Nightmare Weekend (1986)
March 14, 2022 10:58 PM - Subscribe

A scientist's behavior modification experiments become dangerous when a female colleague co-opts it for her own gain.

A brilliant computer scientist has just finished work on his greatest creation: a super computer with the ability to transform personalities. His hope is to benefit mankind by reforming violent behavior. He invites a fellow expert to test the machine on a group of young women. Little does he know that his colleague intends to use the computer to turn their subjects into bloodthirsty mutants for her own monetary gain.

Currently streaming on tubi.
posted by miss-lapin (6 comments total)
 
Tubi randomly suggested this to me, and it did not disappoint! This movie has violence, gore, nudity, the most ludicrous ideas about computer science, soft core, an alcoholic chauffeur, and a telepathic hand puppet named George!

In addition to tubi, Vinegar Syndrome currently has this available on blu ray. I'm eyeing it realllllllly hard right now.
posted by miss-lapin at 11:03 PM on March 14, 2022 [1 favorite]


The straight-to-VHS market churned out dozens of movies like this in the 1980s, my own favourite of which was Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers. I wrote a piece about the deliberate humour embedded in the genre for Time Out here (PDF).
posted by Paul Slade at 2:38 AM on March 16, 2022 [1 favorite]


Yep that's another great one with Linnea Quigley!
posted by miss-lapin at 7:29 AM on March 16, 2022


My favourite Letterboxd review of this film.
posted by Ashwagandha at 7:33 AM on March 16, 2022 [1 favorite]


Yes! We should tell our children this is a documentary.
posted by miss-lapin at 12:25 PM on March 16, 2022 [1 favorite]


Oh wow, this sounds exactly up my terrible, terrible alley. Thanks for the recommendation!
posted by ejs at 6:02 PM on March 19, 2022 [1 favorite]


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