It seems that not even the animal amok genre was safe from that crazed stable of movies from the merry old land of Oz, fittingly
Tag: 1980s
My Bloody Valentine
In the gory, glory days of the golden age of the slasher movie, the titles that rose to the top of the pile became household
Poltergeist III
A franchise burning out is nothing new; in fact once audience interest starts to wane, there’s no garantee that even the biggest film series can’t
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
After the runaway success of Poltergeist – the result of the controversial union of Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper – a sequel seemed like a
The Deadly Spawn
Sometimes, there’s nothing more warming to the cockles of my heart than seeing a bunch of youngsters, utterly out of their depth and blessedly naive
Beverly Hills Cop II
There’s no two ways about it, a follow up to Beverly Hills Cop should have been nothing short a slam dunk. Just look at the
Poltergeist
Most ghost movies usually rely on subtlety to give an audience a taste of what lurks on the other side – take Robert Wise’s work
Beverly Hills Cop
In a decade known for absurdly swole action heroes recklessly turning nameless bad guys into human doughnuts with enough firepower to overthrow Cuba, Beverly Hills
Nomads
We all have to start somewhere, I suppose, even if the starting point doesn’t really reflect your successes. Take John McTiernen for example, the man
Prince Of Darkness
John Carpenter’s always been a very meat and potatoes auteur, content to have his concepts laid out in an easy to digest way thanks to
The Funhouse
Even though it features a masked maniac boring through teens one at a time with a roaring powerful, I’ve always been loath to class The
Deadly Friend
Wes Craven’s ability to craft imaginative, fantastical horrors with a sobering, violent edge is virtually second to none when to take in the weird and
The Killer
After the literal smoke had cleared from the iconic climax of A Better Tomorrow II, it seemed that action maestro John Woo was poised to
Invitation To Hell
It’s truly phenomenal what skeletons you can dig up when pulling a deep search into the filmography of a beloved auteur and for an extra
Deadly Blessing
How does one go from the relentless, sordid brutality of Last House On The Left and The Hills Have Eyes to slicker, more populist fare
The Young Master
With his second directorial effort, we find injury prone, action/comedy deity immortal, Jackie Chan winding ever closer to kung-fu nirvana with his game changing masterpiece,
Zombi 5: Killing Birds (AKA. Zombie Flesh Eaters 4)
We’ve covered the lawless world of 80’s Italian genre cinema quite a few times before, be it their blatant disinterest in copyright laws to their
Starman
Anyone who is familiar with the filmography of cult messiah John Carpenter will be comfortably aware of the themes that course through the various plots
Back To The Future Part II
Even during his 80’s blockbuster phase, director Robert Zemeckis seemed to relish making things ridiculously difficult for himself. Even before he was manipulating technology to
Red Sonja
To put it bluntly, the road to Hollywood accepting that women can carry action movies has been as smooth as the back of a Stegasaurus
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