Category: 1980s
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Q – The Winged Serpent (1982)
Larry Cohen’s Q – The Winged Serpent (1982) is an entertaining mix of creature feature horror and gritty New York crime drama. A winged serpent – who does not look as realistic as it does on the poster – terrorises New York rooftop bathers, construction workers and window cleaners. Good cast of B-movie regulars like… Read.
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Get Crazy (1983)
I’ve always wanted to see Get Crazy (1983) after hearing that Malcolm McDowell plays a Mick Jagger parody named Reggie Wanker. Someone put it all up onto YouTube and it’s a live action rock n roll cartoon (from Allan Arkush, director of Rock n Roll High School) that makes fun of hippies, rock, punk, new… Read.
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The Legend Of Billie Jean (1985)
All I knew about The Legend Of Billie Jean (1985) was the title and the Pat Benatar song ‘Invincible’ (Theme from The Legend Of Billie Jean), which was used in the first season of Netflix’s GLOW. Helen Slater is the lead character living in a small Texas town who comes to her brother’s defence (a… Read.
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Popeye (1980)
I have vague memories of seeing the live action movie of Popeye (1980) on Saturday afternoon TV when I was a kid. In recent memory, one of its Harry Nilsson penned songs sung by Shelly Duvall was used in PTA’s Punch-Drunk Love (“He needs me”). It was time to rewatch and more fully understand the… Read.
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Wolfen (1981)
Ever since Michael Keaton referenced it as a joke in The Dream Team, I’ve been curious about Wolfen (1981). With Albert Finney’s passing, I tracked down a copy to finally watch. A busy year for movies about wolves (this is not strictly a werewolf movie) with The Howling and American Werewolf In London released in… Read.
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