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Friday the 13th (1987-1990)

Tail from the Darkside

Welcome back, my thirsty friends, to Castle Rackula. Last week, I dug deep into the catacombs of 1980s horror movies and came up with more than a few bones.

On this visit, I would like to turn your attention to the world of horror television. In the 1980s, a slew of shows popped up in the vein of old classics The Twilight Zone and Kolchak the Night Stalker.

While shows like Tales from the Crypt, The Hunger, and Masters of Horror are well known for their copious nudity, this was not the case, sadly, with these syndicated broadcast series. But they still had their share of babes, many of whom decides to flash flesh elsewhere.

Read more after the bite.

From time to time, I like to blog about some of my favorite boob tube shows in hopes that someone will see the light and put them out on DVD. Today, I've been thinking about the short-lived syndicated horror anthology series Freddy's Nightmares, which ran from 1988-1990. Unlike Friday the 13th: The Series, the other horror series spun off from a successful movie franchise, Freddy's Nightmares actually featured the killer from the movies, as well as the fictional town of Springwood, on the shows. Freddy Kreuger (Robert Englund) was a kind of Crypt Keeper-esque host who introduced the interlocking stories in bumper segments. The series was low budget and used unknown actors but some of those actors, like Brad Pitt, John Cameron Mitchell, and Mariska Hargitay later became big stars. And some, like Sarah Buxton and Lori Petty, went on to show skin (although not on the show itself, sadly). Still, any show set in a place called Springwood (who doesn't?) deserves my attention.