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SEPTEMBER 27: A CRYPT OF TERROR AND MAYBE NO HALLOWEEN – JOIN THE FRIGHTS ON THE DUNGEON OF DR. DRECK TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 25: NEXT STOP VENUS AND THE CONCLUSION OF COMMANDO CODY ON DON’S BREAKFAST SERIAL TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 22: COPS AND CRITTERS – THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!! (see below for details)

SEPTEMBER 20: GO GO GORILLA AND ARACHNA ON BEWARE THEATER!!! – TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 18: DEATH RAYS AND DEADLY GERMS KEEP COMMANDO CODY BUSY IN PT. 2 ON DON’S BREAKFAST SERIAL!!! – TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 15: FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON AND OUT BACK OF A CONVENIENCE STORE – THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!! (see below for details)

SEPTEMBER 13: MURDER AND A DEADLY DOLL FROM THE DUNGEON OF DR. DRECK!!! – TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 11: COMMANDO CODY RETURNS FOR ADVENTURE ON DON’S BREAKFAST SERIAL!!! – TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 8: FROM SLAUGHTER TO LAUGHTER – THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!! (see below for details)

SEPTEMBER 6: THE SKULLS ARE PRETTY CHATTY THIS WEEK ON BEWARE THEATER!!! – TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 4: A HAPPY LABOR DAY!!! – TODAY ON Beta Max TV!!! Check out the News tab‘s top story for more details!

SEPTEMBER 1: MUSIC, MURDER, AND ALIENS THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!! (see below for details)

 

AUGUST 10: PROGRAMMING NOTE
Due to a major computer issue, some shows will be delayed. We’ll get some new fun stuff on Beta Max TV as soon as we can (hopefully by the weekend). We apologize for any inconvenience or horror-host withdrawal. To help ease the pain, here’s a cute sleeping beagle!  Thanks for watching Beta Max TV!!!

 

FEBRUARY 24 – BETA MAX TV UPDATE – WELCOME VIEWERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM!!!

Beta Max TV is proud to announce that we are now available on Roku TVs and devices all over the United Kingdom!!! Simply search for BetaMaxTV in the channel store or on your Roku device and choose “add channel” It’s free!!!

Now all our friends across the big pond can enjoy our collection of over 700 hosted programs, classic, cult, and forgotten movies, TV shows, animation and independent programs like viewers all over the U.S.A and Canada have access to!  And we’ll be adding new shows soon! Tell all your UK friends the good news!

WELCOME UNITED KINGDOM!!!

Thanks for watching and supporting Beta Max TV!!!

SEPTEMBER 28 – BETA MAX TV UPDATE – WELCOME CANADA!!!First, because of some system modifications and updates, the Wednesday feature will not appear today. But…Beta Max TV is proud to announce that we are now available on Roku TVs and devices all over Canada!!! Simply search for BetaMaxTV in the channel store or on your Roku device and choose “add channel”

Now all our friends north of the border can enjoy the hundreds of hosted programs, and classic, cult, and forgotten movies, TV shows, animation and independent programs viewers all over the U.S.A have access to – and just in time for our Spooky Scary Month programming that kicks off this Friday! And to celebrate, we’ll be adding a brand new episode of Beware Theater on Thursday! Tell all your Canadian friends the good news!

WELCOME CANADA!!!

Thanks for watching and supporting Beta Max TV!!!

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THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVES!!!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

COPS AND CRITTERS – THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!!

From the deep blue sea to the foggy wastelands of Greece to the streets of New York City – we’ve got wild cops and wilder critters on the loose in this week’s Beta Max TV FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!

Uncle Pete’s on the road and in trouble again for The Dark Vault Of Public Domain presentation of A COP IN DRAG.  In this action-packed Italian crime comedy-infused drama, after a victim is found murdered at a transvestite cabaret, a cop must infiltrate the gay community to find the murderer. (1984) Meanwhile, Uncle Pete has a little trouble with the Italian police.

Then, Triv and Ritch take us to shark infested waters for – you guessed it – sharks in MAKO: JAWS OF DEATH on The Midnight Movie. Given a medallion that gives him a psychic connection with sharks, a Vietnam veteran  organizes the sharks in a war against the shady scientist and businessman who try to force him to use his power for their benefit. (1976)

Mythical beasties abound – and so does treachery in MEDUSA AGAINST THE SONS OF HERCULES.  To avenge his father’s death by the evil Galenore who claimed his throne, Perseus must battle a man-eating dragon and Medusa, the creature that turns men to stone, before he can finally try to challenge Galenore. (1963)

Then it’s a double dose of ’80s cop action as The Cinema Snob checks out DEADLY FORCE and THE BIG SCORE.  The Snob reviews two 1983 action films. Deadly Force with Wings Hauser as a cop turned P.I. hunting a serial killer and The Big Score with Fred Williamson as a cop trying to bring down a kingpin drug dealer.

And then, this doggie is anything but a good boy in MONSTER DOG on Screaming SoupDeadwest looks at the 1984 Alice Cooper movie about a rock star who, returning to his hometown to shoot a video, finds that murders are taking place by a pack of dogs… or perhaps something else.

There’s cops chasing criminals and critters chasing EVERYBODY in this week’s FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE on your home for B-movies… and a lot of chasing!  Beta Max TV!!!

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON AND OUT BACK OF A CONVENIENCE STORE – THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!!

There’s murder all over the place and backstage fun on this week’s Beta Max TV FRIDAY FUN-RIME FIVE!

