This episode takes a look at Hemdale Films, an outfit that started in 1967 and is better known as the production company behind The Terminator, Platoon and The Last Emperor, whose turn to theatrical exhibition was mired by a plethora of lawsuits and yielded one true masterpiece and one classic weird movie.

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The movies discussed during this episode:

Blood Red (1989, Peter Masterson)
The Boost (1988, Harold Becker)
Burke and Wills (1987, Graeme Clifford)
Buster (1988, David Green)
Cohen and Tate (1989, Eric Red)
Criminal Law (1989, Martin Campbell)
Defence of the Realm (1986, David Drury)
The Everlasting Secret Family (1989, Michael Thornhill)
Ha-Holmim/Once We Were Dreamers/Unsettled Land (1989, Uri Barbash)
High Season (1988, Clare Peploe)
The Howling 2 (1985, Phillipe Mora)
Inside Out (1987, Robert Taicher)
A Killing Affair (1988, Richard C. Sarafian)
The Last Emperor (1987, Bernardo Bertolucci)
Love at Stake (1987, John Moffitt)
Made in USA (1987, Ken Friedman)
Miracle Mile (1989, Steve De Jarnatt)
My Little Girl (1987, Connie Kaiserman)
Out Cold (1989, Malcolm Mowbray)
River's Edge (1987, Tim Hunter)
Salvador (1986, Oliver Stone)
Scenes from the Goldmine (1987, Marc Rocco)
Shag: The Movie (1989, Zelda Barron)
Staying Together (1989, Lee Grant)
Supergrass (1988, Peter Richardson)
The Tale of Ruby Rose (1988, Roger Scholes)
The Terminator (1984, James Cameron)
The Time Guardian (1989, Brian Hannant)
Vampire's Kiss (1989, Robert Bierman)
War Party (1988, Franc Roddam)
The Whistle Blower (1987, Simon Langton)