Alone in the dark was a jem of a nightmare for 8 year old me. Jack Palance horrified me for years. I kept waiting for him to kill the whole group in City Slickers.
I cannot imagine seeing through my twin's eyes, even in my dreams. I can only handle him pushing pull doors so often when I'm dealing with him from the OUTSIDE
The first 80s horror movie directed by a woman was Humanoids of the Deep (1980). I remember because everyone who covers it spends a lot of time telling you Barbara Peeters was a woman.
On man...Night Beast !...the trouble I got into for renting that out of my local videostore. Ended up having to write a 10 page essay on the ills of video nasties. The repercussions were more terrifying than the movie, which I still have never seen!😧👽🎬📺📼
If I remember House on Sorority Row, there is a live rock band playing in one part of the house, while in another part, the killer stalks a girl and it is totally silent! How big is this sorority house?!?
I know two things about Time Walker: 1, its video cover looked nothing like a horror movie and 2 Leonard Maltin's review of it, in its entirety, was "low budget junk."
At a press conference b4 the film opened, reporters asked M. Streep what role she played. She divulged that she was the killer! So they had to reshoot the movie for a different ending. (Source: Fangoria)
Omg I watched Time Walker when I was a kid and have been trying to explain it to people since trying to find it. I was beginning to thank I made it up. Thank you kind sir.
When the Masters of the Universe movie came out, there was a common joke about how the makeup just looked like Jack Palance without a nose. Probably a deep cut joke.
I'm loving these vids. Great selection of movies and I like the references to other movie characters. EDIT: At 22:27 you can see the years 1875 to 1947 on the wall. That's Aleister Crowley's lifespan.
BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE has a pretty big cultural significance, has M artin inspired the creation of John Constantine... A fact that I had confirmed then I interviewed Alan Moore about the character in the 80's. It was also a sequel written by Potter and directed by Nicholas Roeg called COLD HEAVEN in the 90s, with Gary oldman playing Martin.
House on Sorority Row is also known to soap opera fans as it stars Ashley from Y&R. But remembered even better for this clip. 🤣 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YeZOjz2qKFc.htmlsi=QlxKFGe8ujC75Hjt
Hooray! I’ve been impatiently awaiting House on Sorority Row, which for some reason was my Rocky Horror of the early ‘80s and friends and I would watch it over and over and speak all the lines while drinking Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers…with our big hair. I have this poster framed in my office, next to “Curtains” from 1983 and I’m eagerly looking forward to you covering that. Great work! Love this project! Thanks for all your effort.
Wow, I grow up watching most of these movies, but White Dog has a special place in my heart, as I watched the film on TV one afternoon at my late grandmother's house eating cookies, and we had a blast with it... Great times.
Of this group the only two I know of is the house on Sorority row and Slumber Party Massacre. I like them both I would say the one I remember the most is Slumber Party Massacre though.
I love any excuse to talk about Sam Fuller, and White Dog is a good example! Fuller is such an interesting filmmaker, he experienced so much action in his own life, first being a news paper reporter, and then being a part of the Big Red One during WW2, he was so good at putting action on the screen. His films were also progressive in someways, featuring people of color in prominent roles, as well as attempts to confront racist ideologies in the US. More people should experience the films of Sam Fuller!
Wait....Jack Palance, Skeletor? If that is a reference to the live action 80s film of Masters of the Universe, the role of Skeletor was played by Frank Langella.
re: House on Sorority Row: That band is called 4 Out of 5 Doctors. They made two albums in the early 80s but never had much success. I discovered them through this movie and was quite impressed with their music. They are actually very Devo-ish sounding so it's a little surprising that they never made a breakthrough. The song Josh clipped is called Waiting for the Change, although the lyrics in the clip are not on the studio version. My personal favorite of theirs is called Modern Man, which is also in the movie (Why didn't you clip that one, Josh?) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M7Hu2XCg4Y0.html
Nightbeast slumber party massacre and The house on sorority row thank you the perfect movies to watch on a Friday or Saturday night armed with a pizza 🍕🍕 with everything
Alone in the Dark is homaged in Stranger Things (Netflix) b/c every time the girl uses her power her nose bleeds. It was also homaged in Valentine. Cool, no?
I know that Jason, Michael and Freddy are the unholy trinity of '80s slashers but Russ Thorn might be my favourite. Or maybe Hockstetter. Wait... they're the same guy. Thorn Vs Hockstetter when?
I feel bad for that dog. It's gorgeous. When it started attacking people I thought at first it just attacked men because it associated men with violence and was protective of the woman who took care of it
House on Sorority Row is super fun but a little too long. I think if 10 minutes were cut from the film it would be near perfect for a fun slasher. Too bad the house mothers voice was dubbed over. It is pretty distracting. Still a great movie
Joe Grifasi...IE the Bank Guard. Best role was as "Foreman" in The Naked Gun... I thought i knew him from something. :) And i agree that White Dog is the best film on the list. But im not 100% its horror. Do like Sam Fuller's work.
