Posts tagged "1980"
To All a Goodnight (1980)

To All a Goodnight (1980)

How did America's favourite cinematic rapist come to direct a Christmas slasher? How the fuck did this happen?! I don't know, but after watching the film, I feel that perhaps it shouldn't have happened.
Contamination - US VHS cover

Contamination – US VHS cover

I am quite a fan of Luigi Cozzi's wonderful gem, Contamination. It's a solid film worthy of one's time. It's hard to imagine the audience the below cover is appealing to however.
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (1988)

Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em (1988)

From Stanley Kramer’s melodrama On the Beach, George Miller’s masterful Mad Max, to the stupefying Sons of Steel (to name a few), Australia has featured in a spattering of post-apocalyptic films. But none are as upbeat and pumping as Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em.
What the dickens is this?!

What the dickens is this?!

I watched City of the Living Dead for the billionth time this week. While it's an amazing film and among the best from Fulci's golden era of gooey horror, it does contain some fantastically stiff and silly dialogue.