Call Me Tonight
The folks over at Bleeding Skull! have described the OVA Call Me Tonight (1986) as the “cute” Urotsukidōji (1989), and they aren’t wrong. But calling any thing “cute” in comparison… Read more »
Tag: 1980s
The Worst Witch
The first time I saw The Worst Witch (1986) was in the first grade. At my elementary school on Halloween classes ended at mid-day for a costume parade followed by… Read more »
Lubię nietoperze
Lubię nietoperze (1985), or in english I Like Bats, has been “re-discovered” thanks to critic and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse. Lubię nietoperze is profiled in Janisse’s masterful study House Of Psychotic… Read more »
The Return Of The Living Dead
Borne out of a legal dispute between the original filmmakers behind Night Of The Living Dead (1968), The Return Of The Living Dead (1985) manages to be a remarkably cohesive… Read more »
Zombie High
Few movies look and feel as much a part of their moment as Zombie High (1987). This oddball horror-comedy is eighties to the hilt. Besides that it’s the cast that… Read more »
The Slayer
J.S. Cardone made a career in the independent and straight to video markets as a writer, director and producer. The Slayer (1982), Cardone’s first feature, already has on display Cardone’s… Read more »
Night School
Night School (1981) opens with a series of shots of lamp lit alley ways and wet streets as the credits roll. These images of historic Boston evoke the nighttime terrors… Read more »
The Fan
According to Michael Biehn the production of The Fan (1981) went less than smooth. In an interview on the Shout! Factory Blu-Ray of The Fan Biehn describes how Lauren Bacall… Read more »
Perdues dans New York
Two little girls happen upon each other in the rural countryside of France and decide to play together. They steal away into the attic of an abandoned farm house with… Read more »
The Mutilator
When Ed (Matt Mitler) was a little boy he accidentally shot and murdered his mother while cleaning one of his father’s (Jack Chatham) rifles. Now in law school, Ed’s father… Read more »
