, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra, G.I. Joe: Arise Serpentor Arise, G.I. Joe: The Movie, The Werewolf of Woodstock, X-Men: God Loves Man Kills, Voodoo Castle, The Immortalizer, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, Evolver, Dr. Strange, and The Gate!
5. Jeff shared a great moment in television history and a great moment in comic book history!
6. Erin reviewed The Beaning, Twilight, and Twilight: New Moon!
7. Erin took a look at the covers of Strange Terrors!
8. Erin shared a Possum Moment!  She wrote about the baseball playoffs and congratulated the Rays!
9. I reviewed Degrassi, Crime Story, CHiPs, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Pacific Blue, The Love Boat, 1st & Ten, Area 57, Hunter, St. Elsewhere, Sledge Hammer!, Baywatch, Saved By The Bell, and Homicide!
10. I reviewed Abel’s Field, Fatal Exposure, Killer Prom, Stan The Man, The Harbinger, Storm Rider, Hollow Man, The Ground Beneath My Feet, House of the Damned, Cancel Me Not, The Bye Bye Man, Vampire Time Travelers, To Catch A Killer, Back From The Dead, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies, Beauty and the Atheist, Buried Alive, Spine, The Mutations, Yoga Teacher Killer, Specters, Operation Unite, and Taste of his Poison!
11. I shared an AMV of the Day!  I shared some weekend books and some weekend movies!  I shared both a villain of the day and a hero of the day!  I shared a blast from the past and my thoughts on the culture!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared War For You!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared 30, Fog, Watching, Grave Marker, Cemetery, Dracula’s Pub, and Have A Seat!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Warren Zevon, Hot Blood, Jakalope, John Carpenter, The Vampire’s Sound Incorporation, and Goblin!
4. At my dream journal, I shared Air Conditioner Dream, A Dream About Stealing The Neighbor’s Mail, and No Dreams Last Night!

Click here to check out last week!

Photographed by Erin Nicole

Happy October!

Four days ago, we launched our annual Horrorthon and I am already exhausted.  That said, it’s totally worth it.  It’s the exhaustion that comes from staying up late, writing your heart out, and creating  something in which you can take pride.  I’m thankful to my collaborators here at the TSL Bunker for their hard work and I am thankful to you for reading.  This is going to be a great October.

With the return of Horrorthon comes the return of my full-scale weeks in review.  Believe it or not, Horrorthon is the entire reason why I started posting these reviews.  When a team of writers is posting over 200 times a week, it can sometimes be easy to miss something.  This review is not meant to be just a link of lists.  Instead, it’s your weekly guide to our favorite time of year.

Here’s what I watched, listened to, and read this week.

Films I Watched:

1. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
2. Buried Alive (1989)
3. The Execution of Gary Glitter (2009)
4. Happy Gilmore (1996)
5. The Harbinger (2022)
6. Live and Let Die (1973)
7. Mile High Escorts (2020)
8. The Mutations (1974)
9. The Pearl of Death (1944)
10. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
11. Planet of the Vampires (1965)
12. Raiders of the Living Dead (1986)
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
14. Saved By The Belding (2010)
15. Shin Godzilla (2016)
16. Something (2019)
17. Space Mutiny (1988)
18. Specters (1987)
19. The Swan: Behind The Mirror (2026)
20. Taste of His Own Poison (2025)
21. Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong story (2024)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Bar Rescue
3. Big Brother
4. Cheaters
5. The Curse of Degrassi
6. Doctor Doctor
7. Fear Itself
8. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
9. Saved By The Bell: The New Class
10. SCTV
11. The Steve Wilkos Show
12. Survivor
13. Unsolved Mysteries

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Animotion
3. Barry Adamson
4. Bill Lloyd
5. Caleb Flynn
6. Capyac
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. The Cordettes
9. Concrete Blonde
10. Cornershop
11. Crud
12. Das Mortal
13. De La Soul
14. The Decemberist
15. Dillon Francis
16. Dirty Heads
17. ELO
18. Fatales
19. Felony
20. Goblin
21. J. Geils Band
22. John Carpenter
23. junii
24. Kim Wilde
25. Lance Owg, Gabriel Rohels, and David Cole
26. Madonna
27. Magnet
28. M/A/R/R/S
29. Michelle David and the True-Tones
30. Mike Oldfield
31. No More Kings
32. Piper
33. Radiohead
34. Raspberries
35. SAULT
36. Space
37. Suzanne Vega
38. Taylor Swift

Links From Last Week:

1. Alien! Black Christmas! Carrie! My “A – B – C” Of Shocktober 2026 Begins!
2. Sweeney’s New Year’s Resolutions – Nine Months In…
3. The Year in Box Office: 2012  (I think it’s always interesting to take a look back at these things! — LMB)
4. Dream Journal (10.2.2026)