We start off with a half a movie, outer space action and musical fun with MISSION STARDUST on Cleveland At Nite.  Astronauts are sent to the moon to rescue an alien seeking help to save her dying race and are attacked by bandit robots and enemy spies out to kill the alien. Plus music from Jason & the Mean Eyed Cats.

This sorority might be the last club you ever join in SISTERS OF DEATH on The Midnight Movie. Years after a girl is killed at a college society initiation, the survivors are invited to a remote estate where they begin to get murdered one by one with no clue of who is behind it. (1977)

Get the inside, behind the scenes story on some of the biggest musical stars in Hawlywood in SKIDMARX SKIDFEST on Beaucoup Askew’s Fashion Trashin.  Cinnamon and Diamond are headed backstage at the convenience store giant for their annual Skidmarx Skidfest to document the happenings for the program, Beyond These Tunes.

Find out about some famous aviatrices and maybe even who the murderer is on The Weirdness Really Bad Movie presentation of NON-STOP NEW YORK.  Dave and Holly head to the International Women’s Air and Space Museum for this British mystery as an actress flying on a futuristic super plane finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery. (1937)

And there’s a psycho killer and a psycho clown for THE HOSTAGE on Mansion Of Mystery.  A boy becomes a hostage for a psychopath and his friend when he stows away in their van as they try to dispose of a man they murdered. (Harry Dean Stanton, 1967) Mansion neighbors sneak in to try to find evidence for legal action but they encounter Evil Baby Demon Clown and soon regret they ever snuck in!

Sure, we’ve got murders-a-plenty and a bunch of music for your entertainment pleasure in the FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE on your home for B-movies… and lotsa good stuff!  Beta Max TV!!!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

FROM SLAUGHTER TO LAUGHTER – THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!!

Angry people with sharp objects and loads of laughs – that’s the recipe for this week’s Beta Max TV FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!

Lee Turner‘s got a creepy home, murder, and vengeance in the After Hours Cinema presentation of NIGHTMARE CASTLE.  A sadistic Count murders his wife and her lover and removes their hearts. Years later, when the Count remarries, their ghosts return to seek revenge! (1965) Starring Barbara Steele.

Break up the creepy with some fun as Nutty T Squirrel presents EPISODE 3 of Nutty’s Treehouse!  Nutty features Toonerville Trolley and Baby Huey cartoons along with jokes, fun bits, and special guest Drew Carey!

Then get another dose of blood and revenge from Triv and Ritch with SCREAM BLOODY MURDER on The Midnight Movie!  A boy (Matthew) kills his father with a tractor, winds up with a hook for a hand and is committed to an institution. When Matthew is released years later he imprisons the girl he loves and kills all who get in his way. (1973)

Then it’s time to nyuk it up with those lovable knuckleheads as Toxic Tales brings you THE THREE STOOGES EPISODE.  Timber presents a fun frolic of the Three Stooges works including several of the original shorts and some of their cartoons!

Then end up with a slash of color – blood red – as The Cinema Snob takes a look at SLAUGHTER HIGH!  The Snob reviews the 1986 slasher film about a nerdy student who becomes disfigured because of a school prank and decides to seek revenge on his fellow students in very bloody ways.

Smiles and slashes enough for everyone in this week’s FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE on your home for B-movies…  and laughs of terror!  Beta Max TV!!!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

MUSIC, MURDER, AND ALIENS THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!!

There’s music with a look back in time and a complete stop. There’s dead bodies – and some that won’t stay that way. And there’s a friendly alien on the run and it’s all in this week’s Beta Max TV FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!!

There’s a visitor from way out and lots of way out fun in THE SHERIFF AND THE SATELLITE KID on The Dark Vault Of Public Domain.  A young humanoid alien who gets stranded on earth hooks up with a grizzled old sheriff in a southern town and tries to help him while the sheriff tries to protect the kid from alien hunting government men. Bud Spencer, Cary Guffey (1979) Uncle Pete does some stargazing of his own!

There’s classic Clips and lotsa legends as Beaucoup Askew’s Fashion Trashin presents MMH’s UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT FESTIVAL FLASHBACK. Cinnamon and Diamond turn the controls over to Elestheria Ving for a look back at some of the highlights of the past Up Down Left Right Music Festivals.

Some things are better left alone – like dead bodies – as shown in CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS on The Midnight Movie.  The gang presents the 1972 zombie film about a troupe of actors who travel to an island cemetery for a party where they recite a spell to revive a dead body and are horrified to find they’ve revived all the bodies – and they’re hungry!!!

There’re less bodies but they’re all dead in the Spine Chilling Cinema presentation of THE KENNEL MURDER CASE.  Oliver the Caretaker digs up a whodunnit about a wealthy man who everyone thinks committed suicide but ace detective Philo Vance smells a murder and is on the trail (William Powell, 1933)

And there’s music and motionlessness in JIMMY THE BOY WONDER on Mondopiece Theatre.  It’s a review of a children’s film from 1955 – one of the few from gore master Herschell Gordon Lewis – about a boy who stops time and then must set it straight before an evil wizard takes over the world!

Spend some time this long weekend with the music, murder, and merriment of the FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE on your home for B-movies… and forgotten classics!  Beta Max TV!!!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2023

PIRATES, MYSTERIES, AND A TUESDAY ROCK AND ROLL CELEBRATION THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2023

BRAINS, BUGS, BOTS, AND CRIME THIS WEEK IN THE FRIDAY FUN-TIME FIVE!!!

 

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