Live Tweet Alert: Watch Zombie Island Massacre With #ScarySocial!


As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly live tweets on twitter.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We tweet our way through it.

Tonight, for #ScarySocial, I will be hosting 1984’s Zombie Island Massacre!

If you want to join us on Saturday night, just hop onto twitter, start the film at 9 pm et, and use the #ScarySocial hashtag!  The film is available on Prime and Tubi!  I’ll be there co-hosting and I imagine some other members of the TSL Crew will be there as well.  It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy!

 

A Movie A Day #295: Zombie Island Massacre (1984, directed by John N. Carter)


Zombie Island Massacre has got a massacre but it ain’t got no zombies.

Instead, it has a group of tourists who travel to Zombie Island so they can watch a voodoo ceremony.  Afterward, their tour bus breaks down.  The driver leaves to get help but never returns.  There is a deserted villa nearby so the tourists decide to take shelter there for the night.  Whenever anyone stumbles away from the main group, they are killed by someone wearing a costume made of leaves.  There ain’t no zombies or surprises in the glacially paced movie.  There might not even be an island.  It might actually be a peninsula.  I’m not sure.

The only reason that Zombie Island Massacre is remembered is because one of the tourists is played by Rita Jenrette.  Rita was the wife of John Johnrette, a South Carolina congressman who was taken down as a part of Abscam.  Rita got a divorce and wrote a book called My Capital Secrets, where she revealed that she and John had sex on the capital steps while the House was holding an all-night session.  Rita was not a bad actress, though the material only required her to scream and take a shower.

The main problem with Zombie Island Massacre is obvious.  There ain’t no zombies on that island.

6 Trailers From 1985


As I’ve probably mentioned before, I’ve always been a secret history nerd.  (Don’t ask me why it’s a secret.  It just is.)  As part of my secret obsession with history, I’ve recently decided that I want to become the world’s foremost authority on the year of my birth, 1985.  I’ve spent most of today researching that year and, as a result, I’ve decided to dedicate this latest edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse And Exploitation Trailers to films that were released during the greatest year ever: 1985.

1) Rappin’

“You must see Rappin’ … this movie had to happen!”

2) Heavenly Bodies

“This is the shape of things to come…”

3) Def-Con 4

In this trailer, World War III breaks out and wow, does it ever look cheap.

4) The Oracle

This film was directed by the infamous Roberta Findlay.  Even if that information wasn’t readily available via the Internet Movie Database, it’s kinda obvious from just watch the trailer, no?

5) Zombie Island Massacre

“Welcome to beautiful Zombie Island…”  When you agree to vacation at a place called Zombie Island, I imagine you lose the right to ask for a refund…

6) The Mutilator

I imagine the people in this trailer ended up wishing they had vacationed at Zombie Island instead.

What do you think, trailer kitty?