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Subgenre Sampler

 
Lost Tribe, TheLost Tribe, The (1985)
Dir. John Laing
Feat. John Bach, Darien Takle, Martyn Sanderson
John Bach's performance is the highlight of this mysterious drama in which he plays a man suspected of murdering his anthropologist brother who has…
Mesmerized (1985)
Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy
Jodie Foster plays a young woman in colonial NZ who flees an orphanage but finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage to a much older business man…
Mr. WrongMr. Wrong (1985) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Heather Bolton
A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
Quiet Earth, TheQuiet Earth, The (1985)
Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge
New Zealand's best attempt yet at the sci–fi genre. Bruno Lawrence wakes one morning to find himself apparently the only person left on earth.…
Shaker RunShaker Run (1985)
Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow
Cult film sees Kiwi scientist Harrow steal a biological weapon that some mercenaries are keen to get their hands on. She enlists daredevil drivers…
Should I Be Good or Should I Be Evil?Should I Be Good or Should I Be Evil? (1985)
Dir. Graham McLean
Feat. Beaver , Harry Lyon
Musos Beaver and Harry Lyon from Hello Sailor have a bash at acting in a story based on the Mr Asia drug–ring. Music by Hammond Gamble.
SylviaSylvia (1985)
Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Eleanor David
Eleanor David plays Sylvia Ashton–Warner, educational cruasader and best–selling author in the 1940s.
Among the CindersAmong the Cinders (1984)
Dir. Rolf Haedrich
Feat. Paul O'Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley
A tender chronicle of a 16–year–old's rite–of–passage who finds first love with an older woman embittered by her experience…
Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series)Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series) (1984)
Feat. Sarah Dunn, Jason Wallace, Hamish Bartle
Beloved New Zealand sci–fi series following 12–year–old Gretchen (Dunn) who discovers a link to an extra–extraterrestrial…
Grasp Of Wind, AGrasp Of Wind, A (1984)
Dir. Robert Franken, Russell Campbell
Feat. Neal Gunn
Dutch born New Zealand visual artist Robert Franken's one–and–only directorial effort is a quietly surreal, wordless fable in which a…

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