1986 – We Have Issues

Chopping Mall (1986) – Review

August 28, 2026 greigzilla

No other decade could ladle on the cheese quite like the 80s, and if the purveyors of said cinematic fromage include the likes of schlock-meisters

Castle In The Sky (1986) – Review

April 22, 2026 greigzilla

You’d think that when starting a brand new animation house, you’d want to come up with something as fiercely original as you possibly could to

Blue Velvet (1986) – Review

March 6, 2026 greigzilla

It’s easy to imagine that David Lynch – cinema’s premier practitioner of surreal dream weaving – was always incredibly steadfast in his abilities when it

Vamp (1986) – Review

October 28, 2025 greigzilla

For ageless creatures that essentially have the powers of gods once the sun goes down, vampires sure do like to be strippers. From From Dusk

The Karate Kid Part II (1986) – Review

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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

Fist Of The North Star (1986) – Review

January 2, 2025 greigzilla

Like a punch that reduces the human skull to so much tapioca, the anime explosion of the 90s literally blew my mind as all these

Armor Of God (1986) – Review

November 30, 2024 greigzilla

To say that Jackie Chan was something of a big deal in the mid-eighties was something of a understatement. While it may be tough to

Highlander (1986) – Review

April 4, 2024 greigzilla

“Wow! I feel like I’m in the Highlander!” marveled that great philosopher, Ricky Bobby near the end of Talladega Nights and while it sadly never

Dolls (1986) – Review

January 22, 2024 greigzilla

If there’s one thing schlock producer Charles Band seems to love (aside from making low budget movies, of course), its killer dolls. From the days

The Hitcher (1986) – Review

August 3, 2023 greigzilla

Some movies, not unlike some people, are just born mean. They busy themselves by being as cruel and unsettling as they can be and refuse

The Seventh Curse (1986) – Review

March 16, 2023 greigzilla

Ever wonder what would have happened if a time traveler went back and accidentally stepped on a bug, causing an alternate reality where Sam Raimi

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

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

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

Platoon (1986) – Review

July 1, 2022 greigzilla

I can’t speak for anybody else, but in my mind, common wisdom decrees that there is an unholy trinity of quintessential Vietnam movies that’s made

A Better Tomorrow (1986) – Review

June 14, 2022 greigzilla

These days, the many themes and visual tricks of action maestro John Woo are incredibly well known as his frenetic, slow motion gunplay, religious iconography

The Delta Force (1986) – Review

May 23, 2022 greigzilla

Say what you will about First Blood Part II’s bombastic attempts at catharsis in the wake of the Vietnam war, at least it never contained

Stand By Me (1986) – Review

April 25, 2022 greigzilla

Sometimes, when you’re famous for indulging in a particular genre, people tend to overlook just how good you really are at telling a story –

Top Gun (1986) – Review

April 12, 2022 greigzilla

Anyone familiar with the comedy stylings of stoney faced, stand-up Rich Hall must be familiar with his bit about how Tom Cruise movies are all

The Fly (1986) – Review

October 5, 2021 greigzilla

It’s fitting that David Cronenberg’s fantastically goopy remake of 50’s creature feature contains a central, gradual metamorphosis of a misunderstood genius – after all, The

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