When you were a kid in the 90s (in Brazil), the afternoon movie session on open TV was something that was very much expected. I well remember the feeling of being five or six years old at the most, waiting for after lunch, after coming home from school to find out which movie was going to show. If it was a bad movie I would have to find another interesting joke, but it was in this type of situation that I discovered my first interests in cinema independently (why it didn't involve my parents renting a specific VHS), they were usually surprises, and sometimes good . I well remember the feeling of awe when I saw absurdly bizarre movies and that after growing up I spent hours searching the internet to discover the titles and noticing that, maybe they weren't that good, but they had their cult potential for a film buff in development! And from those discovery seasons I remember some absurd classics, like for example:
Fortress - 1985 How shocking it was for me to watch in the middle of the afternoon a bunch of kidnappers with animal masks kidnapping children from a school and their teacher and trapping them in a cave! That was forever in my memory and I ended up reviewing it recently, noticing that it wasn't all bad, however, less powerful than my mind remembered!
Sssssss - 1973 The national open TV was a champion in showing bizarre films, or maybe the early 90's was bizarre by itself everywhere. I remember little about this movie, what I do know is that a bizarre doctor gave daily injections to a guy who decided to join the circus or something and little by little he turned into a snake, to be shown as a bizarre attraction! My God! I need to review this movie! LOL
[Source](https://www.traileraddict.com/sssssss/poster/1)Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure - 1989 Some movies were re-run until exhaustion, this iconic classic from the afternoon session on one of the channels was literally set every month at a certain time, and this kind of movie already seemed to date back to that time! A very young girl falls into a well and the whole movie takes place in an attempt to rescue her from the well. Despite being simple, it had a deep eighties drama that gave an exaggerated and shocking emotion for a child to watch.
[Source](https://www.ebay.com/itm/333735714141)Christine - 1983 One of the classics based on a Stephen King book. The killer guy who killed everyone who got involved with his owner. The car was crumbling on its own and I was jealous!! What more needs to be said about it! LOL
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Homeward Bound - The Incredible Journey - 1993 The adventure of three animals trying to find their owners and going through numerous dangers and remarkable situations. I remember there was a narrated version and then a version where the animals "talked", both were good. What kid doesn't like animal movies?
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The Blue Lagoon - 1980 Another classic repeated to exhaustion on open TV in the early 90's. This practically became a joke in my country, because this movie was played every week. Either it was some kind of bizarre contract the producers made with the TV network or the person hired to show the films was passionate about the film. And this is another one I've reviewed recently, and I've found it to be as good as it looks, or even better. But there is something bizarre behind it, not only because of the rather complicated incestuous relationship between the brothers, but because of the way it was edited and directed, it is undoubtedly a work of alternative cinema that deserves respect.
[Source](https://moviereviews1188.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/the-blue-lagoon-1980/)Well, this is my entry to a @notacinephile post, maybe some of these movies have also marked you. In fact, none of them is a work of cinema such as the ones I usually watch and write about here, but it is through this simplicity and the power of the TV film that we were captured in this magical world in those glorious and longing years. Many of the scenes from these movies I will never forget and many others I ended up not writing here, but if you start to think about it, there is a huge mental museum of curious and impactful films that can form our mental base of film criticism. Thank you for reading and voting!
Thomas H N Blum
Thomas H N Blum
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