
Fourteen desperate men named Frank, band together to escape from a repressive section of Helsinki. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
C.O.D. / SNAP! (1981) Chuck Vincent, Sigi Krämer, Nicholas Saunders, Marilyn Joi, Carole Davis, Comedy

Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company from impending doom. Read More »
La venganza del lobo negro (1980) Rafael Romero Marchent, Fernando Allende, Christian Bach, Álvaro de Luna, Action, Adventure, Drama

After two months of relative tranquility in California, the villanous old colonel is elected Governor of California. Read More »
Haruka naru yama no yobigoe / A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Yôji Yamada, Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka

A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. Read More »
Kazoku gêmu / The Family Game (1983) Yoshimitsu Morita, Yûsaku Matsuda, Jûzô Itami, Saori Yuki, Comedy, Drama

A sendup of the stereo-typical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife Read More »
Jiang shi shu shu / Mr. Vampire 4 (1988) Ricky Lau, Anthony Chan, Wu Ma, Kar Lok Chin, Comedy, Horror

A Taoist Priest isn’t too happy when his Buddhist Priest colleague moves in next door. Read More »
Deprisa, deprisa / Faster, Faster (1981) Carlos Saura, Berta Socuéllamos, Jose Antonio Valdelomar González, Jesús Arias, Crime, Drama

Writer and director Carlos Saura here dramatizes the downward slide of four young people who started out with many strikes against them. Read More »
Screwball Hotel (1988) Rafal Zielinski, Michael Bendetti, Andrew Zeller, Jeff Greenman, Comedy

Three boys drop out of military school. They get jobs working at a hotel, but it’s about to go under. They decide to help the owner raise enough money to stay in business. Read More »
Mr. Vampire III (1987) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Richard Ng, Billy Lau, Comedy, Horror

Expelled by a band of restless ghosts in his village, Taoist Priest Mao Ming, and his two spirit companions, visit another village to seek wealth. Read More »
Crimewave (1985) Sam Raimi, Louise Lasser, Brion James, Paul L. Smith, Comedy, Crime, Horror

A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair. Read More »