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Film Review: Maya (1989)

SYNOPSIS: A woman investigating her father’s mysterious death discovers that an evil spirit is responsible and it isn’t long before it starts taking out anyone it comes into contact with in a number of gruesome ways. REVIEW: Review-To be honest I had never even heard of Maya before I watched it so I went into it not knowing a single …

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Film Review: The Fly 2 (1989)

SYNOPSIS: The almost human son of “The Fly” searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wish to continue his father’s experiments. REVIEW: David Cronenberg’s “The Fly” (1986) is (In my opinion) the greatest film of his storied career. A perfect melding of science fiction and horror which surprisingly, also works as …

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Film Review: Road House (1989)

Rate This Movie  SYNOPSIS: The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton (Patrick Swayze) has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he’s more than capable — busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot-spot. But …

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Film Review: Cyborg (1989)

SYNOPSIS: A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future. REVIEW: An apocalyptic cyberpunk martial arts driven action movie? Well there can be only 1 film that comes to mind at least from the late 80’s era, and that movie is the Jean-Claude Van Damme featured film “Cyborg“. With “Road Warrior” and “Mad Max Beyond …

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Film Review: Hellgate (1989)

SYNOPSIS: Four friends discover that an urban legend about a seductive phantom hitchhiker is no myth. Now the spectral beauty is intent on loving one of them to death. To lift the curse they must venture to an abandoned ghost town and face a parade of zombies and evil spirits. It’s a deranged paint-huffing Evil Dead wannabe from the director …

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Film Review: The Burbs (1989)

SYNOPSIS: While on vacation, suburbanite Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) wants nothing more than to fritter away his time at home — drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube. But when new, secretive neighbors move in next door, Ray and his friends (Bruce Dern and Rick Ducommun) let their paranoia get the best of them …

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