Subgenre Sampler
Losing Ground (1982)- Dir. Kathleen Collins
Feat. Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones - Noted as the first feature–length drama directed by a black American woman since the 1920s – a semi–autobiographical story of a…
Next of Kin (1982)- Dir. Tony Williams
Feat. Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott - Moody Australian haunted house flick about a young woman who inherits a retirement home possibly contaminated with a malevolent spirit. Not a classic…
Q: the Winged Serpent (1982)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine - A tongue–in–cheek monster movie about a prehistoric giant bird nesting at the top of New York's Chrysler building. Surprisingly well…
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982)- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley… - The Enterprise crew are back to do battle with Kirk's old enemy Khan, as he takes control of a Federation Starship. Nice touches of humour and…
Thing, The (1982)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart… - Kurt Russell headlines this remake of the 1951 film about an Antarctic outpost terrorized by an alien organism. Dir. John Carpenter cranks up the…
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981)- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Jurgen Prochnow - Nail biting, meticulous and realistic account of a German U–boat's prowlings through the North Atlantic. The most expensive German film to…
Escape from New York (1981)- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine… - 1997 New York is a huge maximum–security prison where the President's plane just happens to crash! Futuristic actioner notable for its sardonic…
Mad Max II - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981)- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence - Studio–backed sequel retains the integrity of the first while sprucing up the artillery, pyrotechnics and going for a more futuristic style.…
Smash Palace (1981)- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson - One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Dressed to Kill (1980)- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, Nancy Allen - A slick video nasty involving a murderer, a prostitute, a psychiatrist, a bored housewife and her resourceful son. In reworking PSYCHO, De Palma…
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