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
Tag: 1982
Pieces
Advertised in some corners of the world with the brazenly unsubtle tagline “You don’t have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre”, Pieces is
Tron
Much like The Black Hole or Dragonslayer, Tron was another tonally strange attempt from Disney to bring their live action movies up to date in
Tenebrae
Maestro or misogynist? Those are the two labels that have continously clung to Italian horror master Dario Argento ever since he first started plying his
Blade Runner
The history of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is as almost notorious as the movie itself; an agonisingly uncomfortable shoot had virtually everyone at each other’s
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Ok, real talk. The maiden cinematic voyage of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise didn’t really cut the mustard with a first movie that was
Five Elements Ninjas
It’s once again time to take another flamboyant trip to ancient Hong Kong to witness bursts of athletic violence interspersed with an over complicated plot
Rocky III
At some point in the life of a franchise that started off gritty and achieved the devoted love of an audience, there’s an inevitable change
The Beastmaster
Cinemas in 1982 were positively groaning under the sheer weight of fantasy movies that included such titles like Conan The Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Dragonslayer
The Thing
John Carpenter very well may be one of the beloved genre filmmakers walking this earth and after a quick glance at his filmography (especially during
The Sword And The Sorcerer
Before Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter made fantasy big business in Hollywood, if you wanted to indulge in a cinematic adventure overflowing with
Swamp Thing
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,
Conan The Barbarian
Join me now as I steer you through the days of high adventure and teach you what is best in life as we journey through
The Dark Crystal
Back in 1982, gangly visionary genius – and full time felt frog proctologist – Jim Henson unleashed a vision onto the silver screen the likes
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch
Somewhat marginalised because John Carpenter had the audacity to actually want to do something original with the Halloween franchise; Halloween III could of used a
Creepshow
Arch zombie-meister and genuine horror legend George A. Romero and Stephen King were always a stone’s throw away from collaborating together to the point where
First Blood
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
Basket Case
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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