Made For TV Episodes

Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines for another trip back in time to the decade when Sonny and Cher were our King and Queen. Even though summer just started, your captain, Patrick Walsh, is taking you back to school because your final destination is September 9, 1973; the night SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS premiered as the ABC Wednesday Night Movie! A young woman goes undercover at an exclusive all-girls fine arts academy to investigate her sister's mysterious death and finds herself entangled i...

Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines for another trip back in time to the decade that gave us Horeshack, ABBA and Whatchamacallits for SHE'S DRESSED TO KILL starring Connie Sellecca, Jessica Walter and John Rubenstein was the NBC Monday Night Movie. Your captain, Patrick Walsh, is waiting to whisk you away to the night of December 10, 1979 for this spine-tingling whodunnit about glamorous models at a mountaintop fashion show who are getting murdered one by one...with their own makeup!!! Was ...

The "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" is back in session for another deep dive into FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES as we discuss Season One Episode Seven: "Doctor Jack". In "Doctor Jack", the crew discovers that an internationally renowned surgeon (played by Cliff Gorman, "The Boys in the Band") is using a scalpel that once belonged to Jack the Ripper. While he may never lose a patient, he's leaving a trail of slashed corpses behind wherever he goes, and it looks like Jack might be his next victim. ...

The "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" is back in session for another deep dive into FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES as we discuss "The Great Montarro". The Curious Goods gang must go undercover at a magician's competition to stop a series of bizarre deaths revolving around a deadly new magic trick. You can expect: The Coffin of Blood! The Cabinet of Doom! The Pendulum of Death! A Pointy Box of Stabby Things! Disco Flamingo Micki! 80's Scream Queen Lesleh Donaldson! Wit, Wisdom &...

Due to microphone problems, Patrick was unable to record additional material to match the format of later episodes. The "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" is back in session for another deep dive into FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES as we discuss "Hellowe'en". In what is perhaps the most chaotic episode of the show ever, the Curious Goods crew throws a Halloween shindig at the store only to have the party crashed by the vengeful ghost of Uncle Lewis. He's escaped from Hell for the night and has until dawn...

The "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" is back in session for another deep dive into FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES as we discuss "A Cup of Time". In "A Cup of Time", Lady Die (Hillary Shepard) is the hottest punk music act in the country. But little do her legions of fans know that she's been using a cursed teacup to drain the lifeforce out of homeless teenagers so that she can stay young and beautiful forever. You can expect: Horny Rats! Punk Rock Nursery Rhymes! Strangling Vines! Dead...

Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines for another trip back in time to the decade when Avocado Green reigned supreme and THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER starring Shelley Winters, Jonathan Frid and Abe Vigoda was the ABC Movie of the Week. Your captain, Patrick Walsh, is waiting to whisk you away to the night of January 9, 1973 for this terrifying tale of Satanic Panic, Sinister Lesbians and Weddings Gone Wrong. Your copilots on this ill-advised voyage into caftans and cults are KASEY LOMAN from Evil Good...

The "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" is back in session for another deep dive into FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES as we discuss "Cupid's Quiver". Love is in the air, and so is murder, because a disturbed college student has gotten his hands on a cursed Cupid statue with the power to make women love him...to death. You can expect- Forty-year-old college students! Unsexy sex scenes! Lasers! Bee Bombs! Wild Wiggery! Updates From Hawaii!! Snarky Yet Wise Commentary From Maya, Trae and...

Join Maya, Trae, and Patrick in the basement of The Very Curious Curio Shop for another meeting of The "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" and another uproarious romp through Friday the 13th: The Series. In THE POISON PEN, Micki and Ryan must go deep undercover at a cloistered monastery to find out who has been using one of Uncle Lewis' diabolical doodads to deal out dastardly death to their fellow brothers with a simple stroke of a pen. You can expect- Bound Boobs! Gushing Gloryholes! Fl...

Welcome to the premiere episode of Damn You, Uncle Lewis where we dive deep into the world of the campy '80s Canadian television show that made antique shopping terrifying: FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES! Step into the creepy basement of My Very Curious Curio show for the monthly meeting of the "We Hate Uncle Lewis Club" as we explore the pilot episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, "The Inheritance" starring future Academy Award winner SARAH POLLEY and her killer antique dolly, Vida. (Currentl...

Climb aboard Polyester Airlines for a flight back in time to January 14, 1975: the night SATAN'S TRIANGLE starring Doug McClure, Kim Novak and Alejandro Rae premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week. A Coast Guard rescue squad finds a lone woman stranded aboard a schooner with a slew of mysteriously dead corpses and find themselves trapped in a battle for their very souls against the Devil himself. You can expect: High Seas Hijinks! Murderous Marlins! Levitating Corpses! Vanishing S...

This bonus episode of ScreamQueenz contains a newly public episode of IT CAME FROM THE '70s! originally broadcast on November 3, 2023. Climb aboard Polyester Airlines for a charter flight back in time to the year 1981 to discuss the truly chilling tale of supernatural retribution, DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW. In the quiet town of Bogan, four vigilantes hunt down and execute a local mentally-challenged man for a crime he did not commit. But just when they think they've gotten away with it, the w...

It's the Halloween season, and I'm feeling generous, so please enjoy this episode of IT CAME FROM THE '70s, one of Patreon Exclusive podcasts. Become a Patron at patreon.com/screamqueenz. Come take a trip back in time on Polyester Airlines to October 31, 1978, when CBS premiered a "Halloween Howler" otherwise known as DEVIL DOG: HOUND OF HELL. The Barry family is in for a world of trouble when their new puppy, Lucky, is actually a soul-sucking Barghest demon out to possess them all. Your co-pil...