News From Last Week:

1. Marjoe Gortner, Child Preacher and Starcrash Actor, Dies at 82
2. Dennis Haskins Dies At 75
3. Actress Mary Lou Weller Dies At 80
4. Venom Frontman Conrad “Cronus” Lant Dies At 63
5. Saved By The Bell Cast Remembers Dennis Haskins
6. North Texas Band The Dick Beldings Plan A Tribute To Dennis Haskins
7. American Idol’ alum Caleb Flynn blubbers as he’s convicted on all counts for killing wife to be with young mistress
8. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs living VIP life behind bars with massages, alcohol, nude photos and a cell phone: report
9. David Fincher Ending Netflix Deal After Six Years and Three Movies, Including ‘Cliff Booth’
10. Golden Globes Surprise: ‘Obsession’ Submitted for Musical/Comedy Categories  
11. How Ms. Rachel’s political activism is sparking pushback from parents
12. Tony Romo Is Officially Out From CBS
13. Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Will Be Named Skydance
14. James Gunn, Peter Safran to Stay at DC Studios as Brand Takes Key Position at Skydance
15. Warner Bros’ Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy reportedly set to leave studio
16. ‘Digger,’ Warner Bros.’ Last Release Before Merger, Is a Major Flop

Live Tweets:

1. A Better Tomorrow
2. Mile High Escorts
3. Rambo
4. Space Mutiny
5. Live and Let Die
6. The Harbinger

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Anne Rice
2. Denis Villeneuve
3. October 2nd
4. October 1st
5. Michael Powell
6. Nicolas Winding Refn
7. Horrorthon

Scenes That We Love:

1. The Omega Man
2. Silent Rage
3. The Beyond
4. The Wicker Man
5. Suspiria
6. The Red Shoes
7. Twin Peaks: The Return
8. The Sopranos

Songs of the Day:

1. Lance Owg, Gabriel Rohels, and David Cole
2. The Decemberists
3. Magnet
4. Barry Adamson
5. ELO
6. M/A/R/R/S
7. Adi Ulmansky

Artworks of the Day:

1. Bizarre
2. Dime Detective Magazine
3. Detective Story
4. Have a Seat
5. Weird Tales
6. Weird Tales
7. The Shadow

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Concrete Blonde
2. J. Geils Band
3. Radiohead
4. Space
5. The Bubblemen
6. Animotion
7. Kim Wilde

Horrors On The Lens:

1. Destroy All Planets
2. Drive In Massacre
3. Planet of the Vampires
4. The Phantom of the Opera

Horrors On TV:

1. Fear Itself 1.3
2. Fear Itself 1.2
3. Fear Itself 1.1
4. The Curse of Degrassi

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Ninja Assassin, Hellraiser, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Trick ‘R Treat, A Field In England, The Ritual, and Kill List!
2. Arleigh profiled artist Franck Besancon!  Arleigh took a look at Pinhead!
3. Case reviewed They Have Awakened, The Devil’s Mouth, Warning, Hostile Life Detected On A Planet, and They Awakened An Ancient Being In The Sea!
4. Brad reviewed The Seventh Curse, We’re Going To Eat You, and Macon County Line!
5. Erin profiled artist Gerard C. Delano and shared the covers of Saturn!
6. Erin picked a team to cheer for!  She also shared her thoughts on The Turkey Vulture!  And she welcomed you to October!  And then she gave you an update on the MLB postseason!  Yay Erin!
7. Jeff reviewed Capital Punishment, Judge Dredd, The Ghostmaker, Wonder Woman, Time Walker, Steel, Legion, Hobgoblins, and Man-Thing!
8. Jeff played and reviewed Crush, Crumble, and Chomp!
9. Jeff shared a great moment in television history and a great moment in comic book history!
10. I shared a moment in time.
11. I shared my Oscar predictions for September and my Thoughts On The Culture!  I took a look at the making of Raiders of the Lost Ark!  I shared my hero of the day, John Nada!
12. I reviewed Degrassi, Crime Story, CHiPs, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Pacific Blue, The Love Boat, 1st & Ten, Hunter, Blood Ties, Saved By The Bell, Baywatch, Sledge Hammer, St. Elsewhere, Hunter, and Homicide!
13. I reviewed Kid 90, Bring Him To Me, Go, The Black Connection, Swingers, Sudden Death, Rambo III, Not Without My Daughter, Wild Style, Dance, A Chorus Line, The Music Machine, o.k., AWOL, The Punk Rock Movie, Devil on Campus, Tony Manero, Nightmare PTA Moms, The Mist, The Bells, Forgiven, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Something, Deadly Manor, Beyond The Seventh Door, Dwight Little’s Phantom of the Opera, The Perfect Boss, Lords of Chaos, Dario Argento’s Phantom of the Opera, Castle of Creeping Flesh, They Live, Gramps Goes to College, In Gramps’ Shoes, Trap, Bikini Guillotine, Hollow Gate, Psychomania, Killing All My Sisters, Suitcase Killer, Ogroff, P2, Gamera vs Viras, War of the Satellites, Slashlorette Party, Psycho Scarecrow, Amityville A.I., She Made Them Do It, Surviving the Sleepover, Amityville La Llorona, City of the Vampires, and Sorority House Guillotine!
14. I reviewed Season Finale, The Amulet, The Funhouse, First Blood, and The Fury!
15. I shared weekend watching and weekend reading recommendations!
16. I shared 6 Trailers for October 2nd!  I also shared a blast from the past with Count Floyd!  I told you about six things that I was looking forward to in October!  I shared a clip of Vincent Price reading a classic poem!  And I shared an AMV of the Day!

