Barn of the Naked Dead, Dance of the Damned, The Nesting
The Barn of the Naked Dead – 1973, US, 86m. Director: Alan Rudolph. Dance of the Damned – 1989, US, 82m. Director: Katt Shea. The Nesting – 1981, US, 104m. Director: Armand Weston. THE BARN OF THE NAKED DEAD (1973)…
Legend of Boggy Creek and Sequels
The Legend of Boggy Creek – 1972, US, 87m. Director: Charles B. Pierce. Return to Boggy Creek – 1977, US, 84m. Director: Tom Moore. Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues – 1983, US, 92m. Director: Charles B. Pierce. THE…
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…
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…
Cat People, Nightmare, and Tales from the Quadead Zone
Cat People – 1982, US, 118m. Director: Paul Schrader. Nightmare – 1981, Italy/US, 98m. Director: Romano Scavolini. Tales from the Quadead Zone – 1987, US, 62m. Director: Chester N. Turner. CAT PEOPLE (1982) Virginal Irena, orphaned as a child, travels…