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Tag Archives: 1980s
Lost in New York (1989) Jean Rollin, Adeline Abitbol, Funny Abitbol, Catherine Herengt
In Lost in New York, two young girls discover a small wooden idol which possesses the magical powers of the African Moon Goddess. Read More »
A Question of Honor (1982) Jud Taylor, Ben Gazzara, Paul Sorvino, Robert Vaughn
Fictionalized account of the death of a New York City policeman who had been involved in a federal corruption investigation within the department Read More »
Chiller (1985) Wes Craven, Michael Beck, Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson
A man who has been dead and cryogenically preserved for ten years is miraculously revived, but with chillingly unexpected results. Read More »
Wet Gold (1984) Dick Lowry, Brooke Shields, Burgess Meredith, Thomas Byrd
Wet Gold is the story of a young woman (Laura), who works as a waitress in a cafe. Laura stumbles across a drunk elderly man (Sampson) Read More »
Night of the Juggler (1980) Robert Butler, Sidney J. Furie, James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard S. Castellano
A tough cop goes on a citywide rampage when his daughter is mistakenly kidnapped by a psycho. Read More »
The Abyss (1988) André Delvaux, Gian Maria Volontè, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe
In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders, an Inquisition enforces the faith. Read More »
Long Live Life (1984) Claude Lelouch, Charlotte Rampling, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant
The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to disclose the plot of the movie after leaving the projection room. Read More »
Drifting into Chaos (1989) Sachi Hamano, Kyoko Sawamura, Natsuki Yamamoto, Kan’ichi Hiraga
Film loosely follows plot of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with rape in addition to murders. Read More »
Crazy Thunder Road (1980) Gakuryû Ishii, Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Kôji Nanjô
When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Read More »
Heartbreak Ridge (1986) Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill
1983. Tom Highway is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. Read More »
The Atomic Cafe (1982) Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Paul Tibbets, Harry S. Truman, W.H.P. Blandy
A compilation of 1960’s films about what to do in case of a Nuclear attack and the effects of radiation, also footage of troop tests of the exposure to an atomic bomb. Read More »
The Beastmaster (1982) Don Coscarelli, Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn
Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. Read More »
The Watcher in the Woods (1980) John Hough, Vincent McEveety, Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards
When a normal American family moves into a beautiful old English house in a wooded area, strange Read More »
A Tale of the Wind (1988) Joris Ivens, Henxiang Han, Zhuang Liu
This film travels through fantasy and reality as Joris Ivens goes to China to capture the wind. Read More »