Category 80s

Bloodrage, Open House, Prime Evil

Bloodrage – 1980, US, 78m. Director: Joseph Zito. Open House – 1987, US, 95m. Director: Jag Mundhra. Prime Evil – 1988, US, 87m. Director: Roberta Findlay. BLOODRAGE (1980) (AKA: Never Pick Up a Stranger) A high-strung loser (Ian Scott) discovers…

Alien 2, Faceless, New Year’s Evil

Alien 2: On Earth – 1980, Italy, 91m. Director: Ciro Ippolito. Faceless – 1988, France, 97m. Director: Jess Franco. New Year’s Evil – 1980, US, 85m. Director: Emmett Alston. ALIEN 2: ON EARTH (1980) (AKA: Alien Terror) An excruciatingly bad…

Hellraiser Quartet

Hellraiser – 1987, UK/US, 94m. Director: Clive Barker. Hellbound: Hellraiser II – 1988, UK, 97m. Director: Tony Randel. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth – 1992, UK/US, 97m. Director: Anthony Hickox. Hellraiser: Bloodline – 1996, UK/US, 85m. Director: Alan Smithee (Kevin…

Happy Birthday to Me, Hell’s Trap, Macabre

Happy Birthday to Me – 1981, Canada, 110m. Director: J. Lee Thompson. Hell’s Trap – 1989, Mexico, 90m. Director: Pedro Galindo III. Macabre – 1980, Italy, 89m. Director: Lamberto Bava. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (1981) An overbearingly silly Halloween/Friday the…

April Fool’s Day, Basket Case, The Church

April Fool’s Day – 1986, Canada/US, 89m. Director: Fred Walton. Basket Case – 1982, US, 91m. Director: Frank Henenlotter. The Church – 1989, Italy, 102m. Director: Michael Soavi. APRIL FOOL’S DAY (1986) A practical joke gone horrible awry sets the…

The Mutilator, Scream (1981), Terror Train

The Mutilator – 1984, US, 86m. Director: Buddy Cooper. Scream – 1981, US, 82m. Director: Byron Quisenberry. Terror Train – 1980, Canada, 97m. Director: Roger Spottiswoode. THE MUTILATOR (1984) (AKA: Fall Break) An appropriately titled bloodbath filmed in North Carolina…