1980s – Page 9 – We Have Issues

Top 5 ’80s Action Films

May 5, 2023 Paul Wilkinson

The ’80s were a golden era for action films. Gone were the cynical elder leads of the ’70s, making way for the musclebound, one-liner spouting,

Battle Beyond The Stars (1980) – Review

May 3, 2023 greigzilla

If you thought Guardians Of The Galaxy was a space opera that boasted some exceedingly eccentric characters, you really should take a gander at Battle

Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (1983) – Review

May 2, 2023 greigzilla

In the wake of George Lucas’ world dominating, sci-fi/fantasy, Star Wars, the race was on to concoct as many movies as possible that copied that

Wanted Dead Or Alive (1987) – Review

April 26, 2023 greigzilla

Anyone who has witnessed the glacial cool that Rutger Hauer bestowed to either of the genuinely terrifying villains of Blade Runner or The Hitcher might

Shogun Assassin (1980) – Review

April 17, 2023 greigzilla

For those of you who know, there’s quite a potent argument against me reviewing Shogun Assassin considering I’ve already review the entirety of the Lone

Q – The Winged Serpent (1982) – Review

April 6, 2023 greigzilla

Ok, picture the scene: it’s maybe around the mid-to-early eighties and if you can believe it, I’m an offensively adorable kid who around five or

Prom Night (1980) – Review

March 7, 2023 greigzilla

Among the voluminous hair, sexual promiscuity and spectacular bloodletting of the 80’s slasher brigade, one particularly iconic title stood out a little from the pack.

Razorback (1984) – Review

February 22, 2023 greigzilla

It seems that not even the animal amok genre was safe from that crazed stable of movies from the merry old land of Oz, fittingly

My Bloody Valentine (1981) – Review

February 14, 2023 greigzilla

In the gory, glory days of the golden age of the slasher movie, the titles that rose to the top of the pile became household

Poltergeist III (1988) – Review

February 4, 2023 greigzilla

A franchise burning out is nothing new; in fact once audience interest starts to wane, there’s no garantee that even the biggest film series can’t

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) – Review

January 20, 2023 greigzilla

After the runaway success of Poltergeist – the result of the controversial union of Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper – a sequel seemed like a

The Deadly Spawn (1983) – Review

January 17, 2023 greigzilla

Sometimes, there’s nothing more warming to the cockles of my heart than seeing a bunch of youngsters, utterly out of their depth and blessedly naive

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) – Review

January 3, 2023 greigzilla

There’s no two ways about it, a follow up to Beverly Hills Cop should have been nothing short a slam dunk. Just look at the

Poltergeist (1982) – Review

December 30, 2022 greigzilla

Most ghost movies usually rely on subtlety to give an audience a taste of what lurks on the other side – take Robert Wise’s work

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) – Review

December 12, 2022 greigzilla

In a decade known for absurdly swole action heroes recklessly turning nameless bad guys into human doughnuts with enough firepower to overthrow Cuba, Beverly Hills

Nomads (1986) – Review

November 26, 2022 greigzilla

We all have to start somewhere, I suppose, even if the starting point doesn’t really reflect your successes. Take John McTiernen for example, the man

Prince Of Darkness (1987) – Review

October 24, 2022 greigzilla

John Carpenter’s always been a very meat and potatoes auteur, content to have his concepts laid out in an easy to digest way thanks to

The Funhouse (1981) – Review

September 30, 2022 greigzilla

Even though it features a masked maniac boring through teens one at a time with a roaring powerful, I’ve always been loath to class The

Deadly Friend (1986) – Review

September 28, 2022 greigzilla

Wes Craven’s ability to craft imaginative, fantastical horrors with a sobering, violent edge is virtually second to none when to take in the weird and

The Killer (1989) – Review

September 15, 2022 greigzilla

After the literal smoke had cleared from the iconic climax of A Better Tomorrow II, it seemed that action maestro John Woo was poised to

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