Film Flashback October 22, 1982

Let's head back 38 years ago and see what was playing at the movies on October 22, 1982. Homework is in its 2nd week at the the Martin Twin. Homework was a reworked film that was made in 1979, but not released until 1982 after some scenes with Joan Collins were added. It's subject was a fairly common teen movie one from this era: older woman seduces a young man. It was a decent hit making over $2 million at the box office even if the top billed star Joan Collins was barely even in it. I could not find a trailer, but the whole movie was on YouTube last time I looked. I think I will pass.

What was surely anticipated to be a huge hit, Halloween III: Season of the Witch was beginning its run at the Martin Twin. It wasn't a flop as it grossed over $14 million, but it was derided by most critics and the public was very off put that the movie had nothing to do with Michael Myers (other than a brief cameo on a television screen) and was instead about a Druidic plot involving Stonehenge and Halloween masks. The intent was to turn the Halloween franchise into an anthology series, but this movie put an end to that idea and Michael Myers would return in the future. I didn't see this film until many decades later and I really enjoyed it. The movie has become quite popular of late with the Halloween masks jingle for the Silver Shamrock company getting stuck in everyone's head. 

the night no one comes home

The Cinema_One has The Road Warrior for your viewing pleasure. I wouldn't see this one until years later, but it is a great action movie. 

The hope of mankind will appear as a stranger

The Marbro Drive-In has The Beach Girls and Summer Camp. The Beach Girls is a silly teen sex comedy with three young ladies moving into their uncle's beach house for a vacation. After bales of marijuana wash up onshore things really get smoking (pun intended). It's not too bad of a comedy. I can't say the same for Summer Camp. This one involves the camp owner inviting campers from 10 years ago to come for a reunion, but really it's to get them to fix up and save the camp. Pranks and hijinks ensue...or more like lojinks. I couldn't find trailers for either film so that's it for this week. If you've been paying attention I've been listing every film that played the Marbro Drive-In and that will continue tomorrow as I head into 1975.