 Better Off Dead 1985  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Cast: John Cusack, Kim Darby, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Laura Waterbury, Dan Schneider, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Chuck Mitchell
When teenager Lane Meyer (John Cusack) gets dumped by his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) after she falls for the ski team captain, he tries, without success, to kill himself. Hoping to win Beth back, Lane challenges the new boyfriend to a ski race. In the meantime, Lane meets French exchange student Monique (Diane Franklin) and begins to fall for her. And through it all, Lane endures his mother's (Kim Darby) imaginative, but terrible, cooking. Followed by "One Crazy Summer."
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The Hearse 1980  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: George Bowers
Cast: Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Donald Hotton, Med Flory, Donald Petrie, Perry Lang, Nicholas Shields, Christopher McDonald, Allison Balson, Fred Franklyn, Olive Dunbar, Al Hansen, Dominic Barto, Chuck Mitchell
Jane (Trish Van Devere) is a young teacher who inherits a mansion from her aunt. She moves in and doesn't understand why her neighbors do not like her until she learns that they believe her aunt was possessed by the devil, and she looks like her aunt. Jane is frightened–especially when she becomes the potential object of destruction by a hearse and its eerie driver that keep appearing at her door.
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Porky's Revenge 1985 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Porky's 3: Revenge
Director: James Komack
Cast: Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Tony Ganios, Kaki Hunter, Mark Herrier, Scott Colomby, Nancy Parsons, Chuck Mitchell, Rose McVeigh, Fred Buch, Wendy Feign, Eric Christmas, Ilse Earl, Kim Evenson, Bill Hindman
In this sequel to "Porky's," Porky Wallace (Chuck Mitchell) is the owner of Porky's, which is now a riverboat casino. He attempts to get even for what he suffered at the hands of the gang–Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), Meat (Tony Ganios), Billy (Mark Herrier), and Wendy (Kaki Hunter)–from Angel Beach High School. Their high-school coach, Goodenough (Bill Hindman), owes money to Porky, and Porky tries to get him to throw the championship game as payment. The slapstick and practical jokes continue.
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| 1. Better Off Dead (1985)
2. The Hearse (1980)
3. Porky's Revenge (1985)
aka: Porky's 3: Revenge
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