Tag: 1987

Bulletproof (1987) – Review

It’s not like we need any more examples, but just in case you felt a more under the radar example was needed to prove that

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The Untouchables (1987) – Review

After starting the 80s by making a string of pumped up, psycho-sexual thrillers that tried to out Giallo Dario Argento and out Hitchcock Hitchcock, Brian

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Bloody New Year (1987) – Review

Picture the scenario; a group makes their way to an isolated hotel only to find that it’s stuck in some sort of supernatural limbo and

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Blood Diner (1987) – Review

Nothing sucks the laughs out of a humorous situation quicker than having to explain a joke, but sometimes, when it comes to analysing a horror

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Ghoulies II (1987) – Review

Considering that Charles Band had his eye on the crown of the brand new mini monster sub-genre, you can’t help but think that the prolific

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Prison (1987) – Review

When I look at the brief, but weirdly specific run of “electric chair horror” that sparked up during the late 80s, it really does seem

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Eastern Condors (1987) – Review

If it wasn’t for a cadre of insanely talented martial artist/filmmakers who dragged the Kung-Fu genre out of the locked off, old school mindset, it

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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

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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

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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

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Wicked City (1987) – Review

To be honest, I’ve never know just what the fascination is with 80s and 90s Japanese and the absolute need to fill so many instances

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Django Strikes Again (1987) – Review

Surely there isn’t another franchise that exists that carries as much unnecessary baggage as Django, the 1966 gothic spaghetti western that spawned over thirty (count

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Fatal Attraction (1987) – Review

Sitting snuggly like a malignant tumour somewhere between the fleshy divide of the thriller and horror genre is that string of cinematic pulse pounders that

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Deathstalker II: Duel Of The Titans (1987) – Review

Despite its cult leanings that probably stemmed from a generation of youngsters being enthralled by the acres of exposed flesh on display, the original Deathstalker

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StageFright (1987) – Review

While loaded with a plethora of alternate titles that range from the trippy (Aquarius), to the bizarre (Bloody Bird), StageFright remains a flamboyant and stylish

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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) – Review

After a first instalment that raised some pertinent questions about the law and justice (albeit in a very exploitative way) and a third instalment that

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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) – Review

“This is the most ridiculous story I’ve heard in my life!” maintains curtly moustachioed commanding officer “Wild Bill” Woodward as he gets the lowdown of

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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) – Review

Sleazy slashers don’t come more notorious than Charles E. Sellier Jr’s gleefully grotty, 1984, seasonal slice ‘n dice, Silent Night, Deadly Night. While a fairly

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Hamburger Hill (1987) – Review

Of the three Vietnam movies released virtually on top of each other near the end of the 80s, two have seemed to have somewhat eclipsed

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Innerspace (1987) – Review

I dont know about you, but unless it’s the occasional article suggesting that The ‘Burbs could desperately use more love, there’s a worrying lack of

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