HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS **** UK 1983 Dir: Pete Walker. 97 mins In a bold move, Cannon Films asked Pete Walker, the filmmaker responsible for some of the most nihilistic, establishment-baiting British horror films of the 1970s, and MARK OF THE DEVIL screenwriter Michael Armstrong to adapt “The Seven…
Browsing: 1980s Horror
TetroVideo has announced the release of Cross of the Seven Jewels (aka “La croce dalle 7 pietre” and “Il lupo mannaro contro la camorra”), the 1987 Italian horror film directed, written and starring Marco Antonio Andolfi, here credited as Eddy Endolf. Thanks to TetroVideo in collaboration with Luce Cinecittà, the cult trash film Cross of…
DEAD AND BURIED **** USA 1981 Dir: Gary Sherman. 94 mins Like Royston Vasey in the BBC’s later THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN TV series, Potter’s Bluff is a place where the prospects are grim for anyone who isn’t local. This eerily beautiful coastal town provides a startling backdrop for a…
FRIDAY THE 13TH ***** USA 1980 Dir: Sean S. Cunningham 95 mins Borrowing the format and structure of HALLOWEEN and the shock tactics of CARRIE, while adding a new kind of horror star to the mix (make-up FX legend Tom Savini), this movie became as influential in its own…
101 Films presents haunted house hazing horror HELL NIGHT (1981), releasing on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK and title 020 on the 101 Films Black Label on 26th July 2021. Directed by Tom DeSimone (Reform School Girls, Angel III: The Final Chapter), this slasher classic benefits from…