This episode of ScreamQueenz was originally published on June 20, 2024 on Patreon as an episode of "It Came From the '70s!". For more Patreon-exclusive episodes of "It Came From the '70s' and "Damn You, Uncle Lewis: The Friday the 13th: The Series Retrospective", become a Patron at patreon.com/screamqueenz. Climb aboard Polyester Airlines for a trip full of telephonic terror as we travel back in time to February 5, 1972: the night WHEN MICHAEL CALLS starring ELIZABETH ASHLEY, BEN GAZARRA and MIC...

For this ScreamQueenz Summer Bonus Episode, this Patreon-exclusive episode of IT CAME FROM THE 70's has been made public for your enjoyment. Welcome aboard Polyester Time Traveling Airlines non-stop flight to October 10, 1973; the night DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week. This is one of the Big Ones! A Classic! If people remember ONE 1970's made-for-tv horror movie, it's usually this one! An entire generation of TV-watching children was scarred for LIFE by thi...

ScreamQueenz is still on hiatus for health reasons, so enjoy this peek behind the Patreon paywall at an episode of DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS: The FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES Retrospective Podcast. In this episode, we're discussing "Master of Disguise" from Season Two in which a cursed makeup kit wreaks deadly havoc on a movie set. Here's why this episode ROCKS: It's directed by Tom McLoughlin (Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives, One Dark Night) It has the ONLY gay character in the entire franchi...

Think spending the holidays with your family is stressful? Meet the Morgan family. Their family get-togethers are killer. All aboard Polyester Airlines flight to the night of November 27, 1972: the night the Christmas proto-slasher HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS premiered on ABC. You can expect: -A truly knockout cast of heavy-hitting women. -Pulpy dialogue. -Fraught melodrama. -Perfectly timed thunderclaps. -Pitchfork murders -Worst. Christmas. EVER! Your copilot on this very wet journey into Ch...

Get ready for a far-out flight to the grooviest decade ever when IT CAME FROM THE 70's takes over ScreamQueenz Studios to talk about everyone's favorite shameless CARRIE ripoff: the 1978 made-for-tv exercise in coded lesbianism and petty revenge known as THE INITIATION OF SARAH. There's something about this movie. It's a not-particularly scary carbon copy of the "Awkard Girl With Secret Powers Get Revenge" trope. By all rights, it should have been forgotten a long time ago. But it wasn't. A...

The previously announced episode on ZOMBIE STRIPPERS (2008) has been moved back until Friday, April 21. The following is an episode of IT CAME FROM THE '70s that first aired exclusively on Patreon on October 14, 2022. ***** Welcome aboard Polyester Airlines direct flight to November 1, 1976: the night NBC aired the Halloween episode of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, "The Monster of Walnut Grove". While playing a Halloween prank, Laura thinks she sees Mr. Oleson decapitate his wife with a sword, b...

I've got COVID, so please enjoy this episode of "DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS!" while I recover. Catch the episode we're discussing "Pipe Dream" on YouTube for free at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DpmX98KWT4 Ryan's long-absent father (guest star MICHAEL CONSTANTINE from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding) is getting married! But Uncle Lewis gave him a cursed pipe as a wedding gift. Can the Curious Goods crew retrieve the pipe and save Ray's soul before his dreams of happily ever after go up in smoke? My...

All aboard for another flight into made-for-tv terror on Polyester Airlines as we journey back to the night of December 11, 1973 for the world premiere of the latest ABC Movie of the Week, "THE CAT CREATURE" starring MEREDITH BAXTER ("Family Ties", "All the President's Men"), DAVID HEDISON ("The Fly, "Live and Let Die"), GALE SONDERGAARD ("The Black Cat", "The Time of Their Lives") and STUART WHITMAN ("Night of the Lepus", "Shock Corridor"). After a mysterious Egyptian amulet is stolen from a s...

This is a Summer Hiatus-Busting Bonus Episode of ScreamQueenz to help tide you over until the new season launches in September. "It Came From The 70s!" is one of the Premium Podcasts available only to our ScreamQueenz Patrons at Patreon. "The Horror at 37,000 Feet" episode of "It Came From The 70s!" first aired on Patreon on April 29, 2022. Unlock all of our exclusive bonus content while supporting ScreamQueenz by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/ScreamQueenz. Welcome aboard, time travelers! "I...

"For a short person, you have long sentences." Start your holiday season with our MILDLY INAPPROPRIATE HOLIDAY SPECIAL where we discuss a film that is at best tangentially related to either the holiday season or the usual format for the show. This year, we're diving into the 1980 murder mystery spoof THE PRIVATE EYES starring comedy legends TIM CONWAY ("The Carol Burnett Show". "Dorf on Golf" and DON KNOTTS ("The Andy Griffith Show", "Three's Company", "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken") In THE PRIVATE...

With Thanksgiving almost upon us, it seems a good time to remind you that the old saying is true: "There's no place like home for the holidays." UNLESS perhaps your "home' has become somehow supernaturally sentient, fallen dangerously in love with you, and will kill anyone who tries to take you away from it. Don't go there. It sounds dangerous. Plus, I'm already taking you to a house JUST LIKE THAT right now! By the way, don't you let me (or it) hear you calling it haunted. This house ain'...