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Subgenre Sampler
Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)- Dir. Dan O'Bannon
Feat. Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa - Pretty–good parody of Romero's Living Dead films, though not quite the same as the real thing. Great thrash–metal soundtrack, though.
Toxic Avenger, The (1985)
- Dir. Michael Herz, Sam Weil
Feat. Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Prichard - A nerd becomes super–powered after falling into a vat of radioactive waste, and proceeds to clean up crime in one of the most notorious yet…
Funeral, The (1984)- Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto - A Buddhist funeral service for a brothel owner makes an ideal vehicle for both fiendish black comedy and social satire. An assured debut from the…
Ultimate Solution of...Grace Quigley, The (1984)- Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Nick Nolte - Curious black comedy features Hepburn as a lonely widower who enlists hitman Nolte to hasten her demise.
What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura - Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
Carry Me Back (1982)- Dir. John Reid
Feat. Grant Tilly, Kelly Johnson - Spirited silliness ensues when plans for a trio of South Island farmers go awry when one of them carks it en route to a Wellington rugby match. Worth…
Creepshow (1982)- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeam, Fritz Weaver - Well–spun compendium of five tales captures the intended spirit and ghoulishness of 1950s EC horror comics in an affectionate homage.
Suite in Two Keys : Come Into the Garden Maud / A Song at Twilight (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 7) (1982)- Feat. Paul Scofield, Geraldine McEwan, Deborah Kerr
- – Come Into The Garden Maud (82') Dubious comedy centred on a husband and wife keen to get ahead who become entranced by a prince and…
Sweeney 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…
Britannia Hospital (1981)- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright… - Political allegory dressed as raucous Blighty comedy going all out, but it hasn't quite the magic of cult predecessors IF... and O LUCKY MAN!
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