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Subgenre Sampler

 
Fantasist, TheFantasist, The (1986)
Dir. Robin Hardy
Feat. Moira Harris, Christopher Cazenove, Timothy Bottoms
Belated and little known second film from the director of “The Wicker Man” about a rural Irishwoman whose teaching stint in Dublin finds…
ManhunterManhunter (1986) Recommended
Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Brian Cox, William Petersen
Brooding 'psycho'–drama based on Thomas Harris' novel 'Red Dragon', featuring an appearance of the pre–iconic Hannibal Lechter character…
Fear CityFear City (1984)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Tom Berenger, Abel Ferrara, Melanie Griffith
Pimp Tom Berenger hunts through the neon–lit NY night for a stripper–slaying serial killer. Early item from dir. Abel Ferrara…
Initiation, TheInitiation, The (1984)
Dir. Larry Stewart
Feat. Daphne Zuniga, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager
A department store–set 80's slasher flick starring Daphne Zuniga (BEVERLY HILLS 90210) as an amnesiac sorority member plagued by a recurring…
House on Sorority Row, TheHouse on Sorority Row, The (1983)
Dir. Mark Rosman
Feat. Kate McNeil, Harley Jane Kozak, Eileen Davidson
Cult 80's slasher set in a sorority house, where the sisters pull a graduation prank that backfires and leads to them being stalked and murdered one…
Killing of America, TheKilling of America, The (1982) Recommended
The ugly flipside of the land of the free, this disturbingly accounts many of America's most bizarre and horrific acts of violence including Manson,…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal
TV movie of the 1979 Broadway hit, originally staged by Harold Prince, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Set in London in 1846, where Barber…
Road GamesRoad Games (1981) Recommended
Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis
Inventive and at times intense, this road thriller has truckdriver Keach traversing the outback, while a serial killer is on the loose. Effectively…
Time After TimeTime After Time (1981) Recommended
Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen
Intriguing time–travel fantasy sees a young H G Wells (Malcolm McDowell), tracking Jack the Ripper from 1890s England to 1970s San Fransisco…
Driller KillerDriller Killer (1979)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Abel Ferrara
Somewhat notorious as a 'video nasty' of the 80s video boom, this debut from bad boy auteur Abel Ferrara was perhaps misunderstood (like The Texas…

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