More From Us:

1. For Horror Critic, I reviewed The Devil’s Mouth and Lone Star Shark!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from The Chordettes, Barry Adamson, Mike Oldfield, and Crud!
3. At SyFyDesigns, I shared October 1st and Is Live And Let Die An October Film?
4. At my Dream Journal, I shared Last Night’s Argument With My Dad Dream, Last Night’s Nurse Dream, Last Night’s Cat Dream, and Last Night’s Aunt Dream!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Cookies For October (yum!), Wasp Nest (yikes!), A Tower In Dallas, and They’re Coming To Get You!

Click Here For Last Week!

Photographed by Erin Nicole

We’re just three days away from the annual October Horrorthon!  Things are going to get crazy around here and I can’t wait!

Here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Above the Limit (1900)
2. AWOL (1972)
3. The Black Connection (1974)
4. Blood, Sweat, and Lies (2018)
5. Dance (2024)
6. Go (1999)
7. The Graduate (1967)
8. Graduation Day (1981)
9. Holocaust 2000 (1978)
10. o.k. (1970)
11. The Punk Rock Movie (1978)
12. Rambo III (1988)
13. Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1943)
14. Twin Detective (1976)
15. Wild Style (1982)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 1st & Ten
2. 2016 MTV Video Music Awards
3. Big Brother 
4. Blind Date
5. Degrassi: The Next Generation
6. E! True Hollywood Story
7. Football: Chiefs vs Dolphins
8. Football: Cowboys vs Ravens
9. Hunter
10. Saved By The Bell
11. SCTV
12. Sledge Hammer!
13. Survivor
14. The Steve Wilkos Show

Live Tweets:

1. Graduation Day
2. Blood Sweat and Lies
3. Rambo III
4. The Graduate
5. The Chosen

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Arthur Penn
2. 2005
3. Robert Bresson
4. Bert I. Gordon
5. 2014
6. John Woo
7. Bill Murray

Scenes That We Love:

1. Sling Blade
2. Bonnie and Clyde
3. The Terminator
4. The Sea Wolf
5. Wall Street
6. Empire Records
7. The Tall T
8. House on the Edge of the Park
9. Black Rain
10. Convoy
11. Zombieland

Songs of the Day:

1. Georgie Fame
2. Olivia Newton-John
3. Yvonne Elliman
4. Naked Eyes
5. Riz Ortolani
6. John Powell
7. DJ Judaa

Artworks of the Day:

1. Liberty
2. Cavalier
3. Complete Story
4. Triple-X
5. Wild West Weekly
6. Pirates Comics
7. Spy Stories

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Grateful Dead
2. Beck
3. Naked Eyes
4. Rose Tattoo
5. Talking Heads
6. Mr. Mister
7. Information Society

Links From Last Week:

1. Happy Caturday!
2. Visiting Calico Ghost Town – A “Wild West” Haunt – Plus An “Airline Boneyard” Too!

News From Last Week:

1. Singer Pete Byrne Dies At 74
2. Singer Angry Anderson Dies At 79
3. Musician Chuck Varga Dies At 68

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh profiled artist Alex Maleev and reviewed Volcano, Dante’s Peak, The Distinguished Gentleman, 100 Bullets Vol. 5, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, and The 13th Warrior!
2. I reviewed Crime Story, CHiPs, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Pacific Blue, The Love Boat, The Best of Times, St. Elsewhere, Baywatch, Law & Order, and Homicide!
3. Erin said goodbye to Rangers. : (
4. Brad shared the trailer for Madden and reviewed The Annihilators!

Click here for last week!

Here is my week in review!  October is right around the corner!

(Well, two corners.)

