1980s culture

Karen Meme Wars, Stephen King & Air America – Jay Dyer on Boiler Room

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Alternate Current Radio Presents: BOILER ROOM – Hesher, Spore, Jay Dyer, Randy J & Daniel Spaulding – Hollywood, movies, TV, current events, police state and more with the ACR Brain Trust of Social Rejects.  This hilarious episode recounts the Karen Meme, Star Wars Phantom Menace and the weird lines of Annie, Stephen King films, and the CIA drug airline in Air America.

POLTERGEIST (1982) – Youth Sacrificed to the Beast

Jay Dyer
21st Century Wire
Following the success of the 1974 extreme shock and awe horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre, director Tobe Hooper was recruited to direct a Spielberg project called Poltergeist that would be as much of a game-changer for the horror genre as Chainsaw.  Texas Chainsaw Massacre, however, was an innovation in the genre that pushed the limits of what censors were willing to tolerate.