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
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Troma’s War (1988) – Review
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 (1987) – Review
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 (1988) – Review
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 (1988) – Review
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 (1987) – Review
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 (1986) – Review
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 (1986) – Review
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 (1986) – Review
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 (1986) – Review
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 (1986) – Review
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 (1988) – Review
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 (1988) – Review
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 (2020) – Review
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 (1985) – Review
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 (1984) – Review
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 (1984) – Review
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
Zombi 4: After Death (Aka. Zombie Flesh Eaters 3) (1989) – Review
Described by it’s own director as the last gasp for Italian zombie gore film, 1989’s After Death doesn’t even warrant that much. Gifted more aliases
Rawhead Rex (1986) – Review
If you ever wondered what galvanized author Clive Barker into rolling up his sleeves and personally directing adaptations of his writings himself then you have
Slugs (1988) – Review
What is it about old-school horror authors co-opting nature’s various creations into flesh consuming engines of destruction – Peter Benchley had his sharks, James Herbert
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