Films I Watched:

1. American Psycho (2000)
2. Bring Him To Me (2023)
3. The Devil’s Mouth (2026)
4. Kid 90 (2021)
5. Killing All My Sisters (2024)
6. Lords of Chaos (2018)
7. The Music Machine (1979)
8. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
9. Sherlock Holmes In Washington (1942)
10. Sudden Death (1995)
11. Surviving the Sleepover (2024)
12. Trap (2024)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Big Brother
2. CHiPs
3. Degrassi: The Next Generation
4. E! True Hollywood Story
5. Hunter
6. Pacific Blue
7. Saved By The Bell
8. SCTV
9. Sledge Hammer!
10. Turn of the Century

Live Tweets:

1. Bring Him To Me
2. Dying For A Bid
3. Rambo: First Blood Part II
4. Sudden Death
5. American Psycho

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Stephen King
2. David Hess
3. Striking Films
4. Edgar G. Ulmer
5. Guy Hamilton
6. Jean Renoir
7. Cinematic

Scenes That We Love:

1. Four Flies on Grey Velvet
2. The Full Monty
3. Used Cars
4. Band of Outsiders
5. Ghetto Freaks
6. Animal Crackers
7. JFK
8. King of the Hill

Songs of the Day:

1. S-50
2. Duncan Sheik
3. Joe Pesci
4. Frank Stallone
5. James Horner
6. John Williams
7. The Wallflowers

Artworks of the Day:

1. Planet Stories
2. Spotlight On Sin/Backwoods Shack
3. Romance Round-Up
4. Fantastic Adventures
5. Police Detective Cases
6. The Long Wait
7. Argosy

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Information Society
2. Duran Duran
3. Melle Mel
4. U2
5. Rick Springfield
6. Animotion
7. Sam Kinison

Links From Last Week:

1. Saying Goodbye To “Beef…” RIP Actor Gerrit Graham…Here Are Two Great Performances…
2. A Touch of Romance

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Gerrit Graham Dies at 77
2. Peter Max Dies At 88
3. Bob Mackie Dies At 87
4. Singer/Songwriter Duncan Sheik Dies At 56
5. Guitarist Chad Gilbert Dies At 45
6. Paramount Sets California Exit Plans Over Antitrust Battle With Blue States & Stymied $111B WBD Merger
7. Emmys 2026 Full Recap: Widow’s Bay and The Pitt Win Big amid Host Mariska Hargitay’s Razzle Dazzle and a Taylor Swift Cameo

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Chicken Run, Hereticus: Eisenhorn, The Cable Guy, Hellboy: Seeds of Destruction, Resident Evil, Unforgiven, and Yurusarezaru Mono!
2. I reviewed Crime Story, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, The Love Boat, Sylvan in Paradise, St. Elsewhere, Baywatch, and Homicide!

Click here to see what I watched last week!

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, dir by George Pan Cosmatos, DP: Jack Cardiff)

I was sick and congested for most of this week but I still managed to get a little Horrorthon work done.  Fortunately, as I type this, I’m feeling a lot better.  We’ve two and a half more weeks to go until October, the greatest time of the year!

Here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story (2023)
2. Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story (2024)
3. First Blood (1982)
4. 4o Watts From Nowhere (2025)
5. Happy Gilmore (1996)
6. Matinee (1993)
7. Office Space (1999)
8. The Omega Syndrome (1986)
9. Psycho Sister-In-Law (2020)
10. Saturn 3 (1980)
11. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Big Brother
2. Degrassi: The New Generation
3. Hunter
4. Pacific Blue
5. Saved By The Bell
6. SCTV
7. Sledge Hammer!

Live Tweets:

1. The Omega Syndrome
2. Sinister Sister
3. First Blood
4. Matinee
5. Saturn 3

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Being Watched
2. Surreal
3. Brian De Palma
4. Fred Olen Ray
5. James Dean
6. Star Trek
7. Elia Kazan

Scenes That We Love:

1. Veep
2. Dallas
3. The Untouchables
4. Scarface
5. The Day The Earth Stood Still
6. Happy Gilmore
7. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
8. Deep Red

Songs Of The Day:

1. Donovan
2. John Williams
3. Moby
4. Ennio Morricone
5. Riz Ortolani
6. James Horner
7. C.W. McCall

Artworks of the Day:

1. Irene’s Room
2. Detective Story
3. World Trade Center Under Construction
4. La Paree
5. Dime Detective Magazine
6. All Detective Magazine
7. Road Work Ahead

Music Video of the Day:

1. Bauhaus
2. Black Sabbath
3. Lenny Kravitz
4. John Waite
5. Frank Black
6. Metallica
7. Dire Straits

Erin’s Labor Day Fun:

