The Boxer’s Omen
The Boxer’s Omen (1983) is one of the most infamously bizarre films that the Shaw Brothers ever produced. The Boxer’s Omen was directed by cult favorite filmmaker Kuei Chih-Hung, who… Read more »
Tag: 1980s
Wilczyca
Wilczyca (1983) is a Polish horror film directed by Marek Piestrak. Piestrak specialized in modestly budgeted horror films that typically had either a folkloric or Gothic bent. Wilczyca is a… Read more »
Der Fan
It would be too easy to sum up Eckhart Schmidt’s film Der Fan (1982) as a horror movie about a teenaged girl’s obsession with a pop star. At every turn… Read more »
1984
Michael Radford’s adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel, 1984, has become something of a classic itself. 1984 (1984) is a masterclass in the power of production design which itself is… Read more »
Eyes Of Fire
Reverend Smythe (Dennis Lipscomb), driven from the Calvinist settlement of New Dalton on account of his adultery, leads a small band of his followers down the Allegheny River into Shawnee… Read more »
Giorgio Moroder’s Metropolis
In 1984, with the aid of the Munich Film Archive, musician and producer Giorgio Moroder oversaw the most complete restoration of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1928) at that time. Moroder intended… Read more »
Alley Cat
Alley Cat (1984) is the story of one woman’s vigilante crusade against crime and injustice. Karin Mani stars as the sassy and jaded karate black-belt Billie. After her grandparents are… Read more »
Je vous salue, Marie
Jean-Luc Godard’s Je vous salue, Marie (1985) adapts that brief portion of The Gospel According To St. Matthew dealing with the Immaculate Conception. Godard omits the contents of the second… Read more »
3615 code Père Noël
3615 code Père Noël (1989) is my favorite Christmas movie. Not only is this film a terribly effective genre piece but it also captures all of the childhood wonder and… Read more »
Cobra
It’s Christmas time in Los Angeles and a new breed of gang, lead by “The Night Slasher” (Brian Thompson), holds the city in terror. The L.A.P.D. has no choice but… Read more »
