Tag Archives: 1988

SYNOPSIS: Wong plays an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who alienates a gang of drunken men (led by Shing Fui-on). They tail her after her shift, and mount a gang assault. She attempts to enlist the aid of her former brother-in-law (Lam) – an ex-triad now confined to a wheelchair. A lounge owner in HK, he hires her as a …

SYNOPSIS: A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight. REVIEW: Of all the taboo subjects discussed in movies, school shootings and gratuitous violence among teenagers probably hits close to home for all of us. Which can only make excellent fodder for dramatic cinema. School on Fire is a tragic, …

SYNOPSIS: Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a highrise building, and the supernatural forces that have haunted her previously follow her there. REVIEW: We live in a golden age for independent film making, as least in the sense that it’s easier than ever to get a movie made.  I remember when I was in college, I spent a …

SYNOPSIS: A young man brings four friends to a remote cabin for an idyllic weekend. But the trip is a ruse; secretly he’s come to track down a mysterious Bigfoot like creature he blames for his uncle’s disappearance. His suspicions were correct and within hours the group is fighting for their lives against the murderous beast. REVIEW: 1988 was a …

SYNOPSIS: An alcoholic journalist in Colombia stumbles on to a crashed UFO hidden deep in a remote cave. When he attempts to publish his discovery, he becomes the target of escaped Nazis, the CIA, the KGB and a murderous alien robot. REVIEW: The Italian film industry is renowned for its history of boom and bust periods. It spent the initial …

SYNOPSIS: Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman. REVIEW: “I’ve often thought that there should be beauty contests for the insides of bodies.” Cronenberg’s 1988 film is a harrowing character study involving not a single protagonist but two. Specifically, twins Stewart and Cyril Marcus …

SYNOPSIS: A group of women that work for a phone sex hotline find themselves targeted by a homicidal maniac in a clown mask that calls himself Bobo the Clown. REVIEW: There are a lot of killer clown movies out there, especially of late (I don’t know why most people just realized that they are creepy as hell as I’ve thought …

SYNOPSIS: Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed “boost”. What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries …

SYNOPSIS: An old man that leads a satanic cult (that enjoys killing people) wants his troubled grandson Tommy to become part of the group on Halloween night. REVIEW: There are some movies that are so bad they are good, and without a doubt Halloween Night (AKA Hack-O-Lantern) belongs in that group. It is a bizarre movie that is just as …

SYNOPSIS: A heavy metal band plays a concert in a small town despite the protests of the local parents and other adults. It turns out that they have good reason to object as the band members are actually demons who have some very sinister intentions for their fans. REVIEW: Growing up in the 1980’s my biggest loves were horror films, …

SYNOPSIS: Ghoulies II picks up a short time after the first movie, a few of the little nasties stow away on an amusement park ride and bring big bucks to a dying fair. The creatures are mad after an attempt to kill them, so the creatures go on a rampage through the fairgrounds, ultimately leading to an explosive conclusion! REVIEW:

SYNOPSIS: When Peter Plunkett’s Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the ‘Yanks’ by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive – along with some real ghosts. Among the tourists are married couple Jack and Sharon. Sharon’s …

SYNOPSIS: After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he’s turning into a vampire. REVIEW: There have been rumors circulating over the past few years that Nicolas Cage is a vampire. The evidence presented for this case is one photograph from 1870 of a man who looks eerily similar to the movie star. Looking at the picture, …

SYNOPSIS: The spirits of deceased phone operators that worked at a dating hotline haunt a woman and kill those around her. REVIEW: Dial Help is a weird little movie and I’m not entirely sure how I felt about it. On one hand I thought that it had a pretty original premise but at the same time it was just a …

SYNOPSIS: A group of teens are stalked and killed by an evil spirit (named Virgil no less) after messing around with an Ouija board.