1. Happy Labor Day From The Shattered Lens
2. Celebrate Labor Day With These Patriotic Posters
3. Celebrate Labor Day With Baseball
4. Celebrate Labor Day With The Pulps

Links From Last Week:

1. “I Play Rocky!” The True Story Of Sylvester Stallone’s “One In A Million” Life!
2. Perchance to (Day)dream

News From Last Week:

1. Director David Worth Dies
2. Guitarist Cheetah Chrome Dies
3. Producer Jeremy Thomas Dies
4. Actor Mike McFarland Dies

Links From the Site:

1. I reviewed Homicide, Baywatch, St. Elsewhere, Darke of the Night, 1st & Ten, The Love Boat, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Crime Story, and CHiPs!
2. I posted a new edition of Thoughts On The Culture!
3. Arleigh reviewed Flight of the Navigator, The Last Starfighter, The Blood of Dawnwalker, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr,
4. Arleigh paid tribute to Ash Williams!
5. Brad reviewed Hope and paid tribute to Labor Day!
6. Erin reviewed Raygun and A League of their Own!

Click here to see what I watched last week!

Happy Labor Day to those who celebrate.

As you can tell by looking at the list of what I watched this week, I am currently busy getting ready for our annual October horrorthon!  Last year, the site had 716 horror-related posts in October.  Could 2026 be the year that we hit 1,000?

Eh, a thousand is a lot.  So, I’m not going to make any promises because I’d rather post some well-written reviews than just rush everything out to hit an arbitrary quota.  I’d love to a hit a thousand but what I would love even more is for this site to have the greatest Horrorthon ever.  Maybe both can happen!  Either way, I’m looking forward to October!

Films I Watched:

1. Amityville La Llorona (2025)
2. And Never Let Her Go (2001)
3. Bikini Guillotine (2024)
4. Castle of the Creeping Flesh (1968)
5. Dance or Die (1987)
6. The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
7. First Blood (1982)
8. Hobgoblins (1988)
9. The Last Shark (1981)
10. Man-Thing (2005)
11. Menendez: Blood Brother (2017)
12. Mommy’s Secret (2016)
13. Ogroff (1983)
14. P2 (2007)
15. Plughead II: Circuitry Man (1994)
16. Psycho Scarecrow (1996)
17. Psychomania (1973)
18. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
19. Sorority House Guillotine (2026)
20. They Live (1988)
21. Time Walker (1982)
22. To Catch A Killer (1992)
23. Wonder Woman (1974)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 1st & Ten
2. Big Brother 28
3. Big Brother Unlocked
4. CHiPs
5. Degrassi: The Next Generation
6. Hill Street Blues
7. Hunter
8. Jeopardy
9. Midnight Rider
10. Pacific Blue
11. Rangers Game
12. Robin’s Nest
13. Saved By The Bell
14. SCTV
15. Sledge Hammer!
16. Untold — Raygun: Breaking Badly
17. Wheel of Fortune

Live Tweets:

1. The Last Shark
2. They Live
3. Dance or Die
4. My Mom Robs Banks
5. Circuitry Man 2

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Tommy Lee Wallace
2. Werner Herzog
3. Edward Dmytryk
4. Alan Ladd
5. Hal Ashby
6. James Nguyen
7. Cleopatra

Scenes We Love:

1. Barefoot in the Park
2. Batman
3. Aguirre, The Wrath of God
4. The Caine Mutiny
5. Head
6. Desperado
7. Oppenheimer
8. Birdemic
9. The Magnificent Seven
10. Cleopatra

Songs of the Day:

1. Death Wish from Charles Bronson The Musical
2. Annie Hardy
3. Audioslave
4. Dillon Francis
5. Ludwig Goransson   
6. Damien Carter
7. Jesper Kyd

Artworks Of The Day:

1. Romantic Range
2. Women’s Barracks
3. The Border Lord
4. Fighting American
5. No Place to Hide
6. Today’s Love
7. Underworld Detective

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Eddie Money
2. Judas Priest
3. Toto
4. AC/DC
5. Europe
6. Phil Collins
7. Andy Summers

Links From Last Week:

1. “Psycho” Meets Sondheim! The Terrific 70’s Hollywood Mystery “The Last Of Sheila” – From Stephen Sondheim And Anthony Perkins!
2. Celebrating Circe

News From Last Week:

1. Friday the 13th Screenwriter Victor Miller Dies At 86
2. Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau Dies At 94
3. Actress Clara Jeffrey Dies At 33
4. Former CIA operative Gloria Steinem Dies At 92
5. Actor Richard O’Sullivan Dies at 82

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Congo, Core, Transmetropolitan, Deadwood, and Xenos:Eisenhorn!
2. I reviewed Crime Story, Saved By The Bell: The New Class, The Love Boat, Warden Duffy of San Quentin, St. Elsewhere, Baywatch, and Homicide!  I shared my Oscar predictions!
3. Erin wrote about the Rangers!

