This 1988 Umberto Lenzi film concerns a young girl, Henrietta who is discovered by her father after she has murdered the family cat with a pair of scissors (!) He places her in the basement as a punishment. Whilst she is there with only her clown doll to keep her company, she hears a mysterious …
Simone is so obsessed with her favourite pop star (the mysteriously named 'R') that she can't eat or concentrate in school anymore. She waits for his reply to the letter she wrote, but nothing arrives. She goes to the TV studio where he is due to appear on a music programme, he sees her, likes …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 14- Der Fan (1982)
Members of Rhonda's Workout gym are being bumped off. But who is the killer? Killer Workout was released on video in the UK as Aerobicide. This is, as you would expect, a slasher movie set around a gym/beauty spa. Hence, we get the whodunnit aspect of the narrative, red herrings as to who the killer …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 6- Killer Workout (1987)
Absurd opens with lead character, Nikos Tanoupoulos, being pursued by a priest. Nikos tries to climb over a wrought iron fence but accidentally impales himself on the spikes on top of the fence and is rushed to hospital. As he seems to get over his surgery and injuries in record time, it is established that, …
Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween 2024- Day 4- Absurd (1981)
Grave robbers open an ancient tomb that contains gold but also just so happens to be cursed. Add to the mix some vapid fashion photographers and models from New York who are in Egypt for a photoshoot and you have gory fun fun fun! This 1981 film is very low-budget but enjoyable enough. I quite …
Continue reading Day 16- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Dawn of the Mummy (1981)
William Lustig's depraved classic Maniac was massively controversial when it was first released in 1980. It garnered the ultimate accolades for an exploitation film- it was HATED by Siskel and Ebert (Gene Siskel said he made it to the shotgun murder then had to leave the preview screening as he couldn't stomach anymore!) and was …
Continue reading Day 1- 31 Days of Halloween 2023- Maniac (1980)
WARNING. Spoilers! Damien Thorn is progressing up the political ladder by hook or by crook. The methods used are exemplified by the first kill in the film in which The U.S.Ambassador to the UK crosses paths with Thorn's Rottweiler and then goes back to his office and kills himself by blowing his brains out, completely …
Continue reading Review- The Omen 3: The Final Conflict (1981)
The last time I watched Weird Science was when it was on TV in the 80s. A rewatch was on the cards. Gary and Wyatt are two geeky teens who are regularly humiliated by their peers. They decide to create their ideal woman using computers after watching the classic movie Frankenstein. Their plan works. I …
I still remember my friend Ollie coming into the school I attended and telling me at breakneck speed that he had seen Rocky IV the day before at the local cinema, everything that happened in it and how great it was. Word of mouth is the best kind of 'hype' for a movie. 'I need …
Hooray for IMDB! Here's Absence of Malice's storyline- Mike Gallagher is a Miami liquor wholesaler whose deceased father was a local mobster. The FBI organized crime task force have no evidence that he's involved with the mob but decide to pressure him into perhaps revealing something - anything - about a murder they're sure was …
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