I’m sure it hasn’t aged well, but I loved this TV-movie as a teen. It was the only one of the 1970s CBS Marvel Comics adaptations that fully embraced its comic-book roots instead of seeming faintly embarrassed of them. They took liberties with the plot, true, but they also had genuine magic, astral projections,…

Exactly. Those were separate projects, FRANKENSTEIN being public domain and all.

Well, it has to be better than the previous remake, THE BRIDE with Sting and Jennifer Beals. Remember that one?

God, that was tedious . ....

I remember a school bus driver handing these out back in the day. At the time, I was too young to appreciate just how wildly inappropriate this was.

Just to blow your mind: a young Victor Garber as Jesus in GODSPELL:

I have fond memories of catching a lot of these at the drive-in back in the day. Some memories:

1) COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE was probably the first PG-rated horror movie I ever saw. It hasn’t aged particularly well, but it literally gave me nightmares as a kid. (Note: the Manson thing is even more overt in the sequel, THE…

I didn’t know Garber played the Devil in DAMN YANKEES. Cool!

I remember Ray Walston in the movie version, but I’ll bet Garber made a great “Mr. Applegate.”

Victor Garber has had a fun, diverse career: who else can claim to have played Jesus, John Wilkes Booth, Daddy Warbucks, the designer of the Titanic, AND a DC Comics superhero? 

And that’s not even counting ALIAS . . . ..

I really need to watch BLACK SAILS . ....

“It hurts that it’s a generational thing! I remember watching this on cable so many times as a child in the 80s.”

You think that hurts? I was two years out of college when I saw this movie on its initial release. :)

I think the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movies have redeemed sea-faring swashbucklers, at least at the box office. :)

This is where I brag again about having edited the novelization of CUTTHROAT ISLAND . . . and owning the soundtrack album.

It wasn’t even all that unsuccessful. It was a troubled production that ran over-budget and generated lots of bad buzz BEFORE it was released, but it wasn’t the box-office bomb people think it was. It was a production nightmare, but not a financial disaster.

It’s reputation as a “flop” comes more from all its…

Hell, it’s a movie about a WRITER who has a spectacular adventure. Of course I remember it fondly. :)

I raised an eyebrow at that one, too. I saw that movie at least three times in the theater and caught the sequel as well. I’ve still been known to quote it on occasion:

“Cartagena? You’re hell and gone from Cartagena!”

I suspect this is a generational thing . . ...

I’m guessing Blue Suede thinks they’ve won the lottery.

And, look, we’re talking about Blue Suede. :)

“ . . .a bit on even”? You mean “uneven” surely?

Regarding “The Velvet Vampire,” note that Celeste Yarnall, who plays the vampire, also guest-starred on the original STAR TREK, playing Chekov’s love interest in “The Apple.”

It may not be exactly “underrated” but it was overshadowed by THE LOST BOYS when first released, despite being the better vampire movie.

To my mind, it’s the best vampire movie of the 80s at the very least.

Fun episode! And you didn’t even mention the dinosaur or Sara “corrupting” half the women in Salem, Massachusetts. :)