Tag Archives: 1980

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Ross Birks

A crackpot horror that only gets weirder the more you will it to normalise. Just think that this was probably considered one of Warner’s prestige pictures of 1977 and try not to go crosseyed. You can see the logic behind … Continue reading →

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Prom Night (1980)

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Ross Birks

I can confirm that the first murder of this 92 minute “slasher” occurs exactly 1 hour, 2 minutes and 45 seconds in. And no, this isn’t some slow cinema, arthouse take on an 80s horror flick that bubbles with unbearable … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Zone (1980)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Ross Birks

Imagine Crumb’s artwork brought to life by John Waters and that’s the realm that Richard Elfman’s gleefully, irritatingly grotesque Forbidden Zone occupies. Shot in black and white among painted cardboard backdrops for sets and featuring a merry band of misfits … Continue reading →

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“I’m Howard Hughes” – Melvin and Howard (1980)

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Ross Birks

Jonathan Demme’s criminally underrated Melvin and Howard opens with this great sequence in which down-on-his-luck Melvin Dummar (Paul Le Mat) picks up a grizzly old man (Jason Robards) he’s found lying on the side of the road in the middle … Continue reading →

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