“Horror exploitation at its best… Plenty of blood, gore, impalements, decapitations, and maggots!” – Classic-Horror Read The Fine Print… You May Have Just Mortgaged Your Life A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no…
Browsing: 1980s Horror
NIGHTWISH ** USA 1989 Dir: Bruce R. Cook. 96 mins Not a fly on the wall documentary about the female-fronted metal band, but a largely forgotten and unloved entry in the post-ELM STREET rubber reality stakes – and a movie that predates both FLATLINERS and a whole bunch of later…
BLOODY NEW YEAR *** UK 1987 Dir: Norman J. Warren. 93 mins The odd one out in Warren’s horror filmography, this was destined to disappoint fans of his deliciously sleazy, gory 70’s output while not delivering the late-period slasher thrills seemingly promised by the title. An offbeat British take on…
NEW YEAR’S EVIL *** USA 1980 Dir: Emmett Alston. 82 mins The punning title hides a busy, nicely acted movie that displays more restraint than most 1980 slashers, including an opening flick-knife murder that takes place behind a shower curtain. Celeb D.J. Roz Kelly hosts “Hollywood Hotline”, a New Year’s…
GREMLINS ***** USA 1984 Dir: Joe Dante. 104 mins Don’t be deceived by the slushy strains of Jerry Goldsmith’s “Gizmo” music, or the cuteness of the Mogwai themselves, for this Steven Spielberg production – filtered through the warped imagination of horror loving director Joe Dante – is as dark hearted…