Tag Archives: 1981

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: So it turns out young Jason Voorhees didn’t drown after all, he somehow found a way to shore where he crawled into the woods to spend the next 30 years living off the land and occasionally killing people all while wearing a burlap sack over his head. As luck would have it he also accidentally witnesses …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A mad scientist’s experiments unfurl on an unsuspecting researcher and his family. REVIEW: The idea that a mad scientist named “Freudstein” would enact cruel experiences isn’t a very supernatural concept. We’ve seen human monsters in film. Conversely, the monstrous and ghoulish killings in this film are not at first explained by humans but rather as a …

SYNOPSIS: This film is set in Amish Country, at a local farm, where a woman’s husband is mysteriously killed by his own tractor! REVIEW: Directed by the legendary Wes Craven, “Deadly Blessing” is much tamer fare after making the now classics, “The Hills Have Eyes” and “The Last House On the Left.”Perhaps the pressures of making his first seven figure …

SYNOPSIS: A two decade old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine’s Day, turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer’s order and people start turning up dead. REVIEW: Staring: Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier and Neil Affleck Story Concept by: Stephen Miller Written by: John Beaird Directed by: George Mihalka Yes, …

SYNOPSIS: Jon Lansdale was a prominent artist before he lost is drawing hand in a tragic automobile accident. His hand is never found, unfortunately, but when people start angering John, his hand returns to eliminate them. REVIEW: Written and Directed by Oliver Stone Starring: Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe I was ten years old when The Hand hit theatres …

SYNOPSIS: A military cadet who happens to be a social outcast taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer. REVIEW:

SYNOPSIS: Douglas, a record salesman, is an obsessive fan of actress Sally Ross. When his letters are rejected, he strikes out at her and her loved ones. REVIEW: As a viewer who has seen his share of 80’s films, mostly during the time when they were released in that era, I am always up for doing some retrospective reviews on …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: High school student turns out to be personification of Lucifer. Two arch angels in human form (as women) take him on. REVIEW: The 80’s delivered a hand full of pretty decent devil-themed movies. Among that crop was a quirky imperfect release titled: “Fear No Evil“. “Fear no Evil” was never considered a true classic but is …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a small lakeside town, young women are disappearing without a trace. The superstitious locals blame ”The Lake of Ghosts”, because of the lake’s haunting past, but the town’s mayor seems reluctant, or powerless to take any action. When another woman is found dead near the lake, with her throat ripped out, a reporter comes to …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A professor opens a crypt and reanimates rotten zombies. The zombies attack a jet-set-group which is celebrating a party in a villa nearby… REVIEW: “Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror” is one film I had seen per way of various posters and lobby card art pieces (but had not taken the time to sit down yet …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona. REVIEW: Up until today, it was highly unlikely that I might ever review (or even see for that matter) 1981’s “The Loveless“, as a film that was generally lost and forgotten with exception of film book mentions. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area. REVIEW: You have to hand it to the Italian movie industry, particularly of the 1980s: it was never afraid to shamelessly rip off other movies or pass their own film off as a sequel to …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a small town near Denver, two young men begin to explore a long-abandoned old mine recently re-opened by a group of minors. When one the men is discovered missing, his friends begin a search that leads them to horrifying consequences. They’re all unaware of the evil that’s been unleashed and soon, one by one, a …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The cellar of an old hotel is built on top of the door to the beyond. Bloody zombies roam there. A young woman who is heir of the hotel wants to restaurate it. She is confronted with strange events. A painter has a lethal fall, the plumber vanishes and her friend breaks his neck. When she …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A quiet man’s peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door. REVIEW: One of the rare cult gems that, to this day, has never really been given the respect that it deserves. It took forever for it to get picked on DVD, which means it probably will take even …