Tag Archives: 1987

The Gate (1987)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Ross Birks

While clearly forged in the age of Spielberg and Dante, The Gate is easily one of the better attempts at achieving that ghoulish tone. From the evocative opening dream sequence – young Stephen Dorff wakes to find his house ransacked … Continue reading →

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Blood Harvest (1987)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Ross Birks

A generally bland slasher curio made all the more curious thanks to the heavy presence of Tiny Tim in the cast. The film makes good use of its contained locations, to the point where it feels like a narrative decision … Continue reading →

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Street Trash (1987)

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Ross Birks

Still trashy. Forgot how inconsequential the actual viper stuff is to the main conflict but it only makes the movie zanier. Essentially a bunch of schlocky vignettes loosely connected by shared characters but held together with a truly hellish, borderline-offensive … Continue reading →

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The Hidden (1987)

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Ross Birks

Ever since becoming a Kyle MacLachlan fanboy in my early teens, I’ve been desperate to see The Hidden. Its relatively hard-to-find status over here in the UK though meant that I was destined to wait for the beautiful new restoration … Continue reading →

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Blood Diner (1987)

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Ross Birks

I guess when I read the title Blood Diner I imagined a slasher film set in a diner, like the movie Diner…with more blood. Instead what I got was a silly, 80s remix of Herschel Gordon Lewis’ seminal splatter-fest Blood … Continue reading →

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Ross Birks

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen this but it somehow seemed a lot cheaper and rougher than I remember this time around. Still, it’s a terrific course-correct that gets the series on sure footing after the muddled … Continue reading →

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Aenigma (1987)

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Ross Birks

Basically Carrie by way of Patrick, Lucio Fulci’s Aenigma is in no way as bad as late-career Fulci led me to believe. Despite taking influence from many better films (Argento’s Phenomena also come to mind), this story of a girl in … Continue reading →

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