Join your hosts Peter and Steven as they talk horror movies past, present and future. In this first episode we talk about the 1983 slasher SWEET SIXTEEN before taking the deep dive into the HALLOWEEN franchise. Plus we have a giveaway that you won’t want to miss! HORROR…
Browsing: 1980s Horror
CHRISTINE **** USA 1983 Dir: John Carpenter. 110 mins Carpenter followed the critical and commercial failure of THE THING with the safer option of a Stephen King adaptation in a prolific period for big budget King movies. Its strongest asset is Keith Gordon’s interpretation of one of King’s outcast teens:…
From the minds of Luigi Cozzi (CONTAMINATION) and Daria Nicolodi (SUSPIRIA) comes PAGANINI HORROR a slash-tastic piece of cheesy Euro-horror that could only have been made in the 80s! 88 Films are proud to present this bonkers slice of Italian cult cinema, a camp classic in the making, ripe for…
Indicator once again delves into the darkest recesses of British horror cinema of the 1970s and 80s in order to unleash five terrifying tales on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK with BLOODY TERROR: THE SHOCKING CINEMA OF NORMAN J WARREN, 1976-1987. Celebrating the wild and wonderful cinematic…
POLTERGEIST ***** USA 1982 Dir: Tobe Hooper. 114 mins While continuing the AMITYVILLE-era trend for mainstream paranormal movies, Tobe Hooper’s biggest Hollywood hit also reflected the various ways in which studio blockbusters aimed at family audiences embraced horror movie tropes and tricks. When the equally ghoulish and gruesome PG rated…