Waxwork
From the comically gothic text of the opening title card to the Lesley Gore finish, Waxwork (1988) is a veritable cornucopia of horror sub-genres and motifs. Released through Vestron Pictures,… Read more »
Tag: 1980s
Invitation To Hell
Michael J. Murphy’s low budget direct-to-video horror classic Invitation To Hell (1982) follows a young woman named Jacky (Becky Simpson) as she contends with demonic possessions, cursed estates, and treacherous… Read more »
The Running Man
The Running Man (1987) continued a trend in American mainstream media of critiquing late Reagan-era conservatism through the moral decay of commercial public television. Like Robocop (1987) and Frank Miller’s… Read more »
The Competition
I first became an Amy Irving fan when I saw The Fury (1978) on a VHS tape that I rented from the public library when I was about twelve years… Read more »
At Close Range
Although shot in Tennessee, At Close Range (1986) is a film that feels authentically Pennsylvanian. So many of the interior spaces look like the spaces that I grew up in…. Read more »
Working Girl
Happy Labor Day! Mike Nichols’ romantic comedy Working Girl (1988) re-imagines the Preston Sturges comedies of the forties for the late eighties; trading in Depression era fantasies of the American… Read more »
Olivia
After completing a pair of films with Andy Warhol, Ulli Lommel embarked on his most prolific and popular phase of his career as a director. This period of Lommel’s career… Read more »
Gebroken spiegels
Dutch auteur Marleen Gorris’ film Gebroken spiegels (1984) is a film of dual narratives. The majority of the film follows the lives of a group of sex workers employed at… Read more »
1990: I guerrieri del Bronx
1990: I guerrieri del Bronx (1982) is a campy fusion of the aesthetics and narratives of The Warriors (1979) with Escape From New York (1981). 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx… Read more »
Fire & Ice
Ralph Bakshi’s film Fire & Ice (1983) came out at the height of popularity for the fantasy film genre. Bakshi, realizing the limitations of special effects of the day, seized… Read more »
