Pitfall Gary, Author at The Retro Network

The Devil Made Us Do It: Inside the Satanic Panic

If you grew up in the 1980s, odds are somebody decided at least one thing you loved was dangerous or even downright evil. Heavy metal could lead you to Satan. Dungeons & Dragons was accused

Raised by Monsters: How Horror Became Part of Growing Up Gen X

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Growing up in the ’80s was a weird time. Adults warned us about strangers, staying out too late, and hanging around places we had no business being. Meanwhile, some of the biggest movies of the

Top 10 Cold War Movies of the 1980s

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The 1980s were a decade of big hair, neon lights, and synth-heavy soundtracks but beneath the pop culture glow, a much darker reality simmered: nuclear war. For kids in the 80s, the Cold War wasn’t

Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

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Tuesday, 28 January 1986 In January 1986 I was in 7th grade, attending a private Christian school. On a normal day we would start out with Math class. Tuesday, 28 January 1986 wasn’t a normal

The Whyte Python World Tour Review

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Whyte Python World Tour By Travis Kennedy (2025) When I first heard about The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy I knew I had to read the book. It’s right in my

Pigskin Pick’em: Football Movies to Watch Before the Big Game

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When the NFL playoffs roll in, there’s no better warm‑up than revisiting the football movies that shaped our weekends, from underdog classics to gridiron comedies that still hit like a perfect Sunday kickoff.

1986 Retrospective

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As we kick off 2026, the “forty-year itch” is hitting the retro community. While every year of the ’80s carries its own brand of nostalgia, 1986 stands out as a true turning point, a year

Iconic Halloween Candy Born in the 80s

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If you grew up in the 1980s, candy was both a treat and an adventure. Walking into the corner store or the gas station you were met with a rainbow of wrappers, but that rainbow

Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s

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LISTEN NOW! The premiere episode of Gen X Archives podcast! What better way to kick it off than with a Halloween episode Halloween night, 1980s, the streets were full of ghosts, goblins, clowns and one

John Carpenter, The Master of Horror

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With Halloween right around the corner I have a few movies from the master of Horror himself, John Carpenter. Not the normal Carpenter movies, these are a few of his underrated and often overlooked movies.

Freddy’s Nightmares: The Top 5 Episodes

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Freddy’s Nightmares A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series Freddy’s Nightmares was a television spin-off of the highly successful A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise, airing during the height of Freddy Krueger’s popularity in

Ruh-Roh! The Top 10 Scariest Monsters from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premiered on CBS in September 1969 and changed Saturday mornings forever. Scooby-Doo was created by Ken Spears and Joe Ruby, who also created Jabberjaw, Captain Caveman, Dynomutt and many more great

Michael Jackson’s Thriller: Little Known Facts About the Iconic Music Video

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Micheal Jackson, the King of Pop, was a huge star from a young age. The creation of MTV and Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video propelled him onto another level. His music videos were always a

Fall 1985 TV Preview: New Shows That Defined the Season

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Kids are back in school, the season officially changed from Summer to Fall, or Autumn if you’re nasty and that can only mean one thing… A new TV season is right around the corner! Nowadays

Alien: Earth: The Horror Comes Home

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The Alien franchise started in 1979 with a low-budget script by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett who envisioned a simple horror story set in space. Ridley Scott came on board as director and used H.R.

Killer Kobra (2025): Rediscovering Comics

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In the last issue of Rediscovering Comics I read Terror & Fury by Zenescope. Having enjoyed a new (to me) publisher and comic I decided to stay in the same universe for this review. I