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
Tag: 1980s
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
No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder
Sequels that refuse to follow on from their predecessors are a curious beast – and I’m not talking the Evil Dead’s disinterest in following it’s
House
Not to be confused with the adventures of Hugh Lauries’ massive wanker of a doctor, or the utterly indescribable 1977 Japanese horror fantasy fever dream,
Critters
In the wake of Joe Dante’s magnificently subversive Gremlins, Hollywood predictably had a two-for-one sale on any script that featured assaults from gangs of diminutive
No Retreat, No Surrender
America obviously doesn’t have the same history with the medium of martial arts as the places that birthed them; but when has that ever stopped
The Golden Child
To a certain generation, Eddie Murphy is known as the beloved star of of such family extravaganzas such as Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek The Third
TerrorVision
Satire is tough to pull off, especially if A) you’re in the sci-fi and/or horror genre and B) you aren’t Paul Verhoven, but that doesn’t
The Brain
Born from what I’d assume to be the paranoid fever dream of someone who mainlined way too much maple syrup, the 1988 Canadian oddity known
Slime City
Sometimes all a film needs to exist is the will of someone who isn’t afraid to scrape up a budget in order to immortalise utter
Grizzly II: Revenge
Much like an unkillable creature in the final act of a nature run amock horror/thriller, some animals just don’t know when to stay dead. But
Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
After the unquenchable thirst for more Star Wars content birthed the impressively ropey Caravan Of Courage back in 1984, it appeared that viewing figures would
Caravan Of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
Could you imagine a Jar Jar Binks movie where he has a side adventure to babysit a precious child, or even a Tarzan style movie
Rats: Night Of Terror
When he wasn’t ripping of Romero (Zombie Creeping Flesh), Rambo (Strike Commando) and Cameron (Shocking Dark), Italian schlock artist Bruno Mattei is probably also famous
