Category 80s

Dead-End Drive-In, Fright, The Kiss, Trog

Dead-End Drive-In – 1986, Australia, 92m. Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith. Fright – 1971, UK, 86m. Director: Peter Collinson. The Kiss – 1988, Canada, 101m. Director: Pen Densham. Trog – 1970, UK, 93m. Director: Freddie Francis. DEAD-END DRIVE-IN (1986) Worldwide economic collapse…

976-EVIL, Neon Maniacs, Rabid

976-EVIL – 1988, US, 92m. Director: Robert Englund. Neon Maniacs – 1986, US, 90m. Director: Joseph Mangine. Rabid – 1977, Canada, 91m. Director: David Cronenberg. The Supernaturals – 1986, US, 90m. Director: Armand Mastroianni. 976-EVIL (1988) Robert (Freddy Krueger) Englund…

Classic ’80s: Poltergeist I-III

POLTERGEIST (1982) The Freeling family are living a blissful existence until their California tract home is invaded by malevolent spirits, turning their American dream into a nightmare. In a clever twist, the ghosts use the family’s television sets to enter…

Contamination, Death Ship, and Fatal Games

Contamination – 1980, Germany/Italy, 95m. Director: Luigi Cozzi. Death Ship – 1980, Canada/UK, 93m. Director: Alvin Rakoff. Fatal Games – 1984, US, 88m. Director: Michael Elliot. CONTAMINATION (1980) (AKA: Alien Contamination) A cargo ship filled with egg-like spores drifts into…

My Top 20 of the ’80s

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) John Landis followed up his one-two punch of Animal House and Blues Brothers with this superlative horror-comedy about American backpacker, David (David Naughton), who, while hiking the English moors, is cursed with turning into…