Retro Blood 249: Night Vision (1987) 😈📼🩸

Join James Kline and J.H. Alison as Retro Blood continues our month of Satan in 1980s Horror Movies with the ultra-low-budget underground oddity Night Vision (1987)—and no, we're NOT talking about the later movie featuring Henry Rollins! This is the bizarre Michael Kruger production that feels like a Satanic home-video fever dream. We kick things off with quick thoughts on the movie and its strange SOP-style, straight-to-VHS presentation. We talk about the era of Satanic VCR tapes, underground horror videos, and the low-budget filmmakers trying to cash in on the Satanic Panic of the '80s. While the movie is definitely bizarre, we give credit where it's due and respect the filmmakers for creating something this ambitious with such limited resources. Then we dive into the making of the film, discussing Michael Kruger's involvement, where the movie was shot, the behind-the-scenes stories from the editor and extras, and how the production managed to pull together its creepy atmosphere with almost no money. We also talk about the homemade effects, the rough editing, the look and feel of an underground VHS production, and why movies like this are such fascinating time capsules of the video-store era. Finally, we deliver a full breakdown of the movie, covering Andy's questionable decision-making, Jill's arrival, Vinnie and his short-guy problems, the bizarre low-budget Satanic baby ritual video, and all the strange moments that make Night Vision such a unique piece of '80s horror history. And before we wrap things up, the boys put on their producer hats and come up with their own idea for a Night Vision sequel—because apparently this movie needs even MORE Satanic VHS madness! It's cheap, weird, Satanic, and proudly underground—only on Retro Blood! 😈📼🔥 #RetroBlood #NightVision1987 #80sHorror #SatanicHorror #SatanicPanic #VHSHorror #CultHorror #UndergroundHorror #LowBudgetHorror #OccultHorror #HorrorPodcast #RetroHorror #SatanicHorrorMonth