On this episode, we continue our mini-series on the movies of Empire Pictures, concentrating on the films they released theatrically in 1988 and 1989, all the movies they would release directly to video, a summation of the decline of Empire Pictures, and what happened to Empire Pictures head Charles Band after he left the company.

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The titles discussed during this episode include (direct to video titles in italics):

Arena (1991, Peter Manoogian)Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988, Anita Rosenberg)Buy and Cell (1989, Robert Boris)The Caller (1989, Arthur Allen Seidelman)Catacombs (1993, David Schmoeller)Cellar Dweller (1988, John Carl Buechler)Cemetery High (1989, Gorman Bechard)Deadly Weapon (1989, Michael Miner)Dr. Alien (1989, David DeCoteau)Galactic Gigolo (1988, Gorman Bechard)Ghost Town (1989, Richard Governor)Ghost Warrior (1986, J. Larry Carroll)Grotesque (1988, Joe Tornatore)Intruder (1989, Scott Spiegel)Mutant Hunt (1987, Tim Kincaid)Necropolis (1987, Bruce Hickey)The Occultist (1989, Tim Kincaid)Pulse Pounders (2012/13/??, Charles Band)Prison (1988, Renny Harlin)Robot Jox (1990, Stuart Gordon)Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988, David DeCoteau)Spellcaster (1992, Rafal Zielinski)Valet Girls (1987, Rafal Zielinski)Zombiethon (1987, Ken Dixon)