Horror History: Sunday, June 19, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Going Native” premiered

Season 4 Episode 17

An alien visitor studies human nature as a photographer.

Written and directed by Ted Gershuny (who, the following year, collaborated with Tommy Lee Wallace on the script for Drew Barrymore’s movie Far From Home)

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Horror History: Friday, June 17, 1988: Waxwork was released in theaters

In this horror film, an evil magician creates a wax display of famous monsters and murderers and invites a group of unsuspecting young college students to view the collection. However, when the kids are trapped in the deadly displays, one-by-one they soon discover that the wax models are more than they appear to be.

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Horror History: Wednesday, June 1, 1988: Cheerleader Camp was released in theaters

Welcome to Camp Hurrah, where a psycho killer is slaughtering high school cheerleaders on the eve of the all-state finals. Drive-in goddesses Betsy Russell (Private School, Avenging Angel) and Lucinda Dickey (Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo) star with former teen idol Leif Garrett in this bouncing, bleeding bonanza of B-movie goodness featuring graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, bad rapping and more from the glory days of late ‘80s splatter. This is Cheerleader Camp!

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