Tag Archives: 1982

SYNOPSIS: Sword and sorcery story of the cosmic struggle between white magic and black magic. REVIEW: When I saw the name Sorceress on the list of movies I had to review, I was excited at first until I saw that it was the 1982 movie and not the one from the 1990s. While the latter one is not considered a …

SYNOPSIS: An orphaned baby adopted by wolves grows up and becomes a talented martial artist who swears revenge on her parents’ killer. REVIEW: Wolf Devil Woman (1982) is a Taiwanese fantasy-horror (and, I would argue, attempted comedy) film starring, penned, and directed by Pearl Cheung Ling, an actress well-known for her work in martial arts films in the 1970s and …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Punk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting. REVIEW: The Name Sogo Ishii may not instantly ring bells when talking about Japanese cinema. His filmography, although quite extensive, extending from the mid 70’s all the way to this decade, is not particularly widely known …

SYNOPSIS: For over 30 years, the so-called First Transmission video from Psychic TV, has been the stuff of, well, “snuff film” legend. First advertised in the back pages of Thee Grey Book , The First Transmission was an ultra weird touchstone of the underground VHS tape trading scene of the 1980s. REVIEW: It’s kind of difficult to talk about First Transmission, …

SYNOPSIS: Vinny Durand (Spinell), a lonesome New York cab driver who lives at home with this mother, has dreams of becoming a famous film director. Comsumed by his depraved obsession with beautiful horror actress Jenna Bates (Bond girl Caroline Munro) and determined to have her star in his first film, Vinny trails her to the Cannes Film Festival. While Vinny’s …

SYNOPSIS: After moving into a new house with her family young Mary is soon visited by the ghost of her sister that died in a tragic auto accident. She isn’t happy and pretty soon the members of Mary’s family start dying off one-by-one. REVIEW: There have been a ton of made for TV movies over the years and while some …

SYNOPSIS: In Antarctica, twelve men working at Outpost 31, a research center, get more than they bargain for when a dog is welcomed into the compound and unwittingly lets loose a mysterious and invisible alien that imitates other living beings perfectly. 

SYNOPSIS: An unknown killer targets the cast and crew of a movie being shot on an island in the middle of nowhere. REVIEW: It’s really weird and I hate to admit it because I like to think of myself as being somewhat of an expert when it comes to 80’s slasher flicks but somehow Island of Blood flew under my …

SYNOPSIS: As part of an initiation into a club called the Sisters, a young girl must spend the night in a mausoleum. REVIEW: At a quick glance, One Dark Night might be mistakenly lumped in with Phantasm (1979) as more evil funeral home fun. Given its general premise, it could also be assumed that this is another low budget slasher …

SYNOPSIS: The author of a sexually-charged novel finds himself the object of affection by a deranged fan who kills people close to him.  REVIEW: I find it hard to believe that it has been 29 years since I first saw Dario Argento’s fifth giallo feature film which I had read about two years earlier in the pages of back issues …

SYNOPSIS: A group of people are stranded on an island full of precious jade. But danger lurks in the form of all kinds of crazy crap that you have to see to believe. REVIEW: If you were looking for me back in the early 80’s, then you’d probably find me in Times Square. Throughout the 70’s and well into the …