The Net (1995)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex takes a journey back to the days when AOL was king and that dial-up noise would soothe the soul. This is The Net. And it has a perfectly cheesy trailer.

Overview: The movie opens with the U.S. Undersecretary of Defense receiving distressing news and having his driver take him about town to clear his head. After calling his wife and kid on his giant 90s cell phone and apologizing for having to work late, the man calmly loads a revolver and kills himself in a park. The significance of this is left unexplained for about 80 minutes (and is ultimately kind of inconsequential for something the movie spends so much time setting up).

Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)

Today on Movie Russian Roulette, Alex sits through an uncomfortable borderline-porn that seemed to think way more people would be into sexy werewolves than actually were.

As usual, furries don't count

Overview: A Montana sheriff, Ben, is mourning his sister, Karen, who was killed in a bizarre incident while working as a TV news anchorwoman. His sort-of girlfriend (it's not really clear), who is also a reporter, has taken an interest in Karen's death as part of incidents involving "wild dogs" (emphasis most definitely mine). A well-dressed man informs the duo after the funeral that Karen was a werewolf after showing them "the lost tape" from her last broadcast (where she transforms on the air by putting on an ape mask and gets killed), and this of course inspires them to fight against a sexy werewolf army.

...That's never going to get any less creepy to type.