What a bit of nostalgia! I remembered seeing all of the stories contained within this anthology movie. It must have made an impression on me and I probably saw it in the theater during its initial run. Mind you, it's not great, but there's enough of an '80s vibe and wonky effects to make it endearing. It's certainly not scary in the least and I have no idea why it's an 'R' rated Horror film. I can't decide which story is my most or least favorite. But here's a few thoughts...

"Terror in Topanga" is an okay story that's basically a retelling of an urban legend about a madman killer on the loose. I should kick myself for not seeing its twist coming.

"The Bishop of Battle" brought me back to being a kid when arcades were a huge deal. They didn't have any problems recreating that experience because this movie was made when the arcade scene was in its prime. Emilio Estevez was a young punk and his fight with his Dad is so cliched that's it's funny. I thought the video game effects here were better than they should have been given the nearly B-movie quality of the film overall.

"The Benediction" features Lance Henriksen in another reserved role, playing a priest who's lost his faith and leaves his parish, a journey that begins with a long drive through the desert. This story is kind of a take on "Duel" (Steven Spielberg) except with a demon pickup truck. It's got some funny continuity problems like the year of the Chevrolet Chevelle changing during the movie. I also noticed that the truck drops its front bumper on the ground after jumping and diving nose first, but of course it's intact moments later. It's a dark tale that speaks of the struggles one can experience with faith, but it's surface level as you'd expect from a movie like this.

The final story is called "Night of the Rat" and it features two familiar faces for the time, Ricahrd Masur and Veronica Cartwright. Masur ("Steven") is some kind of corporate bigshot who treats his wife the same way he treats his staff, which is poorly. Cartwright's character ("Claire") is so helpless in this that I might have been like Steven and lost my patience with her at times. However, Steven insists he can take care of a rat problem himself, which clearly isn't the case. There's an old exterminator who sees the damage caused by the rat and offers a theory about the rat being a giant god rat of sorts, that can't be killed. The effect of the giant rat is horribly done and watching it on Blu-ray makes it even worse. But in the end the rat brings Steven and Claire closer again, albeit with a house in tatters and a dead pet cat to show for it. The worst thing about this segment is hearing Claire screaming "Steven!!!!" hundreds of times.