After his previous attempt to crack America with Battle Creek Brawl didn’t exactly set the world on fire, Jackie Chan took another swing at the
Tag: 1980s
Tron (1982) – Review
Much like The Black Hole or Dragonslayer, Tron was another tonally strange attempt from Disney to bring their live action movies up to date in
Phenomena (1985) – Review
Dario Argento has shown us some undeniably gnarly shit throughout his long and fascinating career of horror films but the jaw dropping visuals he employs
The Lost Boys (1987) – Review
It’s easy to look at The Lost Boys from the (relatively) safe confines of the 2020’s and merely proclaim it as a defining, rollicking, 80’s
Tenebrae (1982) – Review
Maestro or misogynist? Those are the two labels that have continously clung to Italian horror master Dario Argento ever since he first started plying his
Inferno (1980) – Review
Not to be confused with the Dan Brown adaptation that saw Tom Hanks scurrying around Europe with amnesia, Inferno is Dario Argento’s batshit follow up
The Dead Zone (1983) – Review
During the whirlwind of Stephen King adaptations that followed in the wake of Brian DePalma’s sublime Carrie, it seemed like everyone was wrestling to grab
Firestarter (1984) – Review
Even when Stephen King side-shifted into something other than straight horror, Hollywood was still desperately clamouring to slap every word he ever wrote up there
Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985) – Review
A decline in quality with any long running franchise is not only inevitable but usually expected as every film series has at least one dud
Children Of The Corn (1984) – Review
There’s a couple of things you had to put up with if you were a Stephen King fan in the 80’s with the first being
The Fly II (1989) – Review
How in the name of Cronenberg do you possibly top The Fly?The smart money says you don’t, but Hollywood lays ridiculous amounts of cash on
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) – Review
Admittedly there had been killer Santas on screen before – most notably in 1972 anthology movie Tales From The Crypt and 1980’s deliciously titled Christmas
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1989) – Review
There’s always a pressure with sequels to outdo the original – it’s only natural. After all, go big or go home has seemed to be
Hellraiser (1987) – Review
The 80’s were an insanely fertile time for the horror genre where genuinely imaginative and freakish classics were seemingly sprouting up everywhere. 1981 alone gave
Beetlejuice (1988) – Review
There are many wonderful things about the career of Tim Burton that’s depressingly easy to forget when you look at his rather soulless output the
City Of The Living Dead (1980) – Review
I’ve often found it a little frustrating that the old school maestros of Italian horror such as Argento, Bava and Soavi are hailed for their
Lifeforce (1985) – Review
Is there a more apt movie that exists that sums up the questionable business practices of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus’ legendary cult factory, Canon
Blade Runner (1982) – Review
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
The Dead Pool (1988) – Review
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 (1986) – Review
It’s 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
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