The Hidden
When I was in the sixth grade I went through a very serious Twin Peaks phase. As a part of my ravenous fandom I sought out other projects that the… Read more »
Tag: 1980s
True Confessions
True Confessions (1981) is a thoughtful character study dressed up as a whodunnit. The mystery at the heart of the film isn’t the identity of the killer, but what two… Read more »
Robot Jox
Today Robot Jox (1989) is best known as the progenitor of Pacific Rim (2013) that features a robot suit with a chainsaw penis. Guillermo del Toro borrowed a lot from… Read more »
White Star
White Star (1983) finds filmmaker Roland Klick (best known for the films Supermarkt and Deadlock) turning a critical eye towards the music promotion business. Klick satirizes the crass publicity surrounding… Read more »
Predator
Arnold Schwarzenegger was unstoppable. He was Conan The Barbarian (1982), he was The Terminator (1984), and you better not give him a Raw Deal (1986). Arnold Schwarzenegger was a superhuman… Read more »
Baby Sister
In the bitter cold months of winter it’s always nice to visit a film set in summer or in a warmer climate. The made-for-TV film Baby Sister (1984) fits that… Read more »
Eyewitness
Filmmaker Peter Yates made two very good films that have been popularly canonized as classics. The first of these two films is Bullitt (1968) and the second was The Friends… Read more »
The Devil’s Honey
The Devil’s Honey (1986) finds director Lucio Fulci at his most excessive. The filmmaker has maximized all of his usual stylistic flourishes, rendering this boiler plate erotic thriller as some… Read more »
Cellar Dweller
Charles Band’s production Cellar Dweller (1988) is the unlikely link between The Evil Dead (1981) and Castle Freak (1995). Cellar Dweller features a monster brought forth by a book who… Read more »
The Inspector Wears Skirts
The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988) was producer Jackie Chan’s response to the American Police Academy films. Instead of just replicating those films, The Inspector Wears Skirts focuses exclusively on women,… Read more »
