Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) – Review

By as early as 1981, Steven Spielberg had pretty much already set his legacy in concrete with the releases of the genre defining Jaws and

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Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981) – Review

If James Cameron had his way – and to be honest, he usually does – his illustrious filmography of box office breaking, cinematic world building

Mad Max 2 (1981) – Review

Sometimes known by the unfeasibly bad-ass title “The Road Warrior”, George Miller’s ambitiously deranged sequel to his own DIY dystopian original somehow is regularly forgotten

Dragonslayer (1981) – Review

When you think of live action Disney movies from years gone by you very may well think of bright, playful romps starring either animated characters

An American Werewolf In London (1981) – Review

When casting my eye over the frequently unloved werewolf genre (one of the benefits of having no real life to speak off), I’m always shocked

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

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

The Last Shark (1981) – Review

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

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

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,

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