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Girl travels back in time, brings Walkman, is accused of being a witch

I Don't Know the Name... (unsolved movies)

Just thought of one more from my childhood that I’ve been looking for.

This was on TV, probably late 80s, and I believe it may have been part of a TV series, possibly an anthology series like Twilight Zone or Tales from the Darkside. The setup as I remember it is that a girl travels back in time, for whatever reason, and brings her Walkman. She befriends another girl, but someone else afraid of her Walkman accuses her of witchcraft, and she must escape back to modern time before she gets burned at the stake.

Suggestions much appreciated as always. Cheers

Girl travels back in time, brings Walkman, is accused of being a witch

I Don't Know the Name... (unsolved movies)

Just thought of one more from my childhood that I’ve been looking for.

This was on TV, probably late 80s, and I believe it may have been part of a TV series, possibly an anthology series like Twilight Zone or Tales from the Darkside. The setup as I remember it is that a girl travels back in time, for whatever reason, and brings her Walkman. She befriends another girl, but someone else afraid of her Walkman accuses her of witchcraft, and she must escape back to modern time before she gets burned at the stake.

Suggestions much appreciated as always. Cheers

Guy discovers (birthday?) party in his honor, and faints (or drops dead?)

I Don't Know the Name... (unsolved movies)

Third and so far last of many scattered childhood memories I’m trying to figure out. Saved this one for last since it’s by far the most vague.

This was seen on TV in the latter half of the 80s. I don’t know if it was a movie, an episode of a show, an anthology type thing, or what.

As I remember it, a guy has a birthday, or some big similar event worthy of being thrown a party. He goes through many a hijinx, for whatever reason, and at the very end of the film/episode, he opens the door to find a big party – likely in his honor – and faints (or possibly drops dead – I was too young to really know what fainting was, or know the difference). Roll credits.

I realize this isn’t much to go on, but every attempt at tracking down anything related to birthdays from the 80s has so far failed me. Any clues would be helpful. Thanks.

Shower head stabs woman through throat while showering, and mad doctor removes larynx of live woman (two different films, possibly same clip show)

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Second of many scattered childhood memories I’m trying to figure out.

This was seen on a horror clip show shown on TV around 1990-91, similar to Fear In The Dark (1991) and the likes (yes, I’ve tried finding the clip show before). It featured clips from many different horror movies through the years, with a host introducing each clip.

There are two clips that stuck in my mind. The first is of a woman showering, and the shower head suddenly lunges at her throat, penetrates it, and kills her in a gory wet blood bath.

The second has a doctor (mad scientist type) keeping a woman captive, strapped to an operating table, and is operating on her while she’s still alive. The scene I remember has him narrating his own surgical procedures, to what appears to be either an imaginary audience, or possibly a voice recorder, in the way a doctor might narrate a surgery. He comments on how the woman is attempting to scream (I believe she’s gagged), and explains how this must be solved by removal of the larynx, which he then proceeds to carry out.

It is possible the clip show also featured a clip from Society (1989), the infamous scene from near the end of the movie where, at one of the high society parties, a guy rips another guy’s spine out through his mouth. Don’t trust this fully though, as I remember there were horror clip shows on regularly around the time I watched all this, and I would devour them all, so that may have been from a different one.

I’m interested in the name of either film, and/or the clip show that featured them both.

70s or 80s film with black guy who becomes quadriplegic

I Don't Know the Name... (unsolved movies)

My first of many scattered childhood memories I’m trying to figure out.

I believe this was a film, seen on TV in either late 80s or early 90s. A black guy – he may have been an athlete – becomes quadriplegic, and is trying to learn to cope with his new life. I only remember one scene, where he is in his hospital room, alone, and a fly lands on him, possibly his face. He freaks out at not being able to swat it or do anything to get rid of it, and possibly screams out in frustration. In the image in my mind, it was very warm in the room, and he was sweating.

That’s all I’ve got, I’m afraid. Hope this rings a bell with someone!