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…
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…
Splatter University Part II: More ’80s Campus Slashers
Fatal Pulse – 1988, US, 87m. Director: Anthony J. Christopher. Streaming: YouTube Hell High – 1987, US, 84m. Director: Douglas Grossman. Streaming: Arrow The Initiation – 1984, US, 97m. Director: Larry Stewart, Peter Crane. Streaming: Arrow, Tubi Return to Horror…