Running Scared
Code Red has done a decent job with restoring Running Scared (1980). The issues I was aware of, in terms of image, have everything to do with the source print… Read more »
Tag: 1980s
Saturn 3
I went into Saturn 3 (1980) as a fan of Martin Amis’ work, particularly The Pregnant Widow, only to discover later that a majority of the final script had been… Read more »
The Beastmaster
After being really impressed with Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) I thought I’d watch his most infamous film, The Beastmaster (1982). The Beastmaster is one of those “sword and sorcery” films,… Read more »
Christiane F.
Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, directed by Ulli Edel, was released in 1981; a year before Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s death, the point in time which critics seem… Read more »
Halloween III
I think that for a certain generation of cinephile when one thinks of Halloween movies they think of a few specific things. Firstly, an eighties synth score; nothing says seasonal… Read more »
Phenomena
Phenomena (1985) is one of those rare “R-rated” kids movies. I say this not just because of Jennifer Connelly’s involvement, which brings Labyrinth (1986) to mind, but because of a… Read more »
The Slumber Party Massacre
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) is one of the great horror-comedies of all time. This may sound like hyperbole, but after finally getting around to seeing this Roger Corman produced… Read more »
Cat People
As director Paul Schrader points out in an interview on the Shout! Factory release of his film Cat People (1982) that a majority of his films, which he either wrote and… Read more »
Lady In White
I don’t know what it is about American films made in the 1980s, but no other era seems to capture the essence of Autumn in the same way. The Autumn… Read more »
Link
If you grew up watching Dunston Checks In (1996) then Link (1986), the former’s disturbed elder cousin, is probably much more terrifying. And though Link features some awesome dialogue, nothing… Read more »
