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…
Browsing: 1980s Horror
Perseverance Records presents the long awaited official release of the 1980 cult classic PROM NIGHT Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Perseverance worked closely with Carl Zittrer and Paul Zaza to locate and unearth the original masters and all music recorded for the film including unreleased disco songs and score not used in…
Lauded by Quentin Tarantino in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood, Australian creep-fest NEXT OF KIN is set for its first UK Blu-ray release courtesy of Second Sight. It will also be available on download and on-demand. ‘An unsung classic…the perfect example of less-is-more, moving at a measured pace before reaching a…
PARENTS **** USA / Canada 1989 Dir: Bob Balaban. 82 mins The child abuse / adult alcoholism metaphors at the core of Christopher Hawthorne’s witty, disturbing script for PARENTS are richly evident, though many viewers will interpret it differently according to their own individual experiences growing up and personal paranoia…
NEXT OF KIN *** New Zealand 1982 Dir: Tony Williams. 86 mins Jackie Kerin is excellent as a young teacher who inherits the Montclair Retirement Home from her dead mother, returning to the small town of her childhood, where the only significant change in 20 years is the installation of…