80s, Horror, Thriller

The Vanishing (1988)

AKA Spoorloos AKA L’homme qui voulait savoir AKA The movie whose title they seemed to change for every country it showed in Yes. Another movie brought to you by TCM. You all should really be watching more of this channel. They’ve really got some good stuff on. Anyway, The Vanishing is yet another Critierion release […]

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70's, 80s, Horror?, Monsters, Mutants

Screamers (1981)

AKA The Island of Fishmen (1979) AKA Fish Men AKA Something Waits in the Dark AKA Island of Mutations WTF? Who are you? You weren’t in my movie. Also, your disclaimer is s*&# In 1891, the survivors of a sunken prison ship find themselves marooned on an uncharted, volcanic island somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. […]

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80s, Child Killers, Ghosts, Horror, Occult, Supernatural

Family Reunion (1989)

AKA: Terror in Sutterville, AKA: Picknick in Ghost City It’s Christmas Eve and the Andrews family is going on a little road trip. Their patriarch, Tom, is a little uneasy due to a recurring nightmare he keeps having every year around this time  about some sort of cult that gets killed. But he’s willing to […]

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80s, Child Killers, Demons, Horror, Horror?, Supernatural

Dolly Dearest (1991)

Dolly Dearest is the story about a toy maker who uproots his family and moves to Mexico after he purchases an old derelict doll factory with the intention of mass-producing the hottest doll craze in recent memory (So, Cabbage Patch Kids?): Dolly Dearest. Unfortunately, he buys this amazing factory sight-unseen (the dumbass)… Look, ma! Actual […]

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80s, Comedy, Dead Things, Demons, Ghosts, Horror, Horror?, Monsters

House (1986)

Roger Cobb is a famous horror novelist who just moved into the house of his recently deceased aunt. Roger has a bit of a mixed history with this particular dwelling. It’s filled with fond memories, being the home his aunt raised him in after his parents died. But it’s also the home where his son […]

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80s, Dead Things, Demons, Horror, Monsters, Occult

The Church (1989)

Back in Medieval Germany (at least, I think it’s Germany) a large group of knights rides into a town where they believe a cult of witches/demon worshipers lives. Naturally, they slaughter every living thing they can find, because Medieval logic states that, yeah, those chickens were probably fine, but why take any chances? But even […]

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80s, Comedy, Horror, Slasher

Parents (1989)

Parents is an American/Canadian horror-comedy from 1989. It’s protagonist, Michael Laemle, is a bit of an odd child. But perhaps that’s to be expected. He’s an awkward, naive ten-year-old growing up in the 1950’s and his parents have just uprooted him from his home in Massachusetts. It’s really not all that surprising that he might […]

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80s, Dance Dance Dance, Dead Things, Ghosts, Horror, Slasher, Thriller

Death Spa (1989)

AKA Witch Bitch Businessman Michael is the proud owner of a popular and highly automated health spa. But after a series of strange accidents befall the patrons and the police get called, Michael has to figure out who, or what, is trying to sabotage his high-tech club. Perhaps we should ask this guy. He’s got […]

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80s, Dead Things, Demons, Horror, Monsters

Night of the Demons (1988)

Girl could use some moisturizer. A throng of teenagers with clichĂ© personalities (plus one party crasher) are invited by the local goth kid in their history class, to a Halloween party at Hull House, a local abandoned funeral home that’s the location of a bunch of grizzly murders. Not only that, but it’s also supposedly […]

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