One of Roger's funniest line readings ever at 7:17 regarding WALK OF THE DEAD: "I don't even know what country this movie is from!"

I saw Mother's Day & The Exterminator in the movie theater on the same day back in 1980 when I was 14. We accomplished that by movie hopping inside the theater.

Bob "Gussiony" 😂 Ebert definitely didn't take Italian in college.

2:05 So, Tom Hanks' first movie was in a movie that "borders on being evil." Fun Fact: He was supposed to be killed off in that movie, but he, in that Tom Hanks way, charmed everyone on set, that producers decided not to let him die.

Some of these dogs I remember because Roger had written a review that appeared in his movie home companion, like The Exterminator and Mother's Day.

SISKEL: “He Knows You’re Alone” is the most offensive thing ever. EBERT: I just saw “Caligula”.

I'll give "Alligator" a little more respect because at least, like "Piranha" (one of their inaugural dogs of the week), it had the benefit of John Sayles as a scriptwriter as well as playful performances from character actors, in this case Robert Forster and especially Henry Silva. It stands out among this crowd like seeing Tom Hanks in "He Knows You're Alone."

"This old picture's going to ruin your entire night!" 😄

"The Exterminator" is one of my all-time favorite Exploitation movies. The first time I saw the film it was playing on a double bill at a 4 screen drive-in with "Escape From New York". I was totally blown away by the movie and loved how they used Steve James' character as a red herring to make the viewers think that Ginty was going to be the victim and Steve James "The Exterminator". I thought fhat Ginty did good acting job as a PTSD stricken Vietnam veteran who snaps and wages war against criminals in New York.

I remember when “The Mountain Men” was in theaters. I’ve never met anyone including myself who has seen it.

It's funny how the dog sits behind the guys focusing on the trainer.

The Day After Halloween does seem interesting after hearing Siskels review

He knows you’re alone is excellent

Gotta love Spot, Sparky and Zeke the Wonder Dogs, although Zeke only had like 2 episodes

*The Invincible Devil:* "This is the first film ever made in stereophonic sound." Dolby Sound Technician: "I'd like to have a word with you . . . " [I have a Korean DVD of *Alligator,* a movie my cat would agree with Ebert in selecting as one of his "Dogs of the Week" as with various other movies about monsters that could gobble up cats.-Ed.]

It's sad when you realize all three of these guys are dead. Spot for over 35 years.

Caligula rocks. Now i wanna watch the half of these movies i haven't seen already.

“Caligula.” Sounds like a brand name

5:03...I believe this one had two sequels ....

Gene's point at the end was interesting. I started thinking about how the "dogs of the week" seemed to be getting more and more depraved. I was actually wondering if Siskel and Ebert started considering stopping this feature on their show. Honestly, I couldn't handle watching any of these sick and demented movies, let alone one a week.

Mothers Day is awesome

"Walk of the Dead" is the Spanish film "Vengeance of the Zombies"

Last week I saw an Alligator movie in the theater

Good Editting on this Video. Sidenote : I Love Mother's Day and Alligator.

IF YOU DON'T STOP IT YOU'LL GO BLIND was followed by CAN I DO IT TILL I NEED GLASSES? (Robin Williams had a small role in it, so it got re-released after MORK AND MINDY made him famous.)

Battle Beyond the Stars was written by John Sayles and is actually a good movie from Roger Corman!

Saw Mountain Men at the drive in!! Thought it was stupid then, really think that now!! Caligula sucks, but Helen Mirren looked hot in it!!

Mothers Day (1980) is my absolute favorite movie

Little did they know when they were ripping into "He Knows your alone".Calling it almost evil?.yikes!.That the movie had the future critics king of Hollywood Tom Hanks in it with a tiny role..

_New Year’s Evil_ wasn’t bad. The plot is increasingly depressing as it moves along but the opening is so great that it takes most of the movie to descend to where I’m not feeling good any more.

I watched Alligator on This. It's actually halfway decent. 😁

Wow, S&E reviwed a Paul Naschy film (Walk Of The Dead). I could've told Roger where it came from- Spain. It's a reissue title made to piggyback on the success of Dawn Of The Dead, original title Vengeance Of The Zombies (73).

Yeah a lot of these movies are indeed a dog. But there are 2 movies mentioned here that i do like "He knows you're alone " & New Years Evil".