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I hope everyone’s had a good week.  Down here, the Texas Branch of the TSL has been busy getting ready for our annual October horrorthon!  It’s the greatest time of the year and I’m looking forward to it!

Here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Apocalypse Road (2016)
2. Deadly Manor (1990)
3. Devious Nanny (2018)
4. Dirty Dancing (1987)
5. The Ghostmaker (2011)
6. Hudson Hawk (1991)
7. Judge Dredd (1995)
8. The Perfect Boss (2013)
9. She Made Them Do It (2012)
10. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. America 2100
2. Baywatch
3. Big Brother
4. Cheaters
5. CHiPs
6. Crime Story
7. Degrassi
8. Diff’rent Strokes
9. Freddy’s Nightmares
10. Election Coverage
11. 1st & Ten
12. Flight of the Conchords
13. Homicide: Life on the Street
14. Hunter
15. The Love Boat
16. Mad TV
17. The Office
18. Pacific Blue
19. Saved By The Bell
20. Saved By The Bell: The New Class
21. St. Elsewhere
22. Sixty Minutes
23. Survivor

Live Tweets:

1. Hudson Hawk
2. Devious Nanny
3. Dirty Dancing
4. Judge Dredd
5. Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Robert Aldrich
2. 1978
3. Nicholas Ray
4. Andy Warhol
5. John Huston
6. Billy Bob Thornton
7. Martin Sheen

Scenes That I Love:

1. Road House
2. The Graduate
3. Rebel Without A Cause
4. Out of the Past
5. Stakeout
6. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
7. Damsels in Distress
8. Apocalypse Now

Songs of the Day;

1. Jeff Healey Band
2. Keith Carradine
3. Miklos Rosza
4. David Bowie
5. Adolph Deutsch
6. Blondie
7. Led Zeppelin

Artworks of the Day:

1. Scarlet Adventures
2. A Woman’s Need
3. High Heel Magazine
4. Future Science Fiction
5. The Paper Pistol Contract
6. Argosy
7. After Hours

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Bryan Ferry
2. Richard Marx
3. Stakka Bo
4. Accept
5. Survivor
6. Def Leppard
7. Ramones

Villain of the Day;

1. Matthew Hopkins

Links From Last Week:

1. Happy Caturday! (8.8.2026)
2. Who Was “Mr. Moonlight?” The Man Behind The Beatles! Terrific New Brian Epstein Book!
3. The Man Who Would Be Dorleac
4. Inside the Coked-Fueled Rise and Fall of Vice

News From Last Week:

1. Actor and Congressman Ben Jones Dies At 84
2. Actress Tedde Moore Dies At 79

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Final Fantasy X,  Enter The Wu-Tang, Zulu, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, Scarface, and A Fistful of Dollars!

Yesterday was America’s birthday and what a glorious 250 years it has been.  I loved the celebrations this year.  My family and I have been out at Lake Texoma.  Yesterday, we watched as the sky was lit up with fireworks and it was wonderful!  I’m also very proud of our 4th of July celebrations here on the Shattered Lens!  Erin did a wonderful job, didn’t she?

In fact, on July 4th, 2026, I am proud to say that this site set a personal best as far as views and clicks are concerned!  Thank you to everyone who visited and read!

Here’s a list of what I watched this week.

Films I Watched:

1. The American Brew (2007)
2. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
3. Dad Crush (2018)
4. Danger on Party Island (2024)
5. Everyone Has Something To Hide (2026)
6. Get Off My Lawn (2025)
7. Here (2024)
8. The Internship (2013)
9. The Mystery Cruise (2013)
10. The Patriot (2000)
11. Raw Deal (1986)
12. Rolling Vengeance (1987)
13. 1776 (1972)
14. Sgt. Pepper’ Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
15. Shattered Glass (2003)
16. Stand Your Ground (2025)
17. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969)
18. When Sparks Fly (2014)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Election Coverage
2. Family Ties
3. Full House
4. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
5. King of the Hill
6. The Office
7. Portlandia
8. Saved By The Bell
9. Soccer: England vs Mexico
10. What I Like About You

Erin’s American Images:

