There’s an old adage that reads “at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” and despite the comedic team of ZAZ (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) nailing
Tag: 1980s
The Nine Demons (1984) – Review
While I wouldn’t say I’m an expert of classic Kung-Fu (far from it, but I’m trying to learn) I do know crazy when I see
Hell Of The Living Dead (1980) – Review
The average 80s Italian zombie movie usually arrived on other shores armed with the odd alternate title, but even by these standards, Hell Of The
Nightmare City (1980) – Review
Nowadays, zombies (or should I say, zombies archetypes) come in all shapes and sizes. Fast ones, slow ones, smart ones, ones that can be romantic
Ninja III: The Domination (1984) – Review
During its reign, The Cannon Group were responsible for some truly bizarre choices that stretched far beyond their infamously curious business plan. There’s their attempt
Cop (1988) – Review
The genre of the hard boiled cop pushed too far by the system pretty much hit it’s zenith in the 70s thanks to the sight
Without Warning (1980) – Review
It’s truly facinating how echoes of film concepts can drift through the ether and pop up again in a completely different form that still carry
Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987) – Review
Some movie cement their place in immortality by crafting a sublime experience that takes you to another world so completely that for a while at
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987) – Review
Anyone who has watched the thoroughly unnecessary Dirty Dozen TV movie, Deadly Mission, will probably agree that it’s an extremely pale imitation of an original
Revenge Of The Ninja (1983) – Review
If I’ve said it once on this site, I’ve said it a thousand times, sometimes the thread marking the barriers between a bad film, a
Watchers (1988) – Review
I think it’s a fair comment to state that Dean R. Koontz hasn’t quite had the same luck as Stephen King when it comes to
Full Metal Jacket (1987) – Review
It may be a supremely callous thing to suggest, but even though the horror of the Vietnam war devastated an entire generation, split a country
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988) – Review
True story. When I watched The Fatal Mission, the fourth and final entry into the thoroughly unnecessary trio of TV movie sequels to follow The
Enter The Ninja (1981) – Review
While the 80s where hardly a fortress of restraint, surely one of the most amusing tropes of the decade was Cannon Films’ insistence that action
The Stuff (1985) – Review
Arguably the face of 80s horror satire, Larry Cohen made his name delivering a string of absurd B-movie premises such as killer babies and flying,
Dead & Buried (1981) – Review
When you think of 80s horror, chances are you’ll conjure in your mind one of the nearly endless string of slashers that dominated the start
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) – Review
You just don’t get that many war time sequels, do you?I mean, there’s certainly enough characters who have served in the military who tend to
The Karate Kid Part III (1989) – Review
Just how much mileage can you get out of a young Karate student and his bond with this aging mentor? Well, if you’re John G.
The Karate Kid Part II (1986) – Review
While I’ve always found The Karate Kid to be too twee for my personal tastes, I have to say I do get why the high-kicking
Wild Geese II (1985) – Review
When it comes to well formulated plans of grizzled dudes going wildly awry, the story behind Wild Geese II manages to somehow match the rather
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