BELLS (a.k.a. Murder By Phone) *** Canada / USA 1982 Dir: Michael Anderson. 95 mins (also shown in 79 min version) The director of LOGAN’S RUN and ORCA KILLER WHALE made this modest thriller, which opens strong with a scene in which a young woman answers a payphone at a…
Browsing: 1980s Horror
THE BEING *** USA 1983 Dir: Jackie Kong 82 mins An undemanding but very likable Corman-esque monster movie from the ex-porn filmmaker who later made the sublime BLOOD DINER, this unfolds at Easter in a small storm-laden Idaho town, where the “ultimate terror” promised by a peculiarly used voiceover artist…
FORBIDDEN WORLD (a.k.a. Mutant) *** USA 1982 Dir: Allan Holzman 78 mins Early 80’s post-ALIEN Roger Corman exploitation fare, complete with a constantly morphing genetic mutant, cheesy recycled battle footage and an ensemble cast bitching about the food on board their space vehicle before cheap, slimy things fasten themselves to…
Franchise Corner Entry: HOUSE HOUSE *** USA 1985 Dir: Steve Miner. 91 mins Emerging in the midst of trends for horror comedies (it came out the same year as RE-ANIMATOR and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) and post-ELM STREET FX-driven “rubber-reality” horror, Sean S Cunningham’s light-hearted Bad House movie stars…
BRAIN DAMAGE is one of Frank Henenlotter’s zaniest, most bad taste films – and that’s saying something! Sitting between BASKET CASE and FRANKENHOOKER in Henenlotter’s ouvre, BRAIN DAMAGE really is the ultimate head trip, with talking, brain-hungry parasites, mind-bending special effects and more bad taste gags than you can shake a stick…