Born from the grindhouse flea pits on 42nd Street of 70’s New York, Frank Henenlotter’s gloriously grim and grimy debut feature, Basket Case is a
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The Shining (1980) – Review
Deeply iconic, gut gnawingly creepy and referenced from everything from Seed Of Chucky to Ready Player One, The Shining is, simply put, one of the
The Fog (1980) – Review
How the Hell do you follow a beast like Halloween? John Carpenter’s suburban based horror groundbreaker had landed hard and was well on it’s way
Gamera: Super Monster (1980) – Review
God dammit, Daiei, just what the hell is wrong with you?Imagine me saying this out loud as one long exhausted sigh while pinching the bridge
Halloween II (1981) – Review
Gliding from the shadows and into cinemas like it’s ethereal, white-masked antagonist, Halloween II was something of an anomaly back in the heady days of
Return Of Swamp Thing (1989) – Review
No one was really expecting, or particularly wanted, a sequel to the 1982 Sawmp Thing movie in which the mossy maestro was potrayed by a
Swamp Thing (1982) – Review
In the swirly mists of the vast no man’s land between the release of Superman: The Movie in 1978 and Tim Burton’s Batman in 1989,
The Terminator (1984) – Review
When you look at James Cameron’s recent work (if you can consider the fact that Avatar was released over 10 years ago, recent) it’s so
Predator (1987) – Review
Whenever anyone suggests a poll of the greatest action movie made in the 80’s, director John McTiernen must feel at least a little smug. You
Cat’s Eye (1985) – Review
It could be argued that the 80’s obsession for newly adapting all things Stephen King could be compared to the California gold rush of 1849,
Alligator (1980) – Review
In the years following the boffo box office of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, it was only natural for Hollywood to jump into the metaphorical swamps of
Evil Dead 2 (1987) – Review
Right, brace yourself… I’m about to hit you with some knowledge that may initially sit uneasily with you. You ready?Evil Dead 2 is without a
Shocker (1989) – Review
When younger, did you have a film that you loved and adored and when you grew up, did you find out to your dismay that
They Live (1988) – Review
Surfacing during a time when Regan’s politics were powerbombing the American working class through the announcer’s table of poverty, John Carpenter’s They Live is quite
Silver Bullet (1985) – Review
Based on Stephen King’s novella “Cycle Of The Werewolf” – a title that’s too on the nose even for a werewolf movie, I guess –
The Evil Dead (1981) – Review
Back in 1981, a small group of twenty-somethings from Detroit, Michigan released a small independent horror movie into the wild. Financed by pleading with dentists,
The Blob (1988) – Review
When people sit and discuss great remakes (as I assume we all often do…), conversation inevitably turns to The Thing and The Fly, two movies
Maximum Overdrive (1986) – Review
“I’m gonna scare the Hell outta you, and that’s a promise!” threatens Stephen King himself as he leers at you from the trailer for his
Child’s Play (1988) – Review
Joining an established club with entrenched members is never easy, especially when membership means being embraced by the public in general and this goes doubly
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Review
By the time it was time to make a sequel to the biggest film in the world, George Lucas backed out. The sheer stress of
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