1. Get Ready For the 4th With These American Paintings
2. Get In The Mood For America’s 250th Birthday With These Patriotic Heroes!
3. 3 Days To Go Until Independence Day
4. Get Ready For the 4th With “American” Pulp
5. 2 Days To Go Until Independence Day
6. American Images, Part One
7. Celebrating Rural America With The Pulps
8. One More Day To Until Independence Day
9. Don’t Forget The Fireworks
10. American Images, Part Two
11. American Images, Part Three
12. Let’s Take A Pulp Tour Of The Cities
13. American Images, Part Four
14. Remember When We Saved The World?
15. Celebrate the 4th with these “American” Film Posters
16. Happy 4th of July From The Shattered Lens
17. Celebrate America’s Birthday With These Vintage Postcards
18. American Images, Part Five
19. American Images, Part Six

Trailers;

1. Werewulf
2. Fall 2: Deadpoint

Live Tweets:

1. Rolling Vengeance
2. Dad Crush
3. Shattered Glass
4. Raw Deal
5. Attack of the Giant Leeches

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Bikini Day
2. America’s Game
3. Michele Soavi
4. Phil Karlson
5. Olivia de Havilland
6. Sydney Pollack
7. Robert Evans

Scenes We Love:

1. Stripes
2. The Godfather Video Game
3. A Boy Named Charlie Brown
4. Top Gun
5. Wishmaster
6. Forbidden Planet
7. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
8. Jason and the Argonauts

Songs of the Day:

1. Robin Carolan
2. Lenny Kravitz
3. The National Anthem
4. David Hasselhoff
5. Ray Charles
6. Hans Zimmer
7. Jakalope
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd
9. Jeff Healey

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Huey Lewis and The News
2. James Brown
3. Metallica
4. Tom Petty
5. Rush
6. ZZ Top
7. Guns N’ Roses

Artworks of the Day:

1. The Sex Bums
2. All The Colors of the Day
3. 911 American Flag
4. How To Respect And Display Our Flag
5. Our Flag
6. Teddy and George
7. Argosy

Hero and Villians of the Day:

1. Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
2. Haven Hamilton (Nashville)
3. Benardo O’Reilly (The Magnificent Seven)
4. Vic Mackey (The Shield)

Poems of the Day:

1. Partisan Rock (Red Dawn)
2. America (Walt Whitman)
3. The Bottoms of my Shoes (Jack Kerouac)
4. I Hear America Singing (Walt Whitman)

Links From Last Week:

1. Irish-Born Founding Fathers
2. Dean Martin “Swings” Into July 4th – American At 250: The Beauty And Challenges Of Democracy…

News From Last Week:

1. Actress Penelope Keith Dies At 86
2. Road Warrior Actor Kjell Nilsson Dies At 76
3. Singer Victor Willis Dies A 74

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Marked for Death, The Hunted, Independence Day, National Treasure, The Shield, and Sabotage!
2. Brad reviewed Kinjite and The Hard Way!
3. Erin reviewed Home Team, In My Dreams, and Summer In The City!
4. Erin celebrated Bikini Day, shared the covers of Star Western, and the covers of Romantic Range!
5. Erin wrote about the Rangers being tied for first, about the Rangers winning and the Rangers winning again and about the Rangers pouring 600 gallons of beer in a giant glass!
6. Jeff reviewed Relentless, April Morning, Mission Galactica, Battlestar Galactica,Proud Men, and Almost Heroes!
7. Jeff shared a Great Moment In Television History and a Great Moment In Comic Book History!
8. I shared my thoughts on the culture!
9. I reviewed Right From The Start and Candidates ’72!
10. i reviewed The Angry Red Planet, The Crucible, Nails, The Right of the People, and Degrassi!
11. I shared a “blast from the past:” Make Mine Freedom!
12. Retro Television Reviews will return tomorrow!

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Well, I guess it’s time to start getting ready for October!  Woo hoo!

It’s time to celebrate 250 years!

Here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. American Anthem (1986)
2. The Angry Red Planet (1959)
3. Citizen Vigiliante (2026)
4. Fallen Queen (2019)
5. Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988)
6. The Late Shift (1996)
7. The Man In The Window (2026)
8. Murder In Music City (2026)
9. Nails (1992)
10. Over the Top (1987)
11. The Prinicipal (1987)
12. Saving Westbrook High (2013)
13. Split Second (1992)
14. Toxic Shark (2017)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 1st & Ten,
2. Bands of Enchantment
3. Baywatch,
4. Bring Me The Beauties: The Model Cult
5. CHiPs,
6. Crime Story,
7. Decoy,
8. Degrassi: The Next Generation
9. Election Coverage
10. Freddy’s Nightmares,
11. Homicide: Life on The Street
12. Hunter,
13. The Love Boat,
14. Pacific Blue,
15. Saved By The Bell
16. Saved By The Bell: The New Class,
17. St. Elsewhere

Live Tweets:

1. Nails
2. Fallen Queen
3. The Principal
4. Toxic Shark
5. Hellbound: Hellraiser 2

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Mel Brooks
2. Cormac McCarthy
3. Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Sidney Lumet
5. Billy Wilder
6. Bob Fosse
7. Bruce Campbell

Scenes I Love:

1. Young Frankenstein
2. Mulholland Drive
3. The Master
4. Network
5. Sunset Boulevard
6. All That Jazz
7. Evil Dead II

Songs of the Day:

1. Chuck Mangione
2. Zack Attack
3. Quincy Jones and Ray Charles
4. David Hasselhoff
5. Crystal Method
6. Danny Elfman
7. John Williams

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Huey Lewis & The News
2. Newsted
3. Journey
4. Pretty Boy Floyd
5. Cinderella
6. Beck
7. W.A.S.P.

