As the imaginative excesses of the 80’s drew to a close, the established, iconic horror directors of the era that had seen their careers flourish
Tag: 1990
Killer Crocodile 2
Looking back over my previous review of Fabrizio De Angelis’ original Killer Crocodile, I was stunned to see I’d given it a whopping three stars
Alligator II: The Mutation
These days, when a sequel appears after a long time after the original graced the screen, the chances are it’s being hailed as legacy sequel
Back To The Future Part III
Sometimes movies just get a bad rap for no other reason than they decided to do something a tad left field. Take the concluding chapter
Graveyard Shift
Possibly one of the most frustrating things about a duff Stephen King adaptation is the choice of certain filmmakers to allow the deeper meanings of
The Hunt For Red October
Before the empathic brows of John Krasinski, the firm confidence of Chris Pine, the flustered jawline of Ben Affleck or the defiant pointing of Harrison
Tremors
Sometimes there’s nothing more reassuring than settling down and watching a good old homage. Call it nostalgia, or possibly my rapidly advancing age, but watching
Bullet In The Head
Those of you familiar with the Hong Kong output of action maestro John Woo – before he moved to the States and gave us Broken
Young Guns II
Back in 1988, a clutch of Hollywood’s most fanciable males were rounded up into a group and appeared in Young Guns, a scrappy, but surprisingly
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
With the arrival of the final installment of the No Retreat, No Surrender franchise (unless you count the unofficial rebranding of the 1990 kick fest
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
After the success of their 80’s trash classic The Toxic Avenger gave them global recognition on a cult scale (not to mention their endearing mascot,
Marked For Death
1990 wasn’t a good year to be a Jamaican male in an American movie; after all, Disney’s Cool Runnings was still three years away and
Psycho IV: The Beginning
By the time 1990 came around, the powers that be decreed that for it’s 30th anniversary, Hitchcock’s seminal, shower slasher deserved a special celebration –
Quigley Down Under
While the title may off-handedly sound like slang for being aroused (as in: “Oooh, I’m feeling a bit quigley, down under!”), this 90’s crack at
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Back in ’84, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s nutzoid, yet devilishly compelling indie comic was unleashed on the world and promptly caught on like fucking
Basket Case 2
80’s trash overlord Frank Henenlotter made his name in the realms of insanely low budget horror with the gloriously deranged Basket Case, the twisted tale
Rocky V
After the fist pumping, USA chanting, cartoony foolishness of his fourth outing, the powers that be decided that maybe it was time to reign Rocky
Darkman
Seen these days as somewhat of an eccentric weirdo upon it’s release in 1990 Darkman could also be seen as a hyper-active dry run for
Hardware
Back in 1990 Richard Stanley was poised to a bold new voice in genre filmmaking as he launched his low budget, nihilistic, trippy, sci-fi horror
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
By the 1990’s, Joe Dante’s output wasn’t what it should have been… starting his career with suprisingly his intelligent schlock monster opuses Piranha and The
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