The history of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is as almost notorious as the movie itself; an agonisingly uncomfortable shoot had virtually everyone at each other’s
Tag: 1980s
The Dead Pool
Not to be confused with Ryan Reynolds’ notoriously hyper-verbal superhero, The Dead Pool proved to be the fifth and final case for Clint Eastwood’s ever
The Fly
Its fitting that David Cronenberg’s fantastically goopy remake of 50’s creature feature contains a central, gradual metamorphosis of a misunderstood genius – after all, The
Sudden Impact
Reviewing the sequels that followed in the wake of Don Siegel’s Dirty Harry is somewhat of a thankless task these days. Oh, don’t get me
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
By the time we reached the stardate of 1989, a definite creaking sound was enimating from the bowels of the U.S.S. Enterprise. But it wasn’t
Howling V: The Rebirth
By the time the Howling series had weakly loped to its fifth installment, the one good thing this drawn out shaggy dog story had finally
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
There’s a rule of thumb concerning the earlier, pre-JJ Abrams Star Trek movies that you probably have heard of – it’s the one that states
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
Well, I guess it’s time to once again dip into the Howling franchise, a rapid succession of literal howlers that stands to this day as
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Deep sixing a beloved character in popular fiction has always been fairly complicated. Death threats from outraged basement dwellers with a tenuous grasp of reality
Howling III: The Marsupials
Anyone hoping that the stunning quality drop of Philippe Mora’s Howling II from Joe Dante’s kickass original was only a minor blip in the wildly
Young Guns
The 80’s seemed to be somewhat of a barren time for the western as audiences flocked to a rather different type of all-American hero in
The Final Conflict
Retroactively renamed Omen III – The Final Conflict in order to bring some continuity to the franchise’s titles (this was, of course, long before the
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Ok, real talk. The maiden cinematic voyage of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise didn’t really cut the mustard with a first movie that was
The Howling
It’s not even up for debate that 1981 was emphatically the year of the Werewolf. Not only did it see the release of lycanthope pack
The Long Riders
Y’know, it’s surprising that Walter Hill didn’t make more straight up westerns during the earlier part of a career literally busting at the seams with
Romancing The Stone
In the ranks of underrated action adventure movies of the 80’s, surely no other movie containing acts of rousing darring do deserves more modern column
Troma’s War
After Troma made the giger counters of the world of cult cinema bury their needles with The Toxic Avenger and Class Of Nuke ‘Em high,
House II: The Second Story
The horror comedy is a tough bugger to pull off, make no mistake. Nailing the tone is essential and unless you know exactly what ratio
Critters 2: The Main Course
Say what you will about the devilish, extra-terrestrial creatures known as the Krites, but even though the carnivorous little bastards are usually written off as
Amsterdamned
From Dick Maas, the man who gifted us with the killer lift movie unsurprisingly titled, The Lift (actual tag line: For God’s Sake Use The
