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"Tommy" was over the top and heavy handed in direction, "Oliver" seemed like crowd control on the silver screen, "The Wall" was so much abstract self important and indulgent dribble, but listening to "Failure of the Flesh" from Hair sounds right for our times today, as it did in the eighties, as it must have in the sixties...truly Timeless.
I'm slightly surprised to see that not very many people have seen this one, or the other two, but their worth unearthing if you want the picture of punk in the trans-formative years between the late seventies and early eighties.
This movie is not the scariest of all time, but it is a great example of a campy eighties horror flick -- low budget, no stars, lots of inventive death scenes, and enough nudity to keep the teenagers in their seats.
This movie came aside as a shock in the eighties.Far from trends,that is to say in the heart of sincere creativity,Babettes gaestebud stands as one of the finest movies of its time.Stephane Audran,the wonderful actress of her ex-husband Claude Chabrol's greatest achievements (le boucher,la rupture,les noces rouges,all unqualified musts for movie buffs)gave a lifetime performance.To see her prepare with love and affection her meal is a feast for the eyes.All the people who saw this masterpiece actually tasted,ate Babette's culinary triumph.
I think anyone who graduated in the early eighties (1980-1984) should see the movie.
This is (in my humble opinion) one of the best pieces of Sci-Fi Horror to come out of the eighties.
I can just about understand why some people might wish to stress this film's link with the Eighties but I really wouldn't say it's an accurate depiction of most peoples' lives in that era - even on the poorest Bradford estates.
Whether you liked the stoner hippie days of the late sixties or the smug and sassy coke-head days of the seventies (when the comedy was fortified with plenty of naked babes) depends very much on your date of birth, but everyone agrees that by the early eighties, middle age had killed off whichever remaining sparks of anarchic humour that the drugs hadn't, and offerings like this film and the increasingly terrible spin-off records shot further holes in the hull.
Also, if you're an eighties freak, its unmissable for the amusing performances of Kate Capshaw (Willie from Temple of Doom) and, obviously, Lea Thompson.
We have British cops driving an amazing range of cars, I'm sure it was an eighties Vauxhall Belmont which chased the taxi after the assignation, but a modern Subaru Imprezza escorting the prison van in a few scenes prior.
If you've ever seen an eighties slasher, there isn't much reason to see this one.
A real head scratcher of a film by Bill Rebane who appeared to be getting worse in his trade throughout the eighties.
This movie feels a lot like one of those cheap Saturday morning kids shows that they used to make back in the late eighties early nineties.
It's such a weird remake that I cant quite believe I saw it, it reminded me of something that The Comic Strip presents would have done in the eighties, a bit like their Hollywood interpretation of the Miner's Strike, very strange!
Eighties eyeshadow assaults the viewer.
I remember watching this film in the eighties as a teenager.
What the hell was going on in the eighties?
Although reasonably successful at the time this film initiated the demise of Collins' career who in the eighties mainly made cheap and dubious soldier-of-fortune or army films.
I number some of the eighties splatter flicks amongst the greats of the film world.
This however was not made in the eighties, if this film had come out in the early eighties the fax could be forgiven for looking so bad.
The balls are still held but not to the extent that they were in the the nineteen eighties.
It's amazing how a film from the early eighties can still stand the test of time with it's graphics.
I did rent this one back in the eighties and I remember it to be good(but not great)movie.
I didn't see this at the cinema because it was never released theatrically over here...but it's popularity on video during the mid to late eighties secured it's cult status and eventually led to a (sadly, mediocre) DVD release in 2002.
The special effects are typical of the eighties, but at least they are not overly fake like some of the computer generated fare that we see today.
This terrorizer has a big cast of good actors (as an example:Peter Martell as a European guru has a strong presence), excellent direction, nice production design, a very good soundtrack and a lot of heavy gore sfx like Italian horror movies in the eighties.
Prison is not often brought up during conversations about the best eighties horror films, and there's a good reason for that because it's not one of the best...but as you delve past the classic films that the decade had to offer, this is certainly among the best of the lesser known/smaller films.
"De vierde man" (The Fourth Man, 1984) is considered one of the best European pycho thrillers of the eighties.
The so-called colonel, who would the hero here if the cover could have been trusted, must be in his eighties and is barely able to walk.
This movie documents the Harlem ball circuit of the mid eighties.
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