Artworks of the Day:

1. A Flower For America
2. Things Are Looking Up
3. Forever
4. Our Emblem of Liberty
5. Four Flags
6. Three Flags
7. Old Ribbons Never Die

Links From Last Week:

1. High Above Paris – The “Orb” Is Back! Here Are Details Of The Cauldron’s Return – With Video!
2. Heliotrope #6262026

News From Last Week:

1. Actress Ann Blyth Dies At 98
2. Elon Musk Posted Armie Hammer’s Banned Film ‘Citizen Vigilante’ on X for 48 Hours

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh wrote about Grave of the Fireflies, Judge Holden, Boris, Aerosmith, Blind Guardian, and Metallica!
2. Brad reviewed Felon, Thunderheart, and Persuasion!
3. Jeff reviewed Perfect Profile, Thunder Mountain, and Crossing the Line!
4. Erin reviewed Stand Against Fear, For The Love of Nancy, and Dangerous Waters!
5. I reviewed Nuremberg, Can’t Stop The Music, Hackers and Candidates ’76!
6. I shared my thoughts on the culture!

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I hope everyone had a good Father’s Day!  Now, let’s get ready for the 4th of July!

Here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story (2023)
2. Can’t Stop The Music (1980)
3. Crossing the Line (1990)
4. Dying to be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (1996)
5. For The Love of Nancy (1994)
6. Frightmare (1983)
7. Hackers (1995)
8. I Killed Him In My Sleep (2026)
9. The Right of the People (1986)
10. Runaway (1984)
11. Seduced By A Killer (2017)
12. Stepfather (2026)
13. The Student Nurses (1970)
14. Troll 2 (1990)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 1st & Ten,
2. Baywatch,
3. Buskers
4. CHiPs,
5. Crime Story,
6. Decoy,
7. Degrassi: The Next Generation
8. Frasier
9. Freddy’s Nightmares,
10. Homicide: Life on the Street
11. Hunter,
12. Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
13. The Larry Sanders Show
14. The Love Boat,
15. Pacific Blue
16. Saved By The Bell
17. Saved By The Bell: The New Class,
18. St. Elsewhere

Live Tweets:

1. Runaway
2. Seduced By A Killer
3. Troll 2
4. Hackers
5. Frightmare

4 Shots From 4 Films:

1. Underwater Menace
2. Summer Vacation
3. Daria Nicolodi
4. Steve Miner
5. Lucio Fulci
6. Vilmos Zsigmond
7. Herschell Gordon Lewis

Scenes I Love:

1. Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus
2. All That Jazz
3. Deep Red
4. Blue Velvet
5. Zombi 2
6. The Principal
7. Scum of the Earth

Songs of the Day:

1. Aerosmith
2. Steppenwolf
3. Goblin
4. The Doors
5. Fabio Frizzi
6. Journey
7. Primus

Music Videos of the Day:

1. Quiet Riot
2. Kid Rock
3. Whitesnake
4. Paul McCartney
5. Faith No More
6. Aerosmith
7. Britny Fox

Artworks of the Day:

1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
2. My Father’s Wife
3. Drawn to Evil
4. Spicy Stories
5. Shameless Virgin
6. Ranch Romances
7. Snappy

Links From Last Week:

1. Right Where Time Belongs – a “NINception” Mashup by Dreams of Collapse
2. “JAWS” Turns 51 Today! All Your Favorite “Bruce The Shark” Trivia Here…
3. A Rose Grows Amongst the Nile

News From Last Week:

1. Actress Daveigh Chase Dies At 35
2. Director James Burrows Dies At 85
3. Producer Tay Keith Dies At 29

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh reviewed Wandering Earth, Vinland Saga, Munich, Swordfish, and Minority Report!  He profiled Gul Dukat!
2. Brad wrote about visiting Vermont and reviewed Bootleggers!
3. Jeff reviewed Runaway!
4. Erin wished everyone a happy father’s day and she reviewed GI Jane and Blood, Sweat, and Cheer!‘
5. I reviewed The Quatermass Conclusion!  And Degrassi!

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