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Rambo III (1988) – Review

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When Sylvester Stallone puts his mind to it his screenplays are timely and full of conscience, be it the tackling intercity poverty or the fate

Willow (1988) – Review

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Consider the fate of Willow, the fantasy collaboration between George Lucas and Ron Howard. Essentially the high concept fusing of Star Wars and Tolken-esque, Lord

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) – Review

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It starts with an explosion. It’s literally the first thing you see and hear. The first of many – as you’d expect from a film

First Blood (1982) – Review

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Before the cartoon patriotism and exploding arrow heads consumed the franchise as it crept deeper into the 80’s there was First Blood; quite possibly the

Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers (1989) – Review

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To be brutally honest, Halloween 5 should have been a slam dunk.After all the pleasantly enjoyable Halloween 4 did all the heavy lifting (bringing Michael

Spider-Man: The Dragon’s Challenge (1981) – Review

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As the third and final Spider-Man 70’s movie swung around, I guess the producers figured a change of scenery was in order. So off we

Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988) – Review

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Six years after the Myers-less Halloween 3 failed to turn the franchice into a annual event featuring a new story every October and seven years

The Last Shark (1981) – Review

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Anyone familiar with the genre cinema of Italy during the 70’s and 80’s know that the filmmakers of that time and place wouldn’t let pesky

The Running Man (1987) – Review

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 80’s/90’s genre output usually sits in one of two camps. The first are the timeless classics that age impressively well due to well

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) – Review

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The years have been pretty kind to Tobe Hooper’s madcap and legitimately deranged sequel to his cold stone original classic but it wasn’t always the

Batman (1989) – Review

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Some of you out there may remember what it was like when Batman was released to a drooling public back in 1989. Yes, the grumbles

Cujo (1983) – Review

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One of the greatest aspects of Stephen King’s writing is that the more out-there horror aspects of his stories mask the human stories that float

Basket Case (1982) – Review

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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

The Shining (1980) – Review

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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

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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

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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

June 3, 2019 greigzilla

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