Mother's Day is a classic. 10/10

The Mountain Men was a good movie!

Sadly, these dogs stopped being funny when they were inundated with all these low grade slasher movies. It prompted their controversial "Women in Danger" special. They were really nothing more than "Halloween" ripoffs.

Didn't He Knows your Alone feature an up and coming actor named Tom Hanks?

Imagine being so fragile in 2021 that you clutch your pearls over cheesy, inconsequential garbage like Mother’s Day and The Exterminator. Lol I thought those days were over but evidently, they’re not. This comment section has been very illuminating.

Wait....these are the best movies from 1980.

"Satan's Playthings"-Yes, it sounds like a fake title indeed. "The Mountain Men"-Charlton Heston was still making B-movies well into the 80's and even the 90's. Anything for that paycheck he went for "He Knows He's Alone" was Tom Hanks first movie. "Caligula"-You need to wonder if this movie got someone decent to direct it, it would be very different from what we got instead. "Nightmare"-How many movies got that name? "Bloody Friday"-Sounds like typical Eurotrash. "Schizoid"-Generic title, but at least Klaus Kinsky was in it. "The Exterminator"-I actually watched this on cable years ago. "The Day After Halloween"-It's Aussie title was titled "Snapshot", and the American distributer decided to turn it into a fake sequel. "Cheerleaders Wild Weekend"-Gosh, I don't even think that ever aired on cable. "Walk of the Dead" was an Italian movie I believe. "Battle Beyond the Stars"-Oh come on, it wasn't mean tot be taken seriously. I don't think they saw "Star Crash", the zaniest "Star Wars" rip off of them all. "Alligator" was a clever B-movie. "If You Don't Stop You Would Go Blind"-The title might be worse than the movie. "The Immortal Bachelor"-Cinemax late night fodder. "Mothers Day"-Well the scenes where the brothers debate over weather disco or punk rock is better was the closest this movie came to being entertaining. "Invincible Devil"-Sounds like goofy Kung Fu stuff. "New Years Evil"-The idea was good, but it was still slasher garbage.

The exterminator...wow...only watched that in the theatre...lol

As far as Caligula, you HAVE to ask how so many talented Actors starred in this movie Obviously money, but that movie was just Terrible

Always hated Roger Ebert, yet watched this show every weekend. Ever since the review of Godzilla 85...where he hated it....I never took his word for a film again. Sure I was three at the time, but Godzilla movies are sacrosanct, in my opinion.

1980 wasn't a very good year for movies was it.

He Knows Your Alone has Tom Hanks in it.

Interesting to note, from week to week, the increasing frequency with which Gene Siskel criticized films for their racism or misogyny. As we currently live through the Dystopian nightmare that is "wokeism", I'm thinking those racist, misogynist filmmakers knew something we didn't.

That dog is cute and it's nostalgic to see Siskel & Ebert but man their highbrow snobbery and moralizing really comes out in a holier than thou way. So many of these films are awesome, as so-bad-they're-good, exploitation and grindhouse classics. Sometimes I think Ebert was too influenced by the crowd he saw a film with (such as his review of I Spit on Your Grave), although seeing a movie with a crowd is totally different than seeing it alone (and I miss it!). It's ironic how intolerant these two bozos are to things outside their comfort zones or tastes.

0:47 Charlton Heston in a racist movie? That must have been a huge stretch for him. 🤦‍♀️

"If a woman doesn't do what you want, rape her, slap her around. She won't fight back." Um, isn't the hero almost always a woman who fights back, and aren't the people stabbing women the villains? And don't they always end with the woman fighting back, hence the 'final girl' cliche?

I don't think that they actually see all of the movies. That would take an incredible amount of time. I think they have assistants see some of them and some of the info gets lost in translation. Ebert totally missed certain facts from Exterminator. I remember also that Siskel really blew it trying to explain what happened in the original Terminator movie (not on this vid).

Siskel & Ebert put down a number of perfectly great horror films (like FRIDAY THE 13TH) but sometimes they were right and they were right about NEW YEAR'S EVIL. It's a crummy no talent BLACK CHRISTMAS wannabe. The film's silliness (Stan Laurel mask, dumb script, dumb villain who looks like an evil male fashion model) offended me more than the graphic violence.

Enough with the virtue-signaling, Gene.

Didn't like any of these movies myself they all looked like